[Air-L] public/private [part 1 of 2]

[Sarah Robbins]

I find this discussion fascinating on a level of the mediums that we choose
to use to express information. If we get right down to it, if we just want
to write and express ourselves then why not just use a word document. If we
want to be heard and get feedback we use a blog or similar format. Has there
been any research on what audiences bloggers etc really think they are
reaching, want to reach etc? The rift between the the ideal audience and the
actual audience?

On 8/13/07, Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> I would advise you to remove your blogs then because it is very
> likely that if it is linked to anywhere or hosted on a major blogging
> platform that it is in one of the research compediums of blogs.  if
> we can find it through google blogsearch or technorati, then it is
> likely it is in one or more research collections.
>
> it is not that you are putting up a window...   it is that you are
> sending out broadsheets and posters on the fence, on the side of your
> house, probably into public mailboxes, etc. etc..   i don't have to
> look into the window to see what you've done, i can take photos from
> the street, comment on the architecture, etc.  If i
>
> a disclaimer won't really solve your issue either, it might be
> respected, but only if you do it in a machine readable way.  a
> robot.txt file excluding all search engines will go much farther than
> a disclaimer.
>
>
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