Comments on: Playing nice on the internet http://mayorofconcord.com/2008/playing-nice-on-the-internet/ The Concord California News Blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:20:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Macie http://mayorofconcord.com/2008/playing-nice-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Macie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:01:25 +0000 http://mayorofconcord.com/?p=153#comment-407 I just finished reading your post about the national attention you site is getting. So it looks like the people that were looking down on your site must be eating their words now. I just finished reading your post about the national attention you site is getting. So it looks like the people that were looking down on your site must be eating their words now.

]]> By: First Amendment Rights for Bloggers | Mayor of Concord http://mayorofconcord.com/2008/playing-nice-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-52 First Amendment Rights for Bloggers | Mayor of Concord Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:19:50 +0000 http://mayorofconcord.com/?p=153#comment-52 [...] but within a week, I was already getting attention to the new blog. Some was nice, some was not so nice but in an age where anyone with an opinion can hide behind a pseudonym and send an anonymous email [...] [...] but within a week, I was already getting attention to the new blog. Some was nice, some was not so nice but in an age where anyone with an opinion can hide behind a pseudonym and send an anonymous email [...]

]]> By: Can I get a big glass of Concord Hater-aid? | Mayor of Concord http://mayorofconcord.com/2008/playing-nice-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Can I get a big glass of Concord Hater-aid? | Mayor of Concord Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:25:58 +0000 http://mayorofconcord.com/?p=153#comment-23 [...] of connections. Good for him and the community. It takes time to build a blog and I address this in my last post. Back in November of 07 when you started your site did you get a lot of visitors? This has nothing [...] [...] of connections. Good for him and the community. It takes time to build a blog and I address this in my last post. Back in November of 07 when you started your site did you get a lot of visitors? This has nothing [...]

]]> By: BGR http://mayorofconcord.com/2008/playing-nice-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-21 BGR Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:04:15 +0000 http://mayorofconcord.com/?p=153#comment-21 Koka, You don't need to apologize to anyone. We all sometimes take ourselves way too seriously. It's unfortunate when some fans of one camp or another turn diveristy into "us" v. "them." Two things are true: There is a big difference between social media blogs and 80s-style BBS chat sites, and how people sometimes slip and lose perspective when they identify strongly with one or the other. Secondly, there is plenty of room out there for lots of blogs to serve various local communities and tastes. I look forward to seeing your site grow and make a contribution. <em>BGR's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/halfwaytoconcord/VuRP/~3/382738267/' rel="nofollow">Interview: Dan Keen, Concord’s new City Manager</a></em> Koka, You don’t need to apologize to anyone. We all sometimes take ourselves way too seriously. It’s unfortunate when some fans of one camp or another turn diveristy into “us” v. “them.”

Two things are true: There is a big difference between social media blogs and 80s-style BBS chat sites, and how people sometimes slip and lose perspective when they identify strongly with one or the other. Secondly, there is plenty of room out there for lots of blogs to serve various local communities and tastes.

I look forward to seeing your site grow and make a contribution.

BGR’s last blog post..Interview: Dan Keen, Concord’s new City Manager

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