http://katzenbach.info/blog/2005/debate-on-blogging-and-gatekeepers A weblog by Christian Katzenbach about the current re-configuration of the media landscape: transformations and consolidations in societal communications, the changing role of intermediaries, and digital networks as agents of change. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:13:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://katzenbach.info/blog/2005/debate-on-blogging-and-gatekeepers#comment-23 Alexander Korte Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:34:57 +0000 http://blog.katzenbach.info/?p=18#comment-23 eleven, now ;-) eleven, now

]]> http://katzenbach.info/blog/2005/debate-on-blogging-and-gatekeepers#comment-13 katzenbach.info » Blog Archive » Gatekeepers and demand side economies of scale Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:04:59 +0000 http://blog.katzenbach.info/?p=18#comment-13 [...] These - at first glance - contradicting laws reflect the discussion on gatekeepers in the blogosphere. Since the means of production and distribution are so cheap, everybody can publish. But that doesn’t translate automatically into people reading your stuff. Every rich communication system differentiates roles, and - of course - different blogs have different audiences and different functions. Kottke.org has thousands of readers, I’d be happy to have ten. And that obviously implies a different impact. [...] [...] These - at first glance - contradicting laws reflect the discussion on gatekeepers in the blogosphere. Since the means of production and distribution are so cheap, everybody can publish. But that doesn’t translate automatically into people reading your stuff. Every rich communication system differentiates roles, and - of course - different blogs have different audiences and different functions. Kottke.org has thousands of readers, I’d be happy to have ten. And that obviously implies a different impact. [...]

]]> http://katzenbach.info/blog/2005/debate-on-blogging-and-gatekeepers#comment-4 chriggi Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:29:32 +0000 http://blog.katzenbach.info/?p=18#comment-4 I just doubt that people will do that - choose a quality scale rather than just tagging or linking. We are lazy! And the implicit vote of linking and the stucturization through tagging yields well in the aggregate. But how is your experience on your site - are people using Viewlevels? I just doubt that people will do that - choose a quality scale rather than just tagging or linking. We are lazy!
And the implicit vote of linking and the stucturization through tagging yields well in the aggregate. But how is your experience on your site - are people using Viewlevels?

]]> http://katzenbach.info/blog/2005/debate-on-blogging-and-gatekeepers#comment-3 Jon Garfunkel Sun, 12 Jun 2005 05:16:15 +0000 http://blog.katzenbach.info/?p=18#comment-3 Christian-- thanks for your words of encouragement. I do agree that del.icio.us and Technorati are steps in the right direction. They are wonderful, and I think del.icio.us has a bit of an edge since it already has the structure of allowing multiple readers to tag/rate another resource. I think the next step is to how people to actually choose a quality scale, rather than just assume that a tag is a vote. -- Jon Christian– thanks for your words of encouragement.
I do agree that del.icio.us and Technorati are steps in the right direction. They are wonderful, and I think del.icio.us has a bit of an edge since it already has the structure of allowing multiple readers to tag/rate another resource. I think the next step is to how people to actually choose a quality scale, rather than just assume that a tag is a vote. — Jon

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