Re: RE: [-empyre-] C. S. Peirce and Code

[Adrian Miles <adrian.miles@rmit.edu.au>]

around the 17/10/05 fmadre@free.fr mentioned about Re: RE: [-empyre-] 
C. S. Peirce and Code that:
> still, within cyberspace, or if we stick to blogs, there are a 
> number of things
> which can be done to erode the conformism that dominates blog behavior, for
> instance I'd suggest to limit comments to blogs whose purpose is to elicit
> reaction. I find that it is detrimental to certain types of blogging that they
> are comment-enabled

Mark Bernstein has written well on this. See his BlogTalk DownUnder 
paper via <URL: http://www.incscub.org/blogtalk >

Blogs are an ecology and so like all ecologies diversity needs to be 
maintained and nurtured. Comments are problematic since they 
aggregate content to 'A' list nodes, and they also encourage 
silliness. Linking from your own blog promotes and supports the 
ecology of links, but also means you will probably write with more 
care than the comment rant. See Mark's paper for a better argument.
--
cheers
Adrian Miles

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