{"id":486,"date":"2010-02-03T07:23:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T14:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jerrysjuicebar.com\/blog\/?p=486"},"modified":"2010-02-03T08:06:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T15:06:12","slug":"experts-commentators-and-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerrysjuicebar.com\/blog\/?p=486","title":{"rendered":"Experts, commentators, and streams"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have long maintained that the biggest asset of any individual, brand or organization is ALWAYS is also its greatest liability.<\/p>\n

Really.\u00a0 I really say this.\u00a0 A lot.<\/p>\n

Don’t believe me?\u00a0 Just ask folks that work with me.<\/p>\n

\"twitter_bird\"So now the rage in social media is “streaming.”\u00a0 That is not what I’m doing now.\u00a0 I’m blogging.\u00a0 And now I find out that blogging is passe.\u00a0 Twitter stream.\u00a0 Facebook stream.\u00a0 Posterous.<\/p>\n

Experts say<\/strong><\/a> blogging is so … “slow and methodical.”‘<\/p>\n

We don’t want that!\u00a0 What we need today is “fast and chaotic.”<\/p>\n

While fast and chaotic may indeed be a more accurate reflection of everyday life … allowing a constantly changing free exchange of thoughts and information … there’s always a dark side.<\/p>\n

For a funny but insightful look at this dark side I strongly encourage you to read Ed Docx’s article Twittering Fools<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, in the Utne Reader<\/strong><\/a>, reprinted from Prospect<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tired of the mindless commentary from ordinary people who have less knowledge and expertise about subjects than my three-year-old grandson, he writes:<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t care what Andy from Cheadle thinks about the Gaza Strip, the ice caps, Manchester City, or even Cheadle. Nobody cares. Nobody except Andy, and presumably he already knows. When I turn on the radio or the television, or when I open a book or a newspaper, what I want is an expert. I want insightful commentary. I want stylistic elegance. I want eloquence. I want uninterrupted <\/em>expertise.<\/em><\/p>\n

And that’s the dark side of all the social media wackiness out there.\u00a0 I’d just as soon my life not be a Joycean stream of consciousness.\u00a0 Given everything going on out there I’m getting more and more attracted to things being a bit slower, a bit more methodical.<\/p>\n

“Streams”.\u00a0 Stream this.\u00a0 Stream that.<\/p>\n

But you’ve got to ask … streams of what?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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