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Blogs and the “phone-in show” effect

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

During a semi-desperate for something — anything — not April Fool’s Day related, I came across an interesting post by Sarah Perez at Read/Write Web about the psychology of blogs and “bitchmemes” (as MG Siegler calls them) and commen ... Continue reading »

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  • YOU ARE SO WRONG!

    No, seriously - interesing post. Thanks for the break from all the self-appointed comedians.
  • Thanks, Todd -- that gave me a laugh :-)


    On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Disqus
  • Heh...violent agreement. How would that look?

    "Let me agree with you or I'll stab you in the face!"

    Personally I do find myself commenting on people's stuff when I disagree slightly more often than when I agree, though not overwhelmingly so. Sometimes I just want to add my two cents, or point out a different angle or related fact. Which is sort of like disagreeing, I guess, if you want to take it that way.

    Never saw much point in the "Rah Rah" type comment either, as I'm sure others don't, which may skew the results.
  • Thanks, Tim. I think there's definitely room for the comment that
    takes a different tack or points out something the writer might have
    missed, but doesn't necessarily violently disagree. That's certainly
    the type of comment I encourage :-)


    On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Disqus

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