Comments on: Facing the Music http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/01/12/facing-the-music/ because it alliterates, and some blogs are journalism Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Darren Di Lieto http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/01/12/facing-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-63386 Darren Di Lieto Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:16:47 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/01/12/facing-the-music/#comment-63386 Great item! If this is of any interest here is a <a href="http://thelittlechimpsociety.com/theape/facebook-illustrators-be-a-ware/" title="http://thelittlechimpsociety.com/theape/facebook-illustrators-be-a-ware/" rel="nofollow">link</a> to an article write a while ago for the illustration news portal I run about the terms and conditions of Facebook. Great item! If this is of any interest here is a link to an article write a while ago for the illustration news portal I run about the terms and conditions of Facebook.

]]> By: Rory http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/01/12/facing-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-63320 Rory Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:45:20 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/01/12/facing-the-music/#comment-63320 I have just read your blog on BBC News regarding private corporations providing ad hoc intervention regarding malware and blocking potential spam servers etc. Perhaps there is room for a not-for-profit organisation to provide a free cooperative service to which organisations such as Google could subscribe freely, in addition to their own activities. In time, with enough organisations sharing their private block-lists with a not-for-profit, the service provided by the not-for-profit could become more useful than a privately operated list and produce more open net-governance available to all? I have just read your blog on BBC News regarding private corporations providing ad hoc intervention regarding malware and blocking potential spam servers etc.

Perhaps there is room for a not-for-profit organisation to provide a free cooperative service to which organisations such as Google could subscribe freely, in addition to their own activities.

In time, with enough organisations sharing their private block-lists with a not-for-profit, the service provided by the not-for-profit could become more useful than a privately operated list and produce more open net-governance available to all?

]]> By: Glynn Bird http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/01/12/facing-the-music/comment-page-1/#comment-63121 Glynn Bird Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:27:46 +0000 http://www.thebillblog.com/billblog/index.php/2008/01/12/facing-the-music/#comment-63121 There is always the temptation for a journalist to spice up their story by adding the phrase "on the internet" to the end of the story. This has latterly be superseded by "on MySpace", "on YouTube" or "on Facebook" e.g. * Schoolboys film fights on YouTube * Woman organises party on MySpace - house ransacked * Crime suspect's picture posted on Facebook These stories become far less newsworthy if they were: * Schoolboys film fights on Super 8 * Woman organises party on telephone - house ransacked * Crime suspect's picture posted on lamppost The PR helps to widen the appeal of MySpace/Facebook/YouTube/Internet, but it's really just a slow news day - rather like the "look at what's for sale on eBay" news stories that appear when real news is hard to find. There is always the temptation for a journalist to spice up their story by adding the phrase “on the internet” to the end of the story. This has latterly be superseded by “on MySpace”, “on YouTube” or “on Facebook” e.g.

* Schoolboys film fights on YouTube
* Woman organises party on MySpace – house ransacked
* Crime suspect’s picture posted on Facebook

These stories become far less newsworthy if they were:
* Schoolboys film fights on Super 8
* Woman organises party on telephone – house ransacked
* Crime suspect’s picture posted on lamppost

The PR helps to widen the appeal of MySpace/Facebook/YouTube/Internet, but it’s really just a slow news day – rather like the “look at what’s for sale on eBay” news stories that appear when real news is hard to find.

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