Na sequência da BloggerConII, Nico Macdonald escreve, no The Register, um artigo que me parece muito relevante, uma vez que analisa a retórica dos pioneiros sobre a blogosfera.
Depois de admitir que o crescimento do weblogging é um desenvolvimento genuinamente positivo na área da comunicação acrescenta que as discussões sobre o tema são, no mais das vezes, falhas de ambição e, sobretudo, de auto-crítica.
Assim sendo, deixa algumas à sua conta:
“If Weblogging is the answer, as so many claim it is, what was the question? (…) I am not arguing that all technological developments must answer a known question. Rather that we shouldn’t invent questions where they were never posed. We should avoid the habit of the man with a hammer who “always sees nails”“.
“In some ways Weblogging is a response to contemporary phenomena. One phenomenon is the disappearance of civic organisations and forums for public engagement and debate. A more important phenomenon is the rise of the confessional culture, in which people increasingly make their lives public and share their experiences. If the volume is kept down, this latter tendency can provide one with a more rounded and engaging picture of Weblog writers who one might not otherwise know well. But frequent and often trivial postings are more therapeutic for the author than they are informative for the reader. Intimacy and confession are for friends and family, and their appearance in Weblogging doesn’t merit celebration“.
Sugestão de Dan Gillmor.
