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.”
September 20th, 2004 at 4:08 PM PDT
He kind of over-reacted didn’t he? Sheesh.
September 20th, 2004 at 4:36 PM PDT
Sometimes we all need a little perspective. Tempest in a teapot and all that.
Have a good week rich
September 20th, 2004 at 5:20 PM PDT
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….
September 20th, 2004 at 5:40 PM PDT
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.
September 20th, 2004 at 5:41 PM PDT
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…
September 20th, 2004 at 5:56 PM PDT
Yup, I’ve subscribed to your feed specifically because of Scobles idiotic post. Keep the cool hoaxes coming.
September 20th, 2004 at 6:08 PM PDT
Hoax or not, great picture and a great joke.
September 22nd, 2004 at 5:52 AM PDT
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.
September 22nd, 2004 at 3:14 PM PDT
If you got your news from Fark it never would have happened
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