>> You people are what I am talking about when I explain to people that, no, online conversations can be positive and non-scary. <<
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>> You just need reasonable, inclusive social norms and exploration of differences and common interests and people actually moderating things and well-written technological support for those things ... you know, all the work people want everyone ELSE to put into their social spaces.<<
Building a good audience is work, but it is so rewarding. This is one reason why I prefer the blogosphere to social networks like Twitter: not just more room to talk, but much better moderation tools.
>> Oh, and not demonizing useful things because a distorted snapshot of one aspect of them has escaped into the mentality of the general public (e.g. content warnings). <<
Agreed.
>> People can actually care about talking to each other and telling good stories. Wow. Newsflash, straight from the prehistoric campfire, now on your glowy hypnotic screen of choice. <<
:D I love campfire circles too, and see the similarity here.
So then, think about blog metaphors. Where are you, when you are in your blog? Do you think of it as a party, a street fair, a class under a tree, hanging out with friends in a coffeeshop? I think of mine as a cross between my office and my living room (which are actually adjacent in my house) because I post a combination of professional and personal content.
Blog metaphors influence how we behave in blogspace. The etiquette is different for a street fair, a classroom, or somebody's house. Your campfire circle is another example, and a great one for storytellers. Plenty of blogs exist primarily to promote someone's writing.
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dancing_serpent
Thoughts
Date: 2016-06-04 08:00 pm (UTC)\o/
>> You just need reasonable, inclusive social norms and exploration of differences and common interests and people actually moderating things and well-written technological support for those things ... you know, all the work people want everyone ELSE to put into their social spaces.<<
Building a good audience is work, but it is so rewarding. This is one reason why I prefer the blogosphere to social networks like Twitter: not just more room to talk, but much better moderation tools.
>> Oh, and not demonizing useful things because a distorted snapshot of one aspect of them has escaped into the mentality of the general public (e.g. content warnings). <<
Agreed.
>> People can actually care about talking to each other and telling good stories. Wow. Newsflash, straight from the prehistoric campfire, now on your glowy hypnotic screen of choice. <<
:D I love campfire circles too, and see the similarity here.
So then, think about blog metaphors. Where are you, when you are in your blog? Do you think of it as a party, a street fair, a class under a tree, hanging out with friends in a coffeeshop? I think of mine as a cross between my office and my living room (which are actually adjacent in my house) because I post a combination of professional and personal content.
Blog metaphors influence how we behave in blogspace. The etiquette is different for a street fair, a classroom, or somebody's house. Your campfire circle is another example, and a great one for storytellers. Plenty of blogs exist primarily to promote someone's writing.