Comments on: Blogging and the Angry Mob Mentality http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/ Snarking the Web since 2004. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cliques: They’re What’s Wrong With the Christian Blogosphere | On the Horizon http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/comment-page-1/#comment-86811 Cliques: They’re What’s Wrong With the Christian Blogosphere | On the Horizon Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:27:53 +0000 http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/#comment-86811 [...] crowd of bloggers who all line up on the same side of a particular issue.  He dubbed it the “blogging posse,” noting that blogging often becomes an activity which is “polarizing and tends to tear [...] [...] crowd of bloggers who all line up on the same side of a particular issue.  He dubbed it the “blogging posse,” noting that blogging often becomes an activity which is “polarizing and tends to tear [...]

]]> By: Self-censorship in blogging http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/comment-page-1/#comment-30802 Self-censorship in blogging Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:33:12 +0000 http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/#comment-30802 [...] Cheng Guan referred me to this article written by Capslock of Jack of All Blogs. The author’s observation is accurate and is [...] [...] Cheng Guan referred me to this article written by Capslock of Jack of All Blogs. The author’s observation is accurate and is [...]

]]> By: Jack Of All Blogs → Blog Archive » Blogs With Closed Comments. Bonus? http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/comment-page-1/#comment-25872 Jack Of All Blogs → Blog Archive » Blogs With Closed Comments. Bonus? Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:27:16 +0000 http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/#comment-25872 [...] allowed, unless you get some external link juice. Sadly at the same time it means you exclude the angry mob bonus from helping you when when you have things wrong and someone points this out. But reactions are not [...] [...] allowed, unless you get some external link juice. Sadly at the same time it means you exclude the angry mob bonus from helping you when when you have things wrong and someone points this out. But reactions are not [...]

]]> By: JHS http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/comment-page-1/#comment-24262 JHS Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:27:17 +0000 http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/#comment-24262 Oh, you are so right. I had an epiphany about this topic this past week and now I have (serendipitously) found my way to your site and this article via Chris Pearson's Pearsonified. I started my blog out on a controversial subject but I am ashamed to say I have been lulled into mediocrity. I am determined to get my voice back and your article has helped inspire me. Thanks much. Oh, you are so right. I had an epiphany about this topic this past week and now I have (serendipitously) found my way to your site and this article via Chris Pearson’s Pearsonified.

I started my blog out on a controversial subject but I am ashamed to say I have been lulled into mediocrity. I am determined to get my voice back and your article has helped inspire me.

Thanks much.

]]> By: Prudence http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/comment-page-1/#comment-23544 Prudence Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:41:44 +0000 http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/08/16/blogging-and-the-angry-mob-mentality/#comment-23544 Well, some people do have the inclination to stick with each other, forming cliques, for many reasons: for protection, for fame or popularity, for belongingness. I guess we couldn't really take this away from the people. Where there are people, there will be groups. Where there are groups, there will be politics. As Friedrich Nietzsche said, madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages, it is the rule. Some things get blown out of proportion when people aggregate and make a big deal about something trivial. This shouldn't really be worrisome, as long as it doesn't get to the extreme. But this is the internet. Everything's fair game. So, if you want to hold your own in the face of bullies, you better make sure you can defend yourself. Well, some people do have the inclination to stick with each other, forming cliques, for many reasons: for protection, for fame or popularity, for belongingness. I guess we couldn’t really take this away from the people. Where there are people, there will be groups. Where there are groups, there will be politics.

As Friedrich Nietzsche said, madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, nations, and ages, it is the rule. Some things get blown out of proportion when people aggregate and make a big deal about something trivial. This shouldn’t really be worrisome, as long as it doesn’t get to the extreme.

But this is the internet. Everything’s fair game. So, if you want to hold your own in the face of bullies, you better make sure you can defend yourself.

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