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FWIW, MLD, my listing links to previous articles of mine is a backhanded way of intimating that the entry is weak or missing key points. (One of the reasons I write long detailed entries is that I don't want people to be able to rip the s*** out of my arguments. And I provide lots of links so people can learn more, develop their own sources, become more knowledgeable independently of the info/perspective I provide.)

FWIW/2, years ago I read an article in Municipal World (the public admin. magazine for Canada) about Internet information generation and consumption. Most people consume information they don't produce it. About 15-20% of Internet users actually generate content (I'm not clear about how much is good/how much superfluous).

The data is summarized in this slide, but I didn't provide a cite on it I see.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rllayman/5786939304/

In my experience, managing lists and blog comments for people who are primarily "consumers" of the info, in an attempt to generate more comment merely constricts the abilities of the actual producers of information-content to produce, and to produce quality information.

Since the likelihood of changes generating a significant increase in response/content production, it doesn't seem worth changing.

by Richard Layman on Jul 27, 2012 9:52 pm • link • report