Comments on: The Open Source Media Plot Thickens

By: Conservative Cat

Conservative Cat — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:54:39 +0000

The Whole OSM Thing
Don Surber has a round-up of reactions to the Open Source Media project. Included is the story of the co-founder left behind in the dust, a possibly-unintended snub to a major player, and more than one post about the general…

By: Dirk

Dirk — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:50:53 +0000

Usually a collection of opinion writers backed by advertising revenue is called a “magazine.” The only thing new here is the pretensions.

By: American Daughter

American Daughter — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:14:09 +0000

The mainstream media became corrupt and biased because (1) their business model encourages pandering to advertisers for revenue and (2) over the years they became a closed elitest club with no capacity for mutual vetting. The openness and interactiveness of the Blogosphere came like fresh air as an antidote to this stranglehold on the sharing of news and opinion.

It seems that OSM has adopted a business model that sacrifices the gains of citizen journalism and attempts to replicate the worst moribund features of the MSM business model. They appear to be trying to structure their own stranglehold on readership, driven by greed for advertising revenue.

Worse, they are acting like a bunch of newly rich hillbillies in their profligacy with venture capital, and very publicly tripping over their own egos.

Ultimately, the Blogosphere is about the richness of the ideas and the broadness and INCLUSIVENESS of sharing. They are going in exactly the opposite direction.

This may have one salutary effect. The Instapundit will incur a lot of disfavor, and he has long since stopped being an asset to the sphere as his blog is just a lot of links and “heh’s”.

It will make room for Jay to move up the ladder and replace him. And Jay is VALUE ADDED. Jay and friends understand what the Blogosphere is really about.

By: bryan

bryan — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:06:20 +0000

What I think the blogosphere is about is an open community of communication.
Indeed. Honestly, I haven’t the time to be jealous of OSM, and a lot of what I’m reading is not the sort of thing that is borne of jealousy, but of concern (with the notable exception of Dennis the Peasant). I *want* the concept to succeed – at least the part about highlighting good stuff from the blogosphere. The monopoly advertising part I’m more wary of, but whatever.

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:52:04 +0000

Jay I thought Don Subers link was a hoot.

As I stated in the previous thread you had on this subject, I still don’t get the whole thing. If Don is correct, and e-mails aren’t returned and the lack of comments on the site are two things that bother me greatly. What exactly is OSM, another conservative news site?