Is Blogging bad?
Of course it’s not – It’s just an attention grabbing headine. :-) Everyone loves blogs and blogging don’t they? But does it create some issues?
I like this from Dave Snowdens blog
“However as we talked I realised that one of the negative sides of blogs is that they allow like to cluster with like, and in effect create cults in which views are legitimised because they are never challenged. Also status is achieved by being more rather than less extreme. I’ve seen this in some blogs, and also in list servers. The environment clusters like minded people from around the world and unless they actively encourage dissent, someone coming into the space and saying something different is subject to a white blood cell attack to repel the invader.”
I’ve seen this happen myself on many blogs. In fact, it’s also happened to me :-)
So maybe sometimes there’s too much opinion, not enough listening.
However, blogging isn’t all bad :-) – Check out A dangerous meme is building in the boardroom about blogging for some reasons why blogging is really useful. The guys at Anecdote have also put together a great whitepaper on Using content to create connections with people which gives a great example of joining your technical, presales and sales people together by using blogging and search technology. Something that’s readily available to you now with the Office 2007 Beta.
