tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post6615255170633435603..comments2024-03-27T19:07:19.133-04:00Comments on The Silver Key: Raging against Twitter and the dying of the written wordBrian Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-20886168275451545252022-12-19T21:29:04.463-05:002022-12-19T21:29:04.463-05:00Thank you Jim, my friend. We'll be greatly out...Thank you Jim, my friend. We'll be greatly outnumbered, but I'm willing to go down holding out in a rearguard action.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-2634689227064260552022-12-16T23:22:37.806-05:002022-12-16T23:22:37.806-05:00I will gladly stand in this shieldwall at your sid...I will gladly stand in this shieldwall at your side.<br />Jim CorneliusFrontier Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954687487891143150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-54585896432526323512022-12-03T19:11:04.479-05:002022-12-03T19:11:04.479-05:00If out of touch is living a good life, then yes, t...If out of touch is living a good life, then yes, that's what I'm doing.<br /><br />Keep Tweeting into the void my friend.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-68381910488001889152022-12-03T18:54:36.614-05:002022-12-03T18:54:36.614-05:00Social media and blogs have their own niches to fi...Social media and blogs have their own niches to fill. You're just out of touch.<br /><br />There's always a place for books, but also for videos. New mediums and formats don't make humans dumber, just gives them more options to enjoy life.<br /><br />Touch grass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-47207547571677543022022-11-29T06:34:24.323-05:002022-11-29T06:34:24.323-05:00Holy cow Craig, 900 pages of Ye Olde English? I ho...Holy cow Craig, 900 pages of Ye Olde English? I hope its been worth the crusade/quest-thing. I'm sure it has.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-60848529596765283362022-11-27T17:42:20.976-05:002022-11-27T17:42:20.976-05:00Wonderful post, Brian! Absolutely wonderful. The...Wonderful post, Brian! Absolutely wonderful. The "smart" phone is perhaps the most destructive useful (because it really is useful) technology every invented and we have no idea where we will end up with it. As for me, I am presently on the tail end of Malory's LE MORTE D'ARTHUR, all 900+ pages of it in antique English, with lots of jousting and questing. I hope you are doing well--writing well, reading well, drinking long and deeply of life. Craig S. Shoemakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105436452132958338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-71980020663543097612022-11-25T06:45:51.809-05:002022-11-25T06:45:51.809-05:00Paul: Yeah it's like an infection, the way soc...Paul: Yeah it's like an infection, the way social media platforms inevitably drift towards conformity (which means, drama and memes). The common factor across all is that people use them.<br /><br />Matthew: Smart move on your part. I don't see Musk paying $44B for the site and then shutting it down, though.<br /><br />George: I will keep blogging/raging, and hopefully enlightening with longer form content.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-29223090107646170292022-11-24T08:52:34.583-05:002022-11-24T08:52:34.583-05:00Reader from South America Here: A marketing pro sa...Reader from South America Here: A marketing pro saying that the audience has a short attention span is admitting failure, as he won't leave a lasting impression and change attitudes. That's why long form content is needed. People said the Internet would destroy books, but books are one of the things that sell better in the Internet. Publishers are lazy, people still read very long books by old authors like James Clavell, Ane Rand or Frank Herbert. Youtubers can find success with hour long videos of very niche subjects. A blog might have a small audience, but it will have a lasting impact on it's readers. Please keep blogging, I'm trying to write more myself. Cheers, George Seal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-74953210409579575802022-11-23T17:06:28.423-05:002022-11-23T17:06:28.423-05:00Well, of course some douchebag marketing VP would ...Well, of course some douchebag marketing VP would say a thing like that...Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624614486574035692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-484921371578719432022-11-23T14:33:23.216-05:002022-11-23T14:33:23.216-05:00Well articulated, and I couldn't agree with yo...Well articulated, and I couldn't agree with you more. I have managed to avoid the seduction of social media and I believe I'm all the better for it. If I include a longer article from another source on my blog, I try to keep my comments short. Years ago, I conducted a survey and the larger percentage of respondents said they liked the longer pieces. I'm sure that's changed by now.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926491868571442274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-31740254146807727272022-11-23T11:20:27.793-05:002022-11-23T11:20:27.793-05:00"For Long Form Content!" Here here my fr...<i>"For Long Form Content!"</i> Here here my friend.<br /><br />Keep raging and keep writing. Not all of us will fall for the Trickle that Drowns the World.Jason Campbellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-8774758399658875942022-11-23T09:44:12.680-05:002022-11-23T09:44:12.680-05:00I made a decision to stay off social media awhile ...I made a decision to stay off social media awhile ago, and I do not regret it. (Well, there was one bulletin board group that moved to facebook that I regret not following, but you have to make sacrifices.) I think twitter is particularly bad, because it's form simplifies things in the extreme. A lot of right-wingers are excited that Elon Musk is planning to turn twitter into a free speech platform. (As opposed, to the left leaning one it has blatantly been.) But I think the best thing Musk could do was SHUT IT DOWN. That said if we have to have it, it should be open to anyone and I mean anyone.<br /><br />Technology is a tool and a tool is in how you use it, but humanity doesn't have the best track record in terms of prudence.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.com