Mark, I'm not sure that a WordCamp - an event for people keenly interested in a specific blogging tool - can be considered outside the echo chamber. Then again, perhaps there are nested echo chambers, and you've moved out a layer or two. It must still be pretty small and loud in there, though.
rizzn
· 1 year ago
Andrew - we had, ironically, a small glitch that ended up eating my comments on this. The gist of my reply was this:
You are right to assume that it isn't outside the echo chamber. WP fans are a different echo chamber, this is true. I expected them to be cut of the same jib of the SV/Social Media blogosphere, and they're not.
These are a more utilitarian bunch, they don't have time to waste on everything we write about here daily. They are looking to grab technologies that are entertaining, yes, but also efficient with their time. Many of them begrudgingly use Twitter, some wholeheartedly, and many not at all. This is because they recognize that every tool that we write about is not a one-size-fits-all. Twitter, like most stuff we write about, isn't meant for everyone.
These are my impressions from the weekend. I could be wrong, and if I am, I hope one of them corrects me.
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I'm not sure that a WordCamp - an event for people keenly interested in a specific blogging tool - can be considered outside the echo chamber. Then again, perhaps there are nested echo chambers, and you've moved out a layer or two. It must still be pretty small and loud in there, though.
You are right to assume that it isn't outside the echo chamber. WP fans are a different echo chamber, this is true. I expected them to be cut of the same jib of the SV/Social Media blogosphere, and they're not.
These are a more utilitarian bunch, they don't have time to waste on everything we write about here daily. They are looking to grab technologies that are entertaining, yes, but also efficient with their time. Many of them begrudgingly use Twitter, some wholeheartedly, and many not at all. This is because they recognize that every tool that we write about is not a one-size-fits-all. Twitter, like most stuff we write about, isn't meant for everyone.
These are my impressions from the weekend. I could be wrong, and if I am, I hope one of them corrects me.