Feb 15, 2006
不回應地回應
我留意這現象好一陣子了。
為何 Blogsphere 的世界中，嚴肅的思考少， 嚴肅的回應更是少？
看見Anson這邊語重心長的呼喚，那邊Horace孤獨的像自說自話的post，換來只有零星的反響，是真的有點兒心酸。
看看其他的posts，甚麼「今晚食乜"食送"」，就馬上來個五湖四海的掌聲鼓勵；「狗屎垃圾的心理測驗」，也有蜂擁而至的捧場客；「今日天氣ha ha ha」也可以找到知音人。這說明甚麼？這是甚麼世界？
沒有回應其實代表了甚麼？是「我們不關心此事，next」？是 「關心但不想／識／肯／回應」？是甚麼？還是「不回應地回應」，表明對嚴肅的抗議、對平庸的留戀？
是甚麼？
我不是說 Blogsphere 中沒有人嚴肅的思考和回應，請不要給我找別人的例子。
我問的是，
你為甚麼不思考和回應？
Filed by edmund at 11.38 am under Culture |
3 Comments
Anson
Edmund, thanks for your sharing. You really share what’s in my heart and see what I see. (Man, should we start a revolution together?)
Yes, it’s a real heartache not seeing much response to serious topics, while mundane topics attract dozens of one-liner heedless responses.
Actually I do have a few hypotheses though:
1. The willingness to respond is inversely proportional to the length of your post.
2. If the post includes unfamiliar english words, it’s less likely to be read.
3. People do respond, but only in their heads. They just hate typing out anything that takes over one minute. Life’s too short, right?
4. Just don’t have enough background information to start commenting on, or perhaps unwilling to admit ignorance? But I’d say there’s always wikipedia for aid.
5. This generation is spoon-fed by Next Magazine and a lot of people have a deep obsession of “blowing-water”. Anti-seriousness is the key!
Feb 15th, 2006
Horace
If I have to pick a couple of reasons, I would say (3) and (5) are the top ones. More often than not, some of the more serious topics warrant the kind of discussion that might not be feasible on a blog (a forum would be a better medium). So instead of typing out a long thesis, some/most people would choose to respond in their heads and if such opportunity arises, they can then engage in more direct conversations.
Another phenomenon is concerned with people suffering from intellectual constipation (not enough analytical substance to help ppl digest information) or diarrhea (dirty stuff in, dirty stuff out … oh … and it comes with excessive water).
Feb 17th, 2006
Anson
Someone responded =)
http://www.xanga.com/jane_chan/445665051/item.html
Feb 19th, 2006
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