Activity or Action? A New Series

Submitted by bradg on Wed, 07/12/2006 - 17:54

I'm webbed out. A generation ago I probably would have been "bummed" out. Before that, by a decade or 4, maybe I would have been "sick and tired". So, inspired by "All of your internet scandals are meaningless" -- I have contemplated a wired conversation where action is more meaningful than activity.

Now don't get me wrong, I know that activity surrounding web metrics can be pretty meaningful and, for some, quite lucrative. No, what I'm getting at are petty hypes, goofy buzz, lemming web-pedantry. Collective wisdom is not always the coolest thing.

To start the series, let's contemplate this notion:

Stop playing with 'memes' and focus more on ideas.

What would this mean? Well, about 20,000 bloggers would stop gaming search engines, content finders, indexing tools and aggregation sites. Instead they would either post something useful or take the time to contemplate their next useful concept.

Yeah, right.

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Submitted by Ethan (not verified) on Wed, 07/12/2006 - 20:37.

Unfortunately my site is completely down until my web host fixes the problem. Glad to have inspired you in the nick of time. :-)

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