I should just point out that the post "Fake Photojournalism Wins" from two days ago was the purest example yet on this site of automatic blogging. Michael Walker appended the link to a comment he made. I checked it (as I check all the links in the comments) and thought it was interesting, so I posted it. You then took over.
I thought the discussion that ensued was really good, and I thoroughly enjoyed it—there were some really thoughtful, subtle, intelligent comments on many aspects of the case, and from both sides (approving and disapproving).
And I didn't have to do anything. Except flip the switch.
I'm just sayin'.
Mike
And you probably want this comment stream to manifest as an exposition on community knowledge :)
Or perhaps on the role of editorship? I'm curious: was there a direct role in the thread (did you not approve any comments), or was its tenor a result of your past action?
Because you did a lot: just not yesterday.
Cheers, Alistair
Posted by: Alistair | Friday, 03 July 2009 at 01:18 PM
You push the button we do the rest. How appropriate.
Posted by: Martin Doonan | Friday, 03 July 2009 at 01:27 PM
I like this post sitting right next to the subscribe button. :)
Posted by: Tom | Friday, 03 July 2009 at 02:28 PM
Well, I didn't expect that when I posted the link in the other post. It was really interesting though. there were many aspects I didn't think about when I first read the Chase Jarvis post.
Posted by: michael walker | Friday, 03 July 2009 at 03:34 PM
And with that post I automatically went back to the 1990's when I unknowingly witnessed a "documentary" film which hit every high point imaginable-- and for good reason... http://movies.tvguide.com/dadetown/review/131741
Dadetown was created solely to deceive its audience; the French students (to their credit) created a project meant to stir dialogue and a bit of oft needed introspection- no problem there.
Posted by: Stan B. | Saturday, 04 July 2009 at 12:03 AM
Yes, that's what hypertext is all about.
Posted by: Robin Parmar | Saturday, 04 July 2009 at 10:16 AM