http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/ The European online public space, online communications, communities and the EU, semantic technologies plus whatever else catches my eye. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:17:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-1872 Bloggingportal.eu/blog » Blog Archive » Three Years in Bloggingportal Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:09:03 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-1872 [...] Mathew Lowry in “Happy Birthday, BloggingPortal(?)“ puts his finger into our wounds by pointing to the rather grave deficiencies of our project, including a reminder to a heavy and painful debate about the future of the platform that didn’t make us move forward and instead left some darker traces in our collective memory: “BloggingPortal (should) offer something important to practically everyone who wants to contribute to debates on EU policy. […] it (should) have a structuring effect, flipping the EU Online public space out of its current chicken-and-egg situation into a virtuous spiral, where the network effect kicks in and makes growth exponential. […] There’s only one problem with this theory: It hasn’t happened. […] The reason is unchanged since I wrote that Bloggingportal2 post in mid-2010: there are no resources (BP editors are all volunteers), and we are absolutely unstructured, with no internal process for moving forward. Back then I made some suggestions to turn it into a social business, and was accused of wanting to ‘take it over to make money’ – the second time, incidentally, that I’ve been accused of having secret, evil plans vis a vis the Euroblogosphere (here’s the first).“ [...] [...] Mathew Lowry in “Happy Birthday, BloggingPortal(?)“ puts his finger into our wounds by pointing to the rather grave deficiencies of our project, including a reminder to a heavy and painful debate about the future of the platform that didn’t make us move forward and instead left some darker traces in our collective memory: “BloggingPortal (should) offer something important to practically everyone who wants to contribute to debates on EU policy. […] it (should) have a structuring effect, flipping the EU Online public space out of its current chicken-and-egg situation into a virtuous spiral, where the network effect kicks in and makes growth exponential. […] There’s only one problem with this theory: It hasn’t happened. […] The reason is unchanged since I wrote that Bloggingportal2 post in mid-2010: there are no resources (BP editors are all volunteers), and we are absolutely unstructured, with no internal process for moving forward. Back then I made some suggestions to turn it into a social business, and was accused of wanting to ‘take it over to make money’ – the second time, incidentally, that I’ve been accused of having secret, evil plans vis a vis the Euroblogosphere (here’s the first).“ [...]

]]> http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-1776 Mathew Lowry’s Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » So the US military is now more open in social media than the European Commission … Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:08:24 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-1776 [...] such ‘Pyjama people‘ are not going to be convinced when someone from Brussels steps into their echo chamber with [...] [...] such ‘Pyjama people‘ are not going to be convinced when someone from Brussels steps into their echo chamber with [...]

]]> http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-1689 Mathew Lowry’s Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » Simon Anholt on EU propaganda Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:46:58 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-1689 [...] putting these first and last things together in a blog about EU comms is a bit of a stretch, but my very first post here proved Godwin’s law that the odds of an online conversation invoking Hitler rises to 100% if [...] [...] putting these first and last things together in a blog about EU comms is a bit of a stretch, but my very first post here proved Godwin’s law that the odds of an online conversation invoking Hitler rises to 100% if [...]

]]> http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-1646 Mathew Lowry’s Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » For students in my Marie-Curie training session: what should we cover? Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:42:12 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-1646 [...] – the latest on this was What “The Filter Bubble” means for the Brussels Bubble, but my experience when launching Blogactiv remains my personal [...] [...] – the latest on this was What “The Filter Bubble” means for the Brussels Bubble, but my experience when launching Blogactiv remains my personal [...]

]]> http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-838 Mathew Lowry’s Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » In praise of ‘proper’ media Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:52:52 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-838 [...] anyone thinks that the combined forces of the OPP (Online Pyjama People) are going to take over the world anytime soon, please watch this hilarious video (hat tip: [...] [...] anyone thinks that the combined forces of the OPP (Online Pyjama People) are going to take over the world anytime soon, please watch this hilarious video (hat tip: [...]

]]> http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-770 Mathew Lowry’s Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » Oh, so it’s the media’s fault noone likes the EU … Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:36:17 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-770 [...] I realise I may start to sound like some of the hysterics who thought Blogactiv was some evil plot to take over the blogoshphere, but the fact that this is now a subject of conversation in Brussels chills my [...] [...] I realise I may start to sound like some of the hysterics who thought Blogactiv was some evil plot to take over the blogoshphere, but the fact that this is now a subject of conversation in Brussels chills my [...]

]]> http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-510 Mathew Lowry’s Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » 2010 Annual Review: What Europe do I want? Fri, 07 May 2010 09:31:36 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-510 [...] get any interaction between those who want to improve the EU and those who want to destroy it - my experience wasn’t fun, but I learnt that the EOPS needs ‘intelligent scepticism’ (a concept [...] [...] get any interaction between those who want to improve the EU and those who want to destroy it – my experience wasn’t fun, but I learnt that the EOPS needs ‘intelligent scepticism’ (a concept [...]

]]> http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-172 The Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » Poisoning the well for EU social media Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:15:12 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-172 [...] bad enough when the Commission is innocent - witness the daft conspiracy theories about the ‘EC taking over the blogoshphere‘ when this site was [...] [...] bad enough when the Commission is innocent – witness the daft conspiracy theories about the ‘EC taking over the blogoshphere‘ when this site was [...]

]]> http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-171 The Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » Raising the level of the debate Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:39 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-171 [...] may be a better candidate, but perceptions of media bias could also be problematic - witness the massive distrust accompanying the launch of Blogactiv, for example. And with 99% of all media nationally based, [...] [...] may be a better candidate, but perceptions of media bias could also be problematic – witness the massive distrust accompanying the launch of Blogactiv, for example. And with 99% of all media nationally based, [...]

]]> http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/15/hello-world/#comment-66 The Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » Attack of the trolls Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:05:58 +0000 http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2008/10/13/hello-world/#comment-66 [...] I know how they feel, which is probably why I spend more of my time online in walled-off conversations, such as Ning [...] [...] I know how they feel, which is probably why I spend more of my time online in walled-off conversations, such as Ning [...]

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