Comments on: Bloggers and geeks as superheroes http://hummingbird604.com/2008/07/03/bloggers-and-geeks-as-superheroes/ The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Robert http://hummingbird604.com/2008/07/03/bloggers-and-geeks-as-superheroes/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 Robert Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:14:15 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-1412 I certainly agree that something significant is happening here. I don't know about the heroics, but there is a new kind of community developing -- or nodes of communities. Politicians serve for a term, but people vote every day for the blogs and sites they like... simply by reading, and accidentally leaving the record of their visit in the log file. Those that resonate with a lot of people achieve more readership. Does that make them heroes? A blog may not have many readers, but may serve a niche. Maybe the determination of the blogger to continue posting makes that person a hero. Much of this is being archived, and therefore is contributing to the historical record of our time. I am also impressed that more and more I see people willing to reveal their true identity. There was a fear of doing this in the early days of forums and other community sites. I think this helps to build real communities. BTW, as a 'student of the environment' I thought you enjoy a couple of bloggers who are amazing in their ability to talk the talk, and whose lives show that they really do walk the walk. Their real names are at their sites. <a href="//magickcanoe.com/blog/" title="Bev Wigney's blog" rel="nofollow">Burning Silo</a> <a href="http://chilcotin.wordpress.com/" title="Dave Neads's blog" rel="nofollow">Chilcotin Ark</a> I certainly agree that something significant is happening here. I don’t know about the heroics, but there is a new kind of community developing — or nodes of communities. Politicians serve for a term, but people vote every day for the blogs and sites they like… simply by reading, and accidentally leaving the record of their visit in the log file. Those that resonate with a lot of people achieve more readership. Does that make them heroes? A blog may not have many readers, but may serve a niche. Maybe the determination of the blogger to continue posting makes that person a hero. Much of this is being archived, and therefore is contributing to the historical record of our time.

I am also impressed that more and more I see people willing to reveal their true identity. There was a fear of doing this in the early days of forums and other community sites. I think this helps to build real communities.

BTW, as a ‘student of the environment’ I thought you enjoy a couple of bloggers who are amazing in their ability to talk the talk, and whose lives show that they really do walk the walk. Their real names are at their sites.
Burning Silo
Chilcotin Ark

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