JOMC 191.3 Blogging, We the Media and Virtual Communities

I found this article on Wikipedia about Prussian Blue, twin, teenage white supremacist singers. Apparently they’re really big in neo-Nazi circles and have been compared to the Olsen twins. I found out about Lamb and Lynx Gaede in a weekly email from Poynter announcing that they had granted Teen People an interview after going into hiding. I thought it was interesting how Wikipedia said “The neutrality of this article is disputed.” It directs visitors to the talk page where you can follow the discussion. I just thought it was a good example of how Wikipedia dealt with a controversial topic. There’s even instructions on how to ignore trolls. I did a little research on the girls and it’s crazy what they sing about. Just for the record - I am definitely not promoting the group.

- Robin

Wow…
I thought I had seen it all.

Conservative TV and Radio Host Sean Hannity has a new service on his site called “Hannidate” which provides a place where “like conservative minds can meet up!” I’d be interested in seeing how many subscribers/users this service actually has.

I had to laugh a little.

I found this interesting.

Apparently, two teenage bloggers from France and Germany are being investigated for helping incite the riots currently going on. I’m interested in seeing what type of effect it will have on the blogging community if these two are charged with anything.

There is an article in Media Post’s Online Media Daily with highlights from an Ad:Tech panel on whether or not blog ads create buzz. Nick Denton claims that the buzz is not there on his blogs (not sure I would admit that if I were him since I would think he would appreciate the source of revenue). Other bloggers had better luck, but all agreed that there had to be a “fit” between the ad and the blog–that seems pretty obvious.

Since we’ve discussed instant messaging a few times, I thought you might be interested in this IDC report on IMing in the workplace. This report finds that IM is crossing over from teen to corporate tool for things like “Wall Street, financial services, and government. IM applications for business use is expected to grow from $315 million in 2005 to $736 million in 2009.”