Thanks Glenn, helps close the circle on what I was trying to say. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr.<[email protected]> wrote: > Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> suggested: >> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/technology/internet/22link.html?emc=eta1 >> >> By NOAM COHEN >> Totalitarian governments are unlikely to cut off sites like Blogspot >> that host innocuous content alongside political speech. > > The Cute Cat Theory > <http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/08/the-cute-cat-theory-talk-at-etech/> > > A talk that explains how to tell if your social-media tool is > working. "[...] any sufficiently advanced read/write technology > will get used for two purposes: pornography and activism. Porn > is a weak test for the success of participatory media - it's > like tapping a mike and asking, 'Is it on?' If youâ're not > getting porn in your system, it doesn't work. Activism is a > stronger test - if activists are using your tools, it's a pretty > good indication that your tools are useful and usable." > > Also mentions that when a goverment cuts off uninvolved folks' > supply of cute cat pictures in order to censor activism, the > uninvolved people finally get upset too. From March of last > year. > > -- Glenn > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
