tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post1791087785199560877..comments2024-02-13T04:29:44.662-05:00Comments on Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah: Marc Scaurus Is RightKirith Kodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12322297953184168725noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-74736034416841615732013-07-10T19:37:58.143-04:002013-07-10T19:37:58.143-04:00The thing I took primary exception with about Marc...The thing I took primary exception with about Marc's hand-off of EBP is that he put conditions on the hand-off that disqualified volunteers EVEN IF a person were the ONLY person to volunteer.<br /><br />Put another way, Marc would have rather seen EBP die than put it into the hands of someone who had run it before and then handed it off.<br /><br />I find it hard to express how silly I found that. Though obviously, I found a way to. ;-)Jesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06362457304801165584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-80259981636454406162013-07-07T00:23:59.075-04:002013-07-07T00:23:59.075-04:00I'm with Druur -- twitter moves too fast, and ...I'm with Druur -- twitter moves too fast, and I can read many blogs in the time it would take me to listen to even a single podcast. And I can respond to a blog post and be a part of the conversation then. Podcasts are fire and forget.<br /><br />AFAIC, blogging is a vastly superior method of information dissemination to "the 2 next big things" that you have listed.Magsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-45189115774543009442013-07-06T23:12:22.821-04:002013-07-06T23:12:22.821-04:00Marc is right, but for the wrong reasons. Blogging...Marc is right, but for the wrong reasons. Blogging no longer is the "next big thing" on the Internet, because things like twitter or twitch have arisen to claim their place. At the same time, blogging (specifically reading blogs) is not a thing of the past, because it still has strengths none of the other services can muster: it is asynchronous, it has a high information density, and it is hands-off.<br /><br />When I come home, I turn on my computer and a few minutes later (while I'm starting to make dinner) hundreds of blog posts appear. I could go on vacation for two weeks, and still I would get everything what has been written in that time. I don't have to read them all, but those I do read will take less time than it would take to listen to just one typical podcast. I can even respond, in comments, even days later. I can start reading a blog post, get distracted, and come back later and have to re-read just one paragraph to pick it up again.<br /><br />Twitter in comparison is the ultimate in ephemerality - if you're not there for a discussion, it might as well not have happened. Podcasts take a time commitment - I haven't listened to podcasts since April simply because they'd be only background noise to me; I wouldn't have been able to actually pay attention to what is being said. And streams like twitch.tv have the same problem to me that sports TV has: you're spending your time watching somebody else having fun.<br /><br />I am partly lucky in having a job which actually engages me intellectually, but the point stands: blogs are how I can interact with the more outspoken parts of the EVE community.<br /><br />And at no point in this little rant I have even touched the actual content. Because it's just like the old discussion of plays vs. books vs TV: Each have their strengths. All are important to have.Druur Monakhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299435488090977357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-12239476603230717232013-07-06T16:50:50.971-04:002013-07-06T16:50:50.971-04:00It depends on how you view the argument. Just lett...It depends on how you view the argument. Just letting it die and fade away and avoiding blogs for different content is a different argument to sating things have changed and interests have changed and information consumption is different.<br /><br />There is more than one argument and more than one opinion in that comment. <br /><br />I'm a newbie. I know I'm an irrelevant voice of a newbie and ignorance with no true knowledge of Eve's past. And whole there may not by 600 blogs strong those there helped and supported and guided and encouraged<br /><br /><br />I can't look at blogging the way you do in regards to Eve because of our time differences. It reminds me of what I often hear about my favorite ship, the Jaguar. They were better before and are not worth flying now.<br /><br />I'm not saying that you are saying blogs are not worth it or should go away. I'm saying that some of us only know the community now and love it and want to add to it and be a part of it and add to it. To be told that it was better isn't anything I can do anything about nor what I want its value based off of.<br /><br />But I have already babbled about all of this. I just feel strongly on the topic and rather discouraged and disheartened at those words Marc posted.Sugar Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437978687639772023noreply@blogger.com