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I saw on Joho's Blog that Dave Winer posts about The Spirit of the Web at Bloggercon. He says:

"the dark side of the Web that sucks in traffic and doesn't let go, and the light side that distributes flow, trusting that if I send you somewhere good you'll come back to me for more. The Web is about that kind of trust. The weblog world, when it works, works like that. But human beings populate this world, so we see lots of un-weblike bullshit too, resentment, jealousy, exclusion, even hate. But this is not what the Web is about, it's the opposite, about linking, about listening, about respect."

This is true, but as I have discussed on a previous post, it is not always the case - especially if you are blogging against the status quo. Certainly true of feminists et al. Winer is a bit utopian in his hopes of the internet I think. But we can hope and wish.

Kate also blogged about an unpleasant (to say the least) experience with another blogger (that moved from the virtual to physical), but I can't find it - I think she took it off. I can't blame her.

posted by Netwoman @ 11:25 AM