Little bekahvoice piping in to add her two-cents. I only ever really post here in moments such as these.
These "interesting" discussions (I use annoying airquotes because not all of them actually ARE interesting...not to me, anyway)that devolve into defensive weirdness and name-calling and mudslinging and text-just-sometimes-doesn't-work-misunderstandings and personal bitchsessions do not bother me. They aren't as entertaining to me as they used to be because I'm trying SO incredibly hard to decrease the snark in my life (my own snark that is. I'm trying to get more sincere as I age so I don't end up crabby and bitter and more wrinkly). However, these out-of-control threads serve to remind me that everyone on this list is human. Human beings saddled with all the faults and foibles that go with not being a chimp. Go to the zoo and check it out. Chimps fling poo. Humans vent on internet message boards. That's why you'll never see (hear/read) me saying "take it offlist" or "go blog it" or "this has nothing to do with videoblogging". Sure, it has something to do with videoblogging. Not the way *I* videoblog, because in this case I couldn't give a shit about getting 250K viewers fast. If I did, I'd have gone topless long ago. But it matters to some videobloggers whose motives differ from mine. Doesn't make my motivations any purer or better or more sincere. It just is. The fact that the 250KMahalo thread turned into something wholly else only says one thing to me: people care about videoblogging (or their Video Product) so much that they are willing to make total asses of themselves in front of a great deal of people. They are willing to jump clear over the generally accepted social fences that hem them in and go. To. Town. To this I say "go for it, kids!". Human beings, remember? That's what we do. We get mad and defensive. Then we take it to the keyboard. That being said, let's revisit my prior point about motivations and all that. I'm not in this because I want to make a career out of it. I could mudsling and name-call 'till I'm blue and I'd have literally nothing to lose. Someone on this thread mentioned that all this silliness was sort of neat and New Media Cool: you won't see Rupert Murdoch having open discussions like this in a public forum (or non-forum, in our case). Well guess what? That's because it's wildly fucking unprofessional! See, I get to swear like that because I have nothing to lose! I'm NOT a professional! Get it? If y'all want to be the kings of New Media (or even the jesters) and usher in a New Age y'all should reflect a little on your behaviour. I mean, is this really how people want to conduct themselves at the dawn of The Big Paradigm Shift? Jesus, I hope not. Transparency is nice, and all, but there's something to be said for rising above it all and being coolly courteous. Don't fling poo like chimps. Or do (do that doo-doo that you do so well). Create a spectacle. Make scandal. It's your name on the line, not mine. Knock yourself out. Bekah -- http://www.missbhavens.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Rupert Howe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, Jay, discussions are one thing, but I'm bored of watching > interesting discussions turn into personal slanging matches. > > It poisons threads and kills discussion. > > I know some of us seem to like it, and some of us just can't stop > watching. There's a familiar discussion on Twitter - people asking > themselves why they still subscribe to this list - "it's like a car > wreck". That saddens me. > > We all get heated about issues - fine - but if people have got > something negative to say about another person, about their > motivations or anything that's likely to lead to a personal slanging > match, perhaps they could show us the courtesy of having their open > and frank discussion on a blog and linking to it here. > > Maybe that will make this list more 'boring' - but personally, I'm > much more bored of watching people going to the toilet on each other > when I want to talk about videoblogging. > > Yours rather po-facedly, > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv/ > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ >
