“Lee Scoresby” on blogs:
A recent hypertext trail of posts and comments, which I followed from Obsidian Wings to Jane Galt, sparked some thoughts I’ve been entertaining about another paradigm that might be useful for thinking about at least some of what goes down on weblogs. In brief, the idea is that one things good weblog discussions and postings do is to recreate the important experience of late-night collegiate bullshit sessions.
Discuss, with reference to the larger claims advanced in the original post.
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Roxanne 04.12.05 at 11:39 am
Actually I find most political weblog discussions more akin to really bad high school debate tournaments, complete with “culture” posts here and there to approximate the inclusion of oral interpers.
Oh, but Scroesby wrote “good weblog discussions.”
Steve LaBonne 04.12.05 at 1:35 pm
If this is a college bullshit session, where’s the bong?
Agitprop 04.12.05 at 4:25 pm
I can tell you that weblogs are great for blogwhoring and initiating keen dialouge:
Agitprop requests your suggestions for the Presidential iPod Commission. It’s your patriotic duty to serve America by giving the President good music!
bi 04.13.05 at 6:24 am
Bullsh1t sessions force people to think? That’s news. I thought bullsh1t sessions just force people to bullsh1t.
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