Comment not content
I should know better. After all, the largest part of my waking hours are spent in front of a web browser, for better or worse. I see how quickly information moves through those little tubes, and how nothing stays off the radar for very long. But, as we get older we assume that nobody is listening.
Yesterday, after reading an interesting blog post on a topic I hold near and dear to my plans for the future, I left a comment. Nothing too elaborate or controversial, ‘cuz that’s not my style. Just a remark that pointed out another path to explore on the road from here to there.
Within hours, my comment had been cited on three other blogs (that have been brought to my attention so far). Perhaps it was the moment, but it caught me by surprise. Even in the small universe I frequent, there are other people that have similar interests and a need for new information. Quite an empowering thing, really.
Which leads me to the political world. Why is it, in a time when we don’t need the mainstream media to get our ideas out there, when the possibility exists to proclaim from a virtual rooftop, is the current election campaign so devoid of content. I don’t know anything more about the platforms of the various parties than I did two weeks ago. The names of our local candidates are still just short of mysterious. We know that there is advertising money being spent, but so far, only one lonely puffin seems to have found a way to leave a marker.
If we’re going to spend millions (of public money) to choose the next batch of parliamentarians, could someone provide them with some blogging time. I mean, assuming that they know how to read and write.
