Comments on: Community Consciousness and the Web http://eightandfive.com/2006/03/26/community-consciousness-and-the-web/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Oscar http://eightandfive.com/2006/03/26/community-consciousness-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Oscar Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:07:37 +0000 http://eightandfive.com/index.php/2006/03/26/community-consciousness-and-the-web/#comment-558 I concur about your observation of these fascist blogs. I concur about your observation of these fascist blogs.

]]> By: Bongo http://eightandfive.com/2006/03/26/community-consciousness-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Bongo Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:54:51 +0000 http://eightandfive.com/index.php/2006/03/26/community-consciousness-and-the-web/#comment-547 Well, I was a bit harsh on the Blog-O-Sphere perhaps...but I think blogs lose something when a well-funded team of sharks are running the blogs: http://www.gop.com/Blog/ http://www.democrats.org/blog.html These are NOT examples of blogs, these are examples of group masturbation. Well, I was a bit harsh on the Blog-O-Sphere perhaps…but I think blogs lose something when a well-funded team of sharks are running the blogs:

http://www.gop.com/Blog/
http://www.democrats.org/blog.html

These are NOT examples of blogs, these are examples of group masturbation.

]]> By: Oscar http://eightandfive.com/2006/03/26/community-consciousness-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Oscar Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:17:39 +0000 http://eightandfive.com/index.php/2006/03/26/community-consciousness-and-the-web/#comment-546 planzo.com is interesting, its a communal scheduling site. Also, I think Bongo's dis on blogs is valid but short sighted. The more people that participate --the more fact checking that happens, sure blogs can be used for misinformation but at least as readers we know what to expect, with the mainstream media there is an air of credulity often should not exist (foxnews). planzo.com is interesting, its a communal scheduling site. Also, I think Bongo’s dis on blogs is valid but short sighted. The more people that participate –the more fact checking that happens, sure blogs can be used for misinformation but at least as readers we know what to expect, with the mainstream media there is an air of credulity often should not exist (foxnews).

]]> By: Bongo http://eightandfive.com/2006/03/26/community-consciousness-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Bongo Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:55:37 +0000 http://eightandfive.com/index.php/2006/03/26/community-consciousness-and-the-web/#comment-545 Is that a Giant Paramecium Kilt you're wearing? Or are you just happy to see me? I actually like to read a lot of Government sites including Federal, international government, state and local city government sites and local newspaper sites. I have indexed all 32 NFL hometown newspaper sites for Fantasy Football purposes and other things. ESPN.com is the all-sports website. Especially since they absorbed Sportstalk.com in during the dot-com gold rush. Ready.gov is just funny. Every now and again I will read forums on random websites but I think they generally degrade pretty quickly. I sometimes look up movie stars at fecinfo.com and even ordinary people to see who is giving money to whom. I like to search by company name and see how much our top execs give. IMDB.com is a fun website. Sometimes I waste time on the Oracle of Bacon at Virginia. I like Wikipedia as a starting point for research, but I do not like it as the "end all" source for everything. A Wiki, by definition is short and fast, it is NOT a final source. I like Webshots.com too, but now my proxy server at work blocks it. I also wish I could remember my password for the SETI @ Home project at U of C Berkeley. Lastly, I am actually opposed to Blogs and I think Blog reading is for the unenlightened. Blogs were never intended to be serious journalism - they were initially intended as personal freedom of expression but once politicians noticed the power of unregulated, no-cost dis-information campaigns...they fucked it all up. Fuck George W. Bush. Is that a Giant Paramecium Kilt you’re wearing? Or are you just happy to see me?

I actually like to read a lot of Government sites including Federal, international government, state and local city government sites and local newspaper sites. I have indexed all 32 NFL hometown newspaper sites for Fantasy Football purposes and other things.

ESPN.com is the all-sports website. Especially since they absorbed Sportstalk.com in during the dot-com gold rush.

Ready.gov is just funny.

Every now and again I will read forums on random websites but I think they generally degrade pretty quickly.

I sometimes look up movie stars at fecinfo.com and even ordinary people to see who is giving money to whom. I like to search by company name and see how much our top execs give.

IMDB.com is a fun website. Sometimes I waste time on the Oracle of Bacon at Virginia.

I like Wikipedia as a starting point for research, but I do not like it as the “end all” source for everything. A Wiki, by definition is short and fast, it is NOT a final source.

I like Webshots.com too, but now my proxy server at work blocks it.

I also wish I could remember my password for the SETI @ Home project at U of C Berkeley.

Lastly, I am actually opposed to Blogs and I think Blog reading is for the unenlightened. Blogs were never intended to be serious journalism - they were initially intended as personal freedom of expression but once politicians noticed the power of unregulated, no-cost dis-information campaigns…they fucked it all up.

Fuck George W. Bush.

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