Comments on: User-Generated Content Generally Stinks. Discuss.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:04:11 +0000

You realize we’re having this discussion on a BLOG, right?

By: Gerry

Gerry — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:10:34 +0000

“I watch 2 1/2 hours a week (24, House, and The Office).”

Hey! Just throw in Heroes (you have to Tivo it or 24 though since it is on at the same time) and you and I would have the exact same short list of TV shows we watch.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:28:05 +0000

Although it pains me to say it…Marshall is right.

I think that blogging is going to end up like activities such as sports or even singing, where folks find that it is a fun release. There are a lot of crappy softball players or Sunday choir members…and few will make it to the skill level of Barry Bonds or Pavorati. Still, these hobbies are worthwhile. And as Marshall pointed out, bloggers are really engaged in current events. It sure builds minds better than other things that can be done with computers.

For most people, I think, it’s going to be about self-expression rather than building a readership of thousands and thousands.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:16:02 +0000

I enjoyed the Doritos ad with the guy and the girl who kept having little accidents. That was good stuff. Best ad during the game, I thought.

As for the crap-to-good ratio in the blogosphere, it isn’t that good. There’s a lot of chaff out there, but then again the wheat does seem to float to the top. It’s a free market, and the level of success each blog has seems about appropriate to me.

By: Krempasky

Krempasky — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:59:30 +0000

Bleh. I’d say that the Doritos ad (certainly the first one) was better than more than half of the professional, studio quality crap that firms spent a ridiculous amount of money on. Couple those savings with the earned media hit that Doritos got for the gimmick of “amateur hour” and that ad out-performed it’s competitors by a country mile.