Comments on: The Conversation Is More Important Than The Topic

By: mattymcg

mattymcg — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:01:06 +0000

@malikyte: I think it’s a given that any attempt to mimic Arrington’s “one word wonder” on any blog would be nothing but an imitation. Changing the word would be akin to repeating a joke someone said and changing the name of the protagonist of the joke.

Something possibly worth thinking about, along the same lines, is what other avenues are there to “mess with the medium”? ravidor raises some good points above, that the success of something that challenges the idea of what constitutes a traditional post would depend on who and where it is published, but perhaps there is something to take away and apply to your own blog in this line of thought. I can’t think of it, but maybe one of our readers can?

By: busynic

busynic — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:45:37 +0000

Lets not confuse marketing with conversation – please.

Credibility is hard won and easy lost.

By: malikyte

malikyte — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:12:34 +0000

Okay, so then…let’s get the communication started! I believe there was a slight undertone in Matthew’s post.

Besides.. What other one word topics do you think you could create that might bolster such a fanfare?

By: liam_uk7

liam_uk7 — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:13:50 +0000

Mikes post had a clever title on a Topic which he knew would spark a good discussion. So, although your theory is a good one, I think It’s hard to believe.

Nobody is going to be there to discuss anything if your Topic or Title isn’t any good, so yes, your discussion is more important once it gets going. But it won’t get going without a good title, so its a catch 22 situation. Obviously there are some exceptions, but I’m 100% sure that’s how it happens, from what I myself have experienced.

By: ravidor

ravidor — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:35:43 +0000

I do not think so. The twitter post is a proof that it is not the topic or the conversation. It is the conversation and the topic and where the topic/conversation taking place and who is the writer and who are the commentators. It is the mix.