Comments on: Social Media and the Decline of Editing http://www.b2bmemes.com/2010/03/26/social-media-and-the-decline-of-editing/ Tracking the Transformation of Business Media Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Monetize Your Typos | B2B Memes http://www.b2bmemes.com/2010/03/26/social-media-and-the-decline-of-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Monetize Your Typos | B2B Memes Wed, 26 May 2010 21:29:38 +0000 http://www.b2bmemes.com/?p=922#comment-965 [...] while back, I lamented how social media seem to lead inevitably to the decline of editing and proofreading. I was given new hope this weekend, though, while listening to Leo Laporte’s [...] [...] while back, I lamented how social media seem to lead inevitably to the decline of editing and proofreading. I was given new hope this weekend, though, while listening to Leo Laporte’s [...]

]]> By: Mark W Schaefer http://www.b2bmemes.com/2010/03/26/social-media-and-the-decline-of-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Mark W Schaefer Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:58:23 +0000 http://www.b2bmemes.com/?p=922#comment-884 John, First, thanks for the nod. My wheels have been spinning a lot about this issue and I think it boils down to the progressive de-valuation of humans in the face of technology. Technology has not enabled freedom of expression, it has made us conform to set tight formats of boxes and 140 characters and broken our ability to be compensated for music, literature and other artistic creation. The only speech that is truly protected from being stolen, mashed and twisted is advertising. And now newspapers have willingly unleashed hate, just because they have the technology to do so. I grieve the way technology has made the American press sensationalized and impotent. John, First, thanks for the nod.

My wheels have been spinning a lot about this issue and I think it boils down to the progressive de-valuation of humans in the face of technology. Technology has not enabled freedom of expression, it has made us conform to set tight formats of boxes and 140 characters and broken our ability to be compensated for music, literature and other artistic creation. The only speech that is truly protected from being stolen, mashed and twisted is advertising. And now newspapers have willingly unleashed hate, just because they have the technology to do so. I grieve the way technology has made the American press sensationalized and impotent.

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