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DeBullardsphere - we are all winning from this!

Hey, this is actually good news! Yes, the blogosphere has been slandered from all sides lately, but (BUT) the blogosphere is being noticed. It is being exposed. It is debated about. Its concept, its content, its local existence. And not only between bloggers, but within the media, between people who didn’t know what blogs were a couple of weeks ago.

And what is even more amazing is that there is a stable base of bloggers, who have been in the blogging community long enough to defend its position, and to bring forward these issues. Once again bloggers heated up the Patricia De Lille debate, as much as they did with David Bullard’s - Bullardgate. And all this might have seemed negative, or frustrating at the time but ultimately these issues came forward, virally, spread from one blog to another, from one media house to another, and created discussion and debate, and that is what is really important here.

The blogosphere is being attacked from all sides, why(?), because it is becoming a powerful entity, because it is becoming a serious entity, and because it is growing rapidly in this country, and is starting to be taken seriously. It is a pity that its fame is rising due to attacks against it, but it is publicity which shifts it into the lime light, and it’s up to us bloggers to prove that this platform of communication and content sharing is important, is exciting, enriching, stimulating and credible. It is important for us to prove that slanderous blogs have no standing and are frowned upon by bloggers too. Amen.

Is this graph hinting towards a prosperous local blogging future or what?

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6 Comments

Comment by Ross on May 24, 2007 11:22 pm
If it is negative publicity which captured the due attention that the blogosphere has gotten, then so be it. However having said that, as Groogle has mentioned, i believe that perhaps a little scensorship is in order as a means of safeguarding the integrity of the blogosphere and its bloggers as a whole, now that it has achieved the status (in lack of a better word) that it has. Otherwise it really can be put down to meanigless banter…
Comment by Richard Catto on May 25, 2007 6:34 am
We are being attacked because we do not fear, and they want us to.

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

http://capetownnews.co.za/2007/05/25/the-great-pretenders-the-mainstream-media-why-the-blogosphere-the-media/
Comment by Melt du Plooy on May 25, 2007 9:48 am
Good publicity/Bad publicity - it’s still publicity. Remember that blogs are really human ideas and rants in web form. So we blog about what excites us, upsets us and is interesting to us, this is what blog are for. The Patricia De Lille debate and the David Bullard whoo-ha gets everyone excited and whether you’re right or wrong, people love to read what you think.

Ross, It may be a little difficult to place censorship on blogs. I’m not sure it can be done, unless the censorship is made into law and then again, many people disregard laws and rules….
Comment by Paul on May 25, 2007 1:16 pm
Nice write up.

People forget that word of mouth is the greatest form of advertising ever, and using blogs on the internet to prep that “word of mouth” even more is probably even more powerful than intravenous red bull.

Sure the blogosphere will take a bashing from all side, so what? I love the fact that blogging is becoming recognized as a formidable medium of communication.
People’s opinions are becoming heard.

Although it should be said that there requires some kind of authoritative measure - because too often I have heard these ignorant words
“It MUST be true! I read it on the internets!”
Comment by Ross on May 25, 2007 2:02 pm
Melt: I agree with you completely… with so many blogs in existent it is probably impossible. That is a shame to me as there realy are so many disgusting, thoughtless blogs out there with no place in the blogosphere. BUT then again who am i to say that… after all, blogs are there for people to express their opinions so where does one draw the line with regards to what is acceptible and what is not.
Comment by Cameron on April 12, 2008 7:51 pm
Just HAD to say: David Bullard has proved its entirely possible to lose your job just for telling the truth.

Its funny, He was never taken THAT seriously before…He HEE

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