{"id":2570,"date":"2011-06-15T09:37:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T13:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2011-06-15T09:37:38","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T13:37:38","slug":"paul-carr-on-the-internet-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/06\/15\/paul-carr-on-the-internet-community\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Paul Carr on The Internet Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

TechCrunch<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Really, what the press calls The Internet Community is more accurately described as\u00a0The People With Too Much Time On Their Hands Community<\/em> \u2014 or perhaps\u00a0The I Spend My Life Dicking Around On Twitter And Call It A Job Community<\/em>,\u00a0The I\u2019ll Do Anything The Internet Tells Me To Do Community<\/em> or\u00a0The So Fucking Gullible I Should Be Locked Away For My Own Safety Community<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and<\/p>\n

Malcolm Gladwell\u00a0wrote<\/a> in the New Yorker that the most effective online campaigns are those which require\u00a0the least effort<\/a>: a click, a retweet, maybe an email or two. It should come as no surprise, then, that many self-styled Internet activists can\u2019t find the time or inclination to carry out the most basic due diligence before throwing their hat into the ring of outrage.<\/p>\n

And yet, suggesting that moronic, over-sentimental, knee-jerk outrage is unique to some mythical \u201cInternet Community\u201d is as ridiculous as giving that same Community credit for doing good. For all the seductive nonsense about the wisdom of the crowds, large groups of people have always tended to act in stupid ways. The Internet just makes it easier than ever to turn that stupidity into action.<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is why I own every one of Paul Carr’s books<\/a> and look forward to his editorials each and ever week on TechCrunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TechCrunch: Really, what the press calls The Internet Community is more accurately described as\u00a0The People With Too Much…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-Fs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8546,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2021\/07\/03\/linked-instagram-alienates-photography-community-after-ceos-recent-statement\/","url_meta":{"origin":2570,"position":0},"title":"Linked: “Instagram alienates photography community after CEO’s recent statement”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Instagram alienates photography community after CEO's recent statement: Digital Photography Review: \"Obsessed with the fact that all of us photographers are joining @Twitter \u2026 such a great platform for photographers! 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