In Defense of Blogging

By on March 22, 2006 in Tech

OmegaMom posts the best defense I have read yet to Andrew Keen’s continuing tirade against our scribblings.

Among her many good points is the following:

Nobody is claiming that all those blogs out there are, de facto, gems of literature that will gleam forever. What is claimed is that the froth will generate some value, that some people whose eloquent or expert or funny voices would never have been heard before will gain some well-earned followings. Even people who start out with the attitude that “blogs are stupid” can discover, to their amazement, that there are folks out there with voices that appeal to them, and experiences that resonate with them.

I’ll put that writing up against any self-aggrandizing drivel spouted off by Andrew’s “elite talent” any day.

Great stuff.

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  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/09556402761098393978 Kate

    Thanks, Kent. The thing that really amazes me is how there is such an odd insistence on the part of some people that if you blog, you must therefore have a driving desire to break into the A-list. Or that you even care what the A-listers and traditional media types think about other bloggers (as represented by Keen’s attitude). Or that any blogging must be A Great Endeavor, filled with Meaning.