The Casualties of Blogging

Yesterday, I posted this entry on “The Home Computer of 2004″ and somehow caught the eye of the popular Robert Scoble. Overnight, Scoble’s blog sent me lots of visitors — thanks! However, one of the things I failed to do is properly attribute where I got the link from (I got it from del.icio.us/popular — the original image came from here… from some guy named Scott). It turns out the image I posted is a hoax… who knew (lots of people I guess). The funny thing is, even if I would have properly attributed who I got the photo from, I bet Scoble would still have linked to it. Afterall, there’s no indication from the original source that it was a hoax. Anyway, this morning, Scoble decided to dump me because of my false reporting. Mr. Scoble, I didn’t mean to ruin your credibility, really.

Does this mean, I have to research everything I write before posting it like a journalist would do? Maybe, but I don’t think so. My purpose of having a blog is so that I can keep a living journal of things that interest me. I’m not a paid journalist, nor am I a Jason Blair. I have no responsibilities to reporting accurately for people like Scoble. Is it my fault for posting this hoax as if it were fact? Maybe. I’m not one to mislead people intentionally. In this case, I’m the one who was misled.

And believe me, my post had nothing to do with Robert Scoble’s theory on “How your blog will get discovered.”

9 Responses to “The Casualties of Blogging”

  1. TK Says:

    He kind of over-reacted didn’t he? Sheesh.

  2. Jeremy C. Wright Says:

    Sometimes we all need a little perspective. Tempest in a teapot and all that.

    Have a good week rich :)

  3. JJ Says:

    But, but… you should know ***everything*** right?

    How many of us can honestly claim we have NEVER, EVER, EVER fallen for anything false? it happens, we deal, we pound our heads on the desk make up new words and then put on an embarassed grin and try to hide for the rest of the week….

  4. Craig Says:

    Overreaction indeed - you may have cost him readers!! *rolleyes*

    Hell, I’ve never been here before, but because of all this, I’m subscribing :) I like the banner image.

  5. Mikel Berger Says:

    At least they got Fortran right
    for David anyway. The 2004 home computer as predicted 50 years ago. http://manalang.com/archives/2004/09/19/the-home-computer-of-2004/ “With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use” via Scoble Update: It’s a hoa…

  6. Gustaf Erikson Says:

    Yup, I’ve subscribed to your feed specifically because of Scobles idiotic post. Keep the cool hoaxes coming.

  7. Dave Says:

    Hoax or not, great picture and a great joke.

  8. Leiza Says:

    Hello. Was surfing around looking for jeepney images and this site caught my eye. Thank you for having such wonderful pictures! It truly made me homesick. :)

  9. Santa Says:

    If you got your news from Fark it never would have happened

    http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1115586

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