In the link blog, Anil writes “i fear it may take us another few years to live down the impression generated by this story.” Anil, who is “us”? When you use the phone, you don’t have to “live down” the impression created by teenagers chatting about crushes and parties. People who blog about social software and politics don’t have to “live down” teenagers blogging about life — just like the teens don’t need to “live down” the grownups talking about car repair and jobs and insurance.
It’s just communication. People say what they want to say. The medium and the tools let us say it. All good.
Emo Kids vs. Social Girls
There was some belly-aching about this New York Times Sunday Magazine article on teenage bloggers, just as there seems to be every time someone in Big Media dares mention blogs. It’s always, “How dare they give the impression that blogs
Thank you.
Oops, I just caught this post a few weeks late, not sure how I missed it. But for the record, I was (mostly) kidding. I think it’s great that blogs are broad enough to be useful as an outlet for teenagers.