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I think that would be quite convincing proof of the skepticism - they can't "eat their own dog food". If someone gets a bit naked, metaphorically, in terms of emotion - ie. saying it's bullshit (which, frankly, ought to be a response advocates of openness should be able to take in stride) - they can't handle it, other than by reacting with personal hurt. First test, and they fail! One might even speculate that they're used to gushing praise (from attention-seekers), and unused to being challenged.
Again, let me be direct. Let's assume Vogel *was* rude. It wouldn't be the first time someone failed to express harsh skepticism of suspected huckerism in a diplomatic way, that's a very difficult task. If The Experts then do the equivalent of "Mommmy (or Blogggggies), he's so *mean* to me! (He's not begging me for a link! He's not trying to get invited to my party! He doesn't want in on my start-up!)" - then I think that's pretty much proved the skeptic's point. Not because rudeness is nice - it *isn't*. But being "naked" has to deal with people's warts and blemishes, not air-brushed fantasy.
the Amazon guy's point is valid, though. But I think you can say the same with a great big smile and being nice...
But, one nice thing about blogging is it lets you fix when you screw up. Here's my answers to Werner's questions: http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/31/much...
Incidentally, if there are any amazonites who were there for this event and want to give their impressions of what happened, my comments section is open. Anonymous comments are fine if you're concerned about your job.
My point is this: BLOG EVANGELISM SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE SUCH A CONFLICT! It's "openness". It's "being naked". It's "authentic". (all of which is consistent with "not nice").
This is a *slight*, *minor* culture-clash. Well-understood, completely predictable. If such a small thing can't be handled, being an emotional flasher cannot be taken seriously.
And it's not valid to take the question to a meta-level, to say, look, we're having a "conversation" about it. That answer works for anything.
Look, Z-listers are expected to put up with potentially far, far worse as just the price of being in "the conversation". An irritated A-lister always has the option of writing a personal attack on the Z-lister, where a huge number of people will see the attack and almost nobody will see the reply (this vast inequality is my fundamental view as to why blogging is arguable worse for power relationships, but I've discussed that elsewhere). So again, if a tiny and inevitable difference over acceptable discourse causes such a tizzy, how can imbalances which are orders of magnitude worse ever be addressed?
I don't mean the following in a rude way (see, worked example, I know this can be taken badly), but I'm having a hard time conveying how much this all seems to validate the charges that all that's being pushed is narcissism and echo-chambering.
Earthquakes kill 50, injure 800
Rice Concedes 'Tactical Errors' in Iraq
UN Security Council calls on Iran to suspend uranium enrichment
At least 57 die as Bahrain cruise boat sinks
Iran Test-Fires Missile Able to Duck Radar
Explosion kills Palestinian militant amid spreading violence
4 Israelis killed by suicide bomber at entrance to West Bank
NY releases 9/11 emergency calls
13 Ugandan pupils die in school fire
Now can you explain to me why your self-opinionated A-list genuflection matters to anyone?