Counter-blogs
I was wondering, with bountiful resources and Oxbridge brain, why can't the power-that-be run their own blogs to 'balance and neutralise' the blogosphere that they deemed blogosFEAR?
As it is, demonising Dr Mahathir hadn't really worked but had backfired, can demonising bloggers work? (Nat said "it’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness".)
A class license for political bloggers? Pity the MOI can't differentiate blogs on politics from blogs on governance.
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Newspaper readership is falling worldwide. What makes you think the masses will embrace "official blogs"?.
Internet are the ant armies abode, where giants can be emgaged.
Airasia embraced internet and overcame giants.
Malaysia-today/malaysiakini may have more readership than the official newspapers at certain times.
Google is larger in terms of market cap than US postal service/fedex and may challenge microsoft.
Microsoft at one time would have threatened citibank if it had started internet banking.
And now it seems, tune money may threaten bank negara, if done right.
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April 8, 2007 12:31 AM
why can't the power-that-be run their own blogs to 'balance and neutralise' the blogosphere that they fear?
what do you think will happen to their "comment" section if they launch it? it'll be filled with millions of "friendlt" comments ...
do you think the ox-bridge brain can take it? they have only one medium to hide, their controlled-media ... out of it, they're vulnerable ...
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April 8, 2007 02:53 AM
Spot on Jeff. Congrats on you appointment as elected deputy. We have a lot of work to do.
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April 8, 2007 03:00 AM
I am so surprised that Zam, a journalist, has gone to Singapore to learn about controlling blogs. He should have gone there to learn about governance.
The PAP in Singapore run a super clean, super efficient, tightly knit, City State. They really don't need blogs.They are registering blogs for data purposes. If they need blogs, then it is Social Blogs. Really.
Unlike Singapore, we in Malaysia need blogs for everything. What's gone wrong with Malaysia? Sure we have by our ways of governance and politics encouraged the rapid rise of blogs. So whose fault is it?
The main reason for the rapid rise of blogs is the grievances of the people. Listen to them. Learn from them. Follow them. Set up a ministry to counter them!
Don't talk arsinine suggestions like wanting to curb them.You might as well BAN them. Your job of governance becomes easy. But it does not solve the problem. Discontentment is brewing and may lead to a silent revolution. Better let the people say want they want to say.
You don't change. Carry on the same way of governance.
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April 8, 2007 08:16 AM
Looks like the oxbrain person has copied from our neighbour??? What can't he be original????
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April 8, 2007 11:08 AM
cannot even get the people to get the new IC in time..cannot even get the people to register prepaid phone....they can't do nothing right.
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April 8, 2007 02:12 PM