Seminole heights blog going to the crapper?
I've been reading over on the Seminole Heights blog lately about the blogman proposing to do away with anonymous commentatin'. Needless to say the suggestion was met with quite mixed reviews. Early on, I realized that I wasn't allowing anonymous comments and decided to open it up. So far I've noticed no increase in the number of comments, heck I don't get many to start with so why limit even a single one.
The Seminole Heights blog however has quite the reader base because for most of it's life it's been a fine resource for local events and commentary. It truly had the pulse of the neighborhood at it's heart. Quite honestly, from what I've been reading over the past coupla years, I don't see things changing all that much. Most of the anonymous crap has been just that...crap.
What I find quite humorous are the remarks by what I had thought were otherwise smart folks. It ain't censorship, it ain't Big Brother, it ain't nothing like that at all. Guess what people, its the Internet, if "they" want to know who ya are, they already know. Now, the only argument I can say has merit is that it is just one more account we got to remember the log in for. In this day and age, I agree that we got too many damn usernames, passwords, PIN's, phone numbers, emails, you name it. But for that arguement I gotta say, so what, if you want to have a part in the neighborhood, it's a small price to pay, it's sorta like votin', or going to local government meetings,it takes a bit of effort,so what. As for the spam remark, I been bloggin' myself for a few months now, got my email address posted up there for the world to see, and so far, I ain't seen a single piece of spam. Call me lucky I guess.
I bet all these yahoos that say well, I aint gonna read the blog no more, are the same one's that say I ain't registerin' to vote because I don't want to get called for jury duty. Well now, we all know that don't hold water.
Anyhow, I've been reading that there blog for a while and it seems to me ever since they announced the departure of the blogman, things started to slide. I ain't saying one caused the other, but just from my perspective that's a good place to mark the time. So what happened?
I don't have an answer, but it's probably been a few things. The blogman did have a way of catalyzing neighborhood issues with his rhetoric, and he had a quirky eye for local happenings, both public events and day-to-day local flavor. That seems to have become rarer and rarer in the postings. The comments on the otherhand have gotten more and more immature. I would like to think that they're the result of a couple of bored teenagers in the neighborhood with nothing better to do. But knowing some of my neighbors, I have to suspect some of them are from folks old enough to be adults, but not acting like them. People emboldened by the fact that they never have to answer for their words. What I gotta wonder is, if their wife or husband, or sons or daughters, or mothers or fathers knew what they were doing, how would the relatives feel. I can only imagine a feeling of overwhelming shame would be what they felt. I mean, dear lord, the poop comments? That sort of thing was funny when we were 12.
Well, blogman, I hope you stick to your guns and follow through with your no-anonymous comments. Best of luck to you.
The Seminole Heights blog however has quite the reader base because for most of it's life it's been a fine resource for local events and commentary. It truly had the pulse of the neighborhood at it's heart. Quite honestly, from what I've been reading over the past coupla years, I don't see things changing all that much. Most of the anonymous crap has been just that...crap.
What I find quite humorous are the remarks by what I had thought were otherwise smart folks. It ain't censorship, it ain't Big Brother, it ain't nothing like that at all. Guess what people, its the Internet, if "they" want to know who ya are, they already know. Now, the only argument I can say has merit is that it is just one more account we got to remember the log in for. In this day and age, I agree that we got too many damn usernames, passwords, PIN's, phone numbers, emails, you name it. But for that arguement I gotta say, so what, if you want to have a part in the neighborhood, it's a small price to pay, it's sorta like votin', or going to local government meetings,it takes a bit of effort,so what. As for the spam remark, I been bloggin' myself for a few months now, got my email address posted up there for the world to see, and so far, I ain't seen a single piece of spam. Call me lucky I guess.
I bet all these yahoos that say well, I aint gonna read the blog no more, are the same one's that say I ain't registerin' to vote because I don't want to get called for jury duty. Well now, we all know that don't hold water.
Anyhow, I've been reading that there blog for a while and it seems to me ever since they announced the departure of the blogman, things started to slide. I ain't saying one caused the other, but just from my perspective that's a good place to mark the time. So what happened?
I don't have an answer, but it's probably been a few things. The blogman did have a way of catalyzing neighborhood issues with his rhetoric, and he had a quirky eye for local happenings, both public events and day-to-day local flavor. That seems to have become rarer and rarer in the postings. The comments on the otherhand have gotten more and more immature. I would like to think that they're the result of a couple of bored teenagers in the neighborhood with nothing better to do. But knowing some of my neighbors, I have to suspect some of them are from folks old enough to be adults, but not acting like them. People emboldened by the fact that they never have to answer for their words. What I gotta wonder is, if their wife or husband, or sons or daughters, or mothers or fathers knew what they were doing, how would the relatives feel. I can only imagine a feeling of overwhelming shame would be what they felt. I mean, dear lord, the poop comments? That sort of thing was funny when we were 12.
Well, blogman, I hope you stick to your guns and follow through with your no-anonymous comments. Best of luck to you.
posted by Grumpy at 12/28/2006 07:46:00 AM
2 Comments:
I'm thinking of restoring an old house in Seminole Hts but have heard it has turned into a dangerous, ugly ghetto.
Is this true? I'd appreciate any helpful info from folks who actually live there. thanks
Barbiedahl,
Not sure where you are getting your info or if you are even checking this blog anymore. But let me clarify, SH is not turning into a dangerous, ugly ghetto. There is an influx of dinks (double income no kids) and yuppies with money. Not quite the ghetto.
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