Comments on: Jeff Jarvis: His Blog and the Street Choir http://www.newsome.org/2006/08/jeff-jarvis-his-blog-and-street-choir/ Kent Newsome on technology, music and life Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Taylor http://www.newsome.org/2006/08/jeff-jarvis-his-blog-and-street-choir/comment-page-1/#comment-4442 Dave Taylor Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3118#comment-4442 I don't disagree with what you're saying, except... I'm having a difficult time understanding your assertion that Jarvis has any sort of "control over who gets to participate in the blogosphere conversations"As a long-time blogger, I have to say that I don't think that there's ANY control and if you believe anyone has any sort of control over who participates, well, then maybe we're experiencing different blogospheres? You are in control over who you cite, over which comments you retain and over which trackbacks you publicly display, if any, but that's not control over the discussion, it's control over your own room in this massive mansion of chaotic thought and sentiment.Ditto for Jeff or any of the other so-called "A-List Bloggers". They can opt to cite or not cite me, respond or not respond to me, but that's not CONTROL over the discussion, that's just control over their wee little corner of things. I don’t disagree with what you’re saying, except… I’m having a difficult time understanding your assertion that Jarvis has any sort of “control over who gets to participate in the blogosphere conversations”As a long-time blogger, I have to say that I don’t think that there’s ANY control and if you believe anyone has any sort of control over who participates, well, then maybe we’re experiencing different blogospheres? You are in control over who you cite, over which comments you retain and over which trackbacks you publicly display, if any, but that’s not control over the discussion, it’s control over your own room in this massive mansion of chaotic thought and sentiment.Ditto for Jeff or any of the other so-called “A-List Bloggers”. They can opt to cite or not cite me, respond or not respond to me, but that’s not CONTROL over the discussion, that’s just control over their wee little corner of things.

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