Comments on: Time’s Person of the Year: Stereotypical White People

By: Dave Traynor

Dave Traynor — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:33:24 +0000

Very perceptive post, Eric. I haven’t read the Time piece, but I’ve seen some of the commentary. It does seem like “they get it” and “they don’t get it.” I think that’s true of a lot of the mainstream media. But there’s no question that a lot more of them are paying attention now to “social media” and all that goes with it. We’re in the midst of a revolution of impressive proportions, so it’s not surprising that there’s a lot of debate about just where the edges of this new movement are. I suspect that in a few years, we’ll laugh about the idea that anyone ever doubted the strength of this new movement, just like we can’t imagine life anymore before the computer entered our world. But for some of us, it doesn’t seem that long ago.

By: Ike

Ike — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:04:31 +0000

Hey Eric, you should be proud. John Dvorak over at PC Magazine apparently reads your blog!

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By: Eric Eggertson

Eric Eggertson — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:22:12 +0000

They get it. They also don’t get it.

(I messaged Ike about this, and we both agreed the Time piece shows an understanding of the importance of social media and consumer-generated media, but they don’t seem to be adept at putting it to use.)

By: Ike

Ike — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:18:11 +0000

Eric –

You claim that when it comes to CGM, Time “gets it.”

Yet, when they put an on-line post of the story, they stick to static images instead of grabbing them randomly from a Flickr stream.

They could have screened thousands of photos (to avoid the liability of nudity or pranking), and let them wash in and out of the story.

But sadly, they don’t get it.