I’m wasn’t going to blog about this because it’s seriously bigger than it should be, but I think we need to realise what we’re doing. (I’m going to echo Estee a little bit here)
When are we going to stop realising that this is not about “us“? It’s not about who is the core group of this and who is the core group of that, but how do we build/grow the community together, and look outwards for more people to join us.
It’s exactly this “arrowing”, self-destructive behavior (not by any one person, but a community) that again deters people from engaging in this space and affects the community’s credibility as a whole.
I think we need to acknowledge that we write blog posts quickly. There’s no reason to pick out the exact phrasing of every line and take issue with it. People are going to have homophobic comments on blogs, let’s discuss them like adults. I really don’t see the need to be defensive and overreact to a couple of text in the forms of bytes on the internet.
Please guys, I read a fair amount of your blogs and I think many of us have so much value to bring to this space. Let’s not demolish the branding (of yourself, of ping.sg, of Singaporean blogs) over little items that, frankly, in the grand scheme of things, don’t matter. Let’s not cheapen the value that we have to bring to the blogosphere.
Tags: growing blogging community, singapore's blogging community, singapore's blogosphere
April 23, 2008 at 12:20 am |
Handling negative comments is a blogging skill too. Like any other community, there are always people who group themselves together in the form of sub-groups as they share the same traits or other qualities.
At the end of the day, if there’s any problem or misunderstanding, members in the community should solve or clarify.
For most of the blogs, every blog post will either add value or de-value your blog, this theory also applies to your comments made in other blogs.
April 23, 2008 at 12:25 am |
I agree, Buny. I think negative comments/posts should be replied to, but it really doesn’t have to be as ugly as we’ve seen in the last week or two. MediaSlut and I don’t agree all the time, but we can at agree to disagree like adults!
April 23, 2008 at 12:29 am |
It would appear to me from what I read, that some of these people actually knows one another personally. I wonder why they cannot share their thoughts with one another in private, either over the phone or IM, but rather resort to a public spectacle. These attention whoring is simply childish.
April 23, 2008 at 12:32 am |
Anonymous: Ouch! I wouldn’t call it attention whoring, though I get where you’re coming from. I think putting things out in the open the way our bloggers have done is okay. After all some of the issues are issues that the community should at least know about, even if they don’t want to choose a side. It’s the way that it’s done which is easily perceived as “whoring” as you validly put, that makes everything spiral quickly out of control into a very ugly scenario.
April 23, 2008 at 12:50 am |
I think it’s important to note that just because people know each other(because they’ve met each other once or twice) does not mean they’re necessarily ’speaking’ contacts… There are some bloggers i’ve met many times but don’t speak to them on IM and all.
On another note, I think sometimes bloggers make the mistake of discussing issues and also naming individuals as examples. I think isolating individuals when bringing up large issues is a quick formula for disaster.
April 23, 2008 at 9:22 am |
Cronyism is but a norm…
April 23, 2008 at 1:30 pm |
Nicely written article.
I do agree with the views you’ve expressed. Let us all contribute to the blogosphere in a more constructive manner.
Cheers!
April 23, 2008 at 1:43 pm |
i agree with your point. the purpose of having a community is to provide different perspective of the somthing. be it an article or event. well. it’s common for people to flock together but at the same time i hope everything on the blogosphere can be taken with a pinch of salt
April 23, 2008 at 2:15 pm |
The question here is not to ask why people cannot get along, but as to the inherent nature of the politics of human beings. The trivial race usually rely on daily conflicts to satisfy their microcosmic lives in relation to the world (in theory?). But still it is in the nature of people to engage in political relations, no matter how small.
P.S. Good vid, Daryl. We’ve always more or less had >75% attendance anyway, like, Reuben, Marcus, you and I ARE the unit.
April 23, 2008 at 2:36 pm |
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