L'oeil de Mouche
Beyond lies the web.

Je ne lis plus non plus

What does it mean for blogging discourse if there's a consumption/production divide in blogging? Are (non-professional) bloggers with more readers less likely to read blogs than bloggers with fewer readers? What kind of peculiar power hierarchy emerges if bloggers who are read more read less and depend on readers more? Are those who read less less involved in the dialogue or are they simply bridges dependent on sharing? How might this relate to the fact that such bloggers are constantly getting pressure to blog about XYZ? Does lack of reading affect posting patterns? Does it signal a de-involvement with blogging culturally? (Any more than WoW addiction?)

I still haven't seen a good study on the dynamics of massively public blogging, the cycles that bigger bloggers go through and the power implications involved, but i'm very curious about how consumption and production interconnect and affect the networked public nature of mass blogging. I'd also really love to understand the role that psychological, social and cultural factors play in prompting many of the bigger bloggers to stop (or drastically reduce) their blogging production. Selfishly, i'd also love someone to explain what's going on so that i can stop reflexively blogging about reduced blogging. Of course, if someone does blog such a thing in the digital forest, would i even hear the sound?

le 18.06.06 à 20:17 dans citations
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