Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Are bloggers too self-focused?
Om Malik is upset that the Indian blog ban is getting more attention than the Indian train bombings. Nishant and I beg to differ. It is perfectly natural that bloggers are more concerned about themselves than about a distant event. If you sat in a Mumbai train and listened to the conversation, we bet they’ll be talking about the bombings, not blogs.
If bloggers were talking about the bombings without either first-hand experience or new insight, that is when you should be calling them pretentious. The fallacy is in assuming that bloggers or the blogosphere have a greater purpose than navel-gazing.
Ashwan — Jul 20, 2006 12:08:40 PM — # ↩
And there's also Bloggers that talk about both the bombing and the ban on blogs...
Sunil — Jul 23, 2006 2:47:47 AM — # ↩
Insensitive blogger Kiran Jonnalagadda
“Awww! Poor you! Someone blew up a train in your city and you didn't
even get a t-shirt. Here, take some sympathy. “
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Kiran Jonnalagadda
groups.google.com/group/BloggersCollective/browse_thread/thread/4e1af02dd2d83b52/a29fd0e33a9050e3
Anonymous User — Jul 23, 2006 5:01:11 PM — # ↩
So let me get this straight...
You believe that your inability to post whiny little tirades against the world is more important than the lives of over 200 people who were murdered? In the 'distant city' of Mumbai -- in your own country?
Fuck off, Get a life.
Anonymous User — Aug 16, 2006 10:46:37 AM — # ↩
<blockquote>The fallacy is in assuming that bloggers or the blogosphere have a greater purpose than navel-gazing.</blockquote>
Bless you for saying that!