Comments on: “The spark of what we do is community” http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/04/the-spark-of-what-we-do-is-community/ Bright ideas to grow your business Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:05:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jemima Gibbons http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/04/the-spark-of-what-we-do-is-community/#comment-3474 Jemima Gibbons Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:17:49 +0000 http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/?p=312#comment-3474 Thanks Caroline, all really interesting points. To be honest, I guess what I liked about Matthew was that he was deeply partisan and he admitted to that, and I find that sort of honesty refreshing in a business context. On a personal level, fair enough, if you really can't stand somebody's ideas, or what they stand for, then it's probably a good thing not to work with them. Having said that, I agree that, overall, it's best for people to try to put aside their prejudices and actually try to listen to what others might say, even if they feel they disagree at a fundamental level. But it's not always an easy call. Thanks Caroline, all really interesting points.

To be honest, I guess what I liked about Matthew was that he was deeply partisan and he admitted to that, and I find that sort of honesty refreshing in a business context. On a personal level, fair enough, if you really can’t stand somebody’s ideas, or what they stand for, then it’s probably a good thing not to work with them.

Having said that, I agree that, overall, it’s best for people to try to put aside their prejudices and actually try to listen to what others might say, even if they feel they disagree at a fundamental level. But it’s not always an easy call.

]]> By: Caroline Teunissen http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/04/the-spark-of-what-we-do-is-community/#comment-3472 Caroline Teunissen Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:27:51 +0000 http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/?p=312#comment-3472 Very interesting to read Matthew’s views on the current state of political blogging. Labour not only insulted the social media political space, they completely misunderstood it. I find it deeply ironic though that he says Tom Watson ‘gets’ social media - Tom Watson was Damian McBrides boss wasn’t he. Surely Damian learnt something from the great man himself. Whilst I have had every respect for Barack Obama’s social media campaign and the way it was managed - I think Matthew is being shortsighted to say the least in only staying true to his party roots. It shows he is in danger of creating his own echo chamber / where peoples opinions just continue to validate their own and the blogosphere becomes polarized.. Ironically it is the Democractic side of the US blogosphere who have more links to blogs which are not reflective of their own opinions - and % wise they have more links to Republican blogs than Republicans do to Democratic blogs. The Democratic party members are more inclined to show Liberatarin views than the Republicans and are more open minded than the Republicans. (see reference: The Power and Politics of Blogs - Daniel Drezner / Benkler - Wealth of Networks - Chaper 7) Social media is based on discussions, debates, sharing informaion - blogs form part of that democractic process through people sharing their opinions with feedback and comments as part of the healthy system of checks and balances to keep the opinions less polarized … At this time more than ever we should all be engaged in deliberative discussions because it is only in that way that true democracy is exercised and the citizen is involved in the rational critical debate of the blogosphere and can debate on the issues affecting us all in our lives. To profess any different suggests using social media merely as a tool to extend the current governments political messages across this medium rather than encouraging and actively debating political issues. Very interesting to read Matthew’s views on the current state of political blogging.
Labour not only insulted the social media political space, they completely misunderstood it.
I find it deeply ironic though that he says Tom Watson ‘gets’ social media - Tom Watson was Damian McBrides boss wasn’t he. Surely Damian learnt something from the great man himself.

Whilst I have had every respect for Barack Obama’s social media campaign and the way it was managed - I think Matthew is being shortsighted to say the least in only staying true to his party roots. It shows he is in danger of creating his own echo chamber / where peoples opinions just continue to validate their own and the blogosphere becomes polarized..

Ironically it is the Democractic side of the US blogosphere who have more links to blogs which are not reflective of their own opinions - and % wise they have more links to Republican blogs than Republicans do to Democratic blogs. The Democratic party members are more inclined to show Liberatarin views than the Republicans and are more open minded than the Republicans.
(see reference: The Power and Politics of Blogs - Daniel Drezner / Benkler - Wealth of Networks - Chaper 7)

Social media is based on discussions, debates, sharing informaion - blogs form part of that democractic process through people sharing their opinions with feedback and comments as part of the healthy system of checks and balances to keep the opinions less polarized …

At this time more than ever we should all be engaged in deliberative discussions because it is only in that way that true democracy is exercised and the citizen is involved in the rational critical debate of the blogosphere and can debate on the issues affecting us all in our lives.
To profess any different suggests using social media merely as a tool to extend the current governments political messages across this medium rather than encouraging and actively debating political issues.

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