Life isn't fair
Doc Searls got a comment on his take that there aren't any "gatekeepers" in the blogosphere:
...to be told that a page sitting out on the end of the Long Tail is somehow equal to that sort of megaphone, because everybody could *in theory* read it. They won't, and to say otherwise starts to become downright cruel.
To which Doc responded:
I have this idea that the blogosphere is the one place in the world - or perhaps an entirely new world, or a part of a new world, created on the Net - where there is no need for class, for caste, for gates or keepers of anything.
I have a simpler answer: Life isn't fair. Some people have more traffic than others, and - like any other medium - first movers got something of an advantage. There's really nothing that can be done about it.
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[desertlightjournal.blog-city.com] February 13, 2006 8:20:18.317
Trackback from desertlightjournal.blog-city.com The trick is in the wrist... Doc Searls has pretty much had it with the discussion on gatekeeping and A-listers, yadayada. This is understandable. (If you’ve missed all or part of this discussion, as I did, check Doc’s post for a roundup.) I'd just read Dave Wi...