Monday, August 04, 2008
Blogging civil servants
I have just done a radio interview alongside Matt Wardman on the subject of Miss Wagstaff's exclusion from Facebook and the mysterious case of Christopher Glamorganshire's dismissal by the Welsh Government.
As I was leaving the thought occurred to me that if I knew how to produce podcasts it would have been quite interesting to have posted the piece on this blog. Fortunately, Matt is both technically more accomplished and far-sighted than I am.
As I was leaving the thought occurred to me that if I knew how to produce podcasts it would have been quite interesting to have posted the piece on this blog. Fortunately, Matt is both technically more accomplished and far-sighted than I am.
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Hat tips to Peter!
Very good that at least one senior and respected Welsh Assembly politician is speaking up about the appalling treatment meted out of Pippa Wagstaff accusing her of running under the alias of her own name for heavens sake.
I hope everyone who feels strongly about this writes letters to all in sundry – might not achieve anything but who knows, Pippa Wagstaff might get reinstated, despite the decision being ‘final’, by Facebook – maybe Miss. Wagstaff will not want to be back on Facebook, but I hope she gets the opportunity to make that decision for good herself.
Very good that at least one senior and respected Welsh Assembly politician is speaking up about the appalling treatment meted out of Pippa Wagstaff accusing her of running under the alias of her own name for heavens sake.
I hope everyone who feels strongly about this writes letters to all in sundry – might not achieve anything but who knows, Pippa Wagstaff might get reinstated, despite the decision being ‘final’, by Facebook – maybe Miss. Wagstaff will not want to be back on Facebook, but I hope she gets the opportunity to make that decision for good herself.
Peter, as a Liberal Democrat I am sure you will defend my right to say the following things....
Seriously now, who gives a stuff about all this?
You know, bloggers are becoming insufferable, introspective, pompous bores.
No one asked ANY of you - ANY of you - to register with Google or WordPress or whoever, to set-up your blogs.
No one has any control over what you say.
Most of them are set-up anonymously.
There is no accountability...
No comebacks....
No rebuttal...
No openness.....
They aren't even democratic. They are mini-literary dictatorships.
Blogs are not even subject to market forces!
So why, oh why, oh why, is it some kind of an attack on free-speech if someone blocks Pippa Wagstaff's blog or her madey-uppey identity?
Why is defending the right of some one (or some group of people) that you have no inkling as to their identity or agenda, infringing anyone's rights?
I think SERIOUS bloggers need to pause at this juncture. Step back and take a reality check about whay they are blogging in the first place?
You take yourselves FAR too seriously - but please don't expect me to take it seriously or feel sorry for you.
And just to prove how ridiculous all this is - I will sign this anonymously - so you have no idea who I am OR if I am serious!
Seriously now, who gives a stuff about all this?
You know, bloggers are becoming insufferable, introspective, pompous bores.
No one asked ANY of you - ANY of you - to register with Google or WordPress or whoever, to set-up your blogs.
No one has any control over what you say.
Most of them are set-up anonymously.
There is no accountability...
No comebacks....
No rebuttal...
No openness.....
They aren't even democratic. They are mini-literary dictatorships.
Blogs are not even subject to market forces!
So why, oh why, oh why, is it some kind of an attack on free-speech if someone blocks Pippa Wagstaff's blog or her madey-uppey identity?
Why is defending the right of some one (or some group of people) that you have no inkling as to their identity or agenda, infringing anyone's rights?
I think SERIOUS bloggers need to pause at this juncture. Step back and take a reality check about whay they are blogging in the first place?
You take yourselves FAR too seriously - but please don't expect me to take it seriously or feel sorry for you.
And just to prove how ridiculous all this is - I will sign this anonymously - so you have no idea who I am OR if I am serious!
# posted by 
: 11:34 PM
: 11:34 PM
This extends not only to civil servants and the likes of Miss Wagstaff. I was bounced from Facebook months ago for the same reason and yet saw many that had obviously made up screen names. Most of us have these, as if we expressed what we say under our own names, we would be economically disadvantaged,
Those of us in the private sector, where we are suppliers of goods and services to government, local and WAG, and often wider would be commercially blacklisted by some in influential positions. This is often the case with the voluntary and community secctors, where organisations have lost funding if they “upset” a minister or an offical.
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Those of us in the private sector, where we are suppliers of goods and services to government, local and WAG, and often wider would be commercially blacklisted by some in influential positions. This is often the case with the voluntary and community secctors, where organisations have lost funding if they “upset” a minister or an offical.
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