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 I'm the wife of a scattered businessman and the mother of 4. The oldest is out in the "Real World", the second is in college, the third and fourth are in elementary school. I'm trying to make the lives of mothers better by sharing my mistakes - so they can learn from my mistakes, they don't have to make their own. I love to travel and take pictures. I try to incorporate both into my life every day. My motto - "Don't Panic - It could be worse." From Our StoreComments |
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MIghty indeed — when it
MIghty indeed — when it doesn't lose postings. Seems like all the Nov 5 posts disappeared in our iPhone Life blogs. It's amazing how blogs are increasingly becoming a source for breaking news. And how they've become an important vehicle for crowdsourcing. One blog gets a scoop, then it takes on life in the blogosphere.
mightier than the editor
Yes, well, I guess "breaking news" can "break" in more than one way, Jim! At least those posts didn't disappear forever, just for a weekend. Hooray for backups.
To answer the original question... a blog is not literally mightier than a hacker's tools, or even the random accidents that take down a server from time to time. But then, a pen is not literally mightier than a sword, either. So looking at the impact on society... we've seenblogs (and Twitter feeds) get news past the firewalls of totalitarian regimes. I forget the details, but there was an earthquake in China that the Chinese government would have liked to cover up, except that thousands of people had already posted photos and videos from their cell phones.
And then there's the double-edged sword of blogging: it allows a writer to bypass the moderating influence of an editor. If the writer is really good or really radical, an editor might just keep him or her suppressed. But if s/he sucks, well, an editor might have provided some helpful criticism to make the writing better. I'm in the process of writing a book right now, as a blog, without an editor, and without my wife to read the posts before I publish them I would have shot myself in the foot at least twice as often as I have!