Friday, September 26, 2008

As a rival 'retools,' the downside of free software

Talk about navel gazing! These days, anyone with a computer and Internet access can start a blog about a blog -- about a blog.

7 comments:

  1. gannettblogsucks now available at gannettblogsucks.tumblr.com and twitter.com/gblogsucks

    yes, they really should probably stop letting any fool with a web connection and a computer make a blog

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  2. Gannettblogsucks must be set up by some directer of something at Gannet becouse the site doesn't even work. Much like most of the stuff the upper tier comes up with,

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  3. I'm not going to do what Jim Hopkins doesn't not do. I'm starting http://gannettblogsucksblogreallysucks-sucks.blogspot.com.

    OK, seriously, Jim - way to not take yourself, or the Grand Exulted Blogoshpere, too seriously. It isn't permanent.

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  4. @ gannettblogsucks - I totally agree. Not any fool should be able to start a blog, I'm sick of this avalanche of 'dis-information' constantly bombarding me.

    I think what we should do is create a government agency that licenses who is allowed to publish online. Maybe this could be a branch of the FCC. In fact, why don't we do that with all publishing? Make people register for a Xerox operators license to run a copy machine. It would certainly make it easier to make money from publishing, now wouldn't it?

    Cause after all, that's what the freedom of speech is really about - money. Right?

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  5. 2:44. What??

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  6. 2:44 I am laughing my ass off at the sarcasm

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