Dear newspapers: No one likes whiny bitches
And I will illustrate this with a LOLcat to show you how much I know about the internet
Oh, curmudgeonly academics and journalists, your diapers are overflowing. Now that TV has been around for more than half a century, you do pointless and flawed studies about the internet instead. The latest old man yelling for the internet to get off his lawn is The Project for Excellence in Journalism.
OK, PEJ, let me stop you right there. I can't even call this comparing apples and oranges. It's comparing apples and apple pie. You can eat an apple plain or you can do your own thing with it, add some other ingredients and turn it into a sweet treat that is fun to share with friends. Doesn't mean that when you're by yourself, you don't eat a nice, healthy apple. But when people have friends over, they serve apple pie, not apple slices.The report, released by the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), compared the news agenda of the mainstream media for one week with the news agenda found on a host of user-news sites for the same period.
In a week when the mainstream press was focused on Iraq and the debate over immigration, the three leading user-news sites Reddit, Digg and Del.icio.us were more focused on stories like the release of Apple’s new iphone and that Nintendo had surpassed Sony in net worth, according to the study.
I assume my friends take care of their nutritional needs on their own and that when we hang out, it's time for social food. This metaphor has gone on too long. Does that make MySpace apple pie ala mode? Maybe! Anyway, I can personally say that my Del.icio.us reflects things that I think are funny or unusual to share with friends, not everything that I've read that I feel is significant to society. I assume my friends know Bush thinks a quick withdrawal from Iraq would damage national security. They may not, however, know how to make an electric chair for a Barbie doll.
Most people do not get their news exclusively from Digg, or exclusively from any one place. More importantly, as popular as these sites are, they are quite niche, leaning toward the super-duper geeky professional or tech-obsessed. The Del.icio.us most popular list, for example, has always been some thing about Ruby on Rails or some how-to about some such thing like implementing drop-down menus in pure CSS with no JavaScript.
I heard Kevin Rose from Digg speak earlier this week, and one of their most dugg stories of all time was about a key to unlock DRM on HD DVDs. I believe that has too many acronyms involved to be the thing that's on most non-techie Americans' minds. You mean nerds want to share nerd things with each other? Outrageous!
So, let's get this straight: Comparing media that isn't analogous and user groups that aren't analogous to make the same old tired point. Stop soiling your dipey!
Part of the study looked at most-emailed, most-read, etc. stories on Yahoo, but found the results less dramatic and therefore focused on less mainstream sites for the comparison.
You can read more about how this study is poo on TechCrunch. You can find the summary of the study here.
I heard Kevin Rose from Digg speak earlier this week, and one of their most dugg stories of all time was about a key to unlock DRM on HD DVDs. I believe that has too many acronyms involved to be the thing that's on most non-techie Americans' minds. You mean nerds want to share nerd things with each other? Outrageous!
So, let's get this straight: Comparing media that isn't analogous and user groups that aren't analogous to make the same old tired point. Stop soiling your dipey!
Part of the study looked at most-emailed, most-read, etc. stories on Yahoo, but found the results less dramatic and therefore focused on less mainstream sites for the comparison.
You can read more about how this study is poo on TechCrunch. You can find the summary of the study here.
It makes me happy when you tell people not to soil their diapers.
Posted by
l.ementary |
9/16/2007 12:15 AM
You truly own all diaper comments. There is no other. Hilarious.
Posted by
krista |
9/24/2007 9:10 PM
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