Comments on: Andrew Keen – The cult of the amateur – Book review by Tony Fish

By: tony fish

tony fish — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:44:28 +0000

Stephen, delighted to sell you my copy You will enjoy the book.
The review was short. I did provide a few quotes.
Posts “a cry for help” is probably the best summary

By: Stephen Mayes

Stephen Mayes — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:46:04 +0000

I haven’t read Andrew Keen’s book, but Tony Fish’s “review” demonstrates many negative aspects of web2.0: 2500 words tell me little about the subject under review nor anything new about the reviewer’s perspective other than “I don’t like it”. Furthermore it took twice as long to read as it should have done because it’s illiterate – poor punctuation, spelling and grammar make it a struggle to understand. If ever there were an argument for professional editing this is it. Maybe there is an outcome – I am now sufficiently interested to read Andrew Keen’s book to find out what he’s really saying.

By: Ajit Jaokar

Ajit Jaokar — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:31:39 +0000

Thanks Ron. I agree we are livig in times of great change and the rate of change is becoming faster .. so a balance will be achieved some time in the future. We already see this with major sites like CNN revamping to incorporate user generated content

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:36:10 +0000

I have to give Keene credit for trying to raise the alarm. This technology-media ( You tube) (My space) (Blogs),ect. is relatively new. He sees the negative for sure… and he also acknowledges some positive. Still, technology such as this is very much in its infancy and one can only imagine what it might look like in 20 years time. Perhaps a balance will be struck – specific genres and categories will develop and become common to us all who use this source of information – perhaps our only source of information.

By: tony fish

tony fish — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:40:19 +0000

Bob
thanks for the comment – read through Flack’s Revenge blog. I feel from reading the book that Mr Keen is angry with web 2.0 people. We (web 2.0 people) are taking away jobs from the media industry and he doesn’t like it or the change that comes with it. I read it more as a cry for help and stop; than provocative – but this is my view.

By: Bob Geller

Bob Geller — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:28:49 +0000

Counterbalance is nice, but you get the sense that the arguments being made are intended to be provocative and irreverent, i.e. to get attention: he shows some of the same shrillness that is being attributed to the blogosphere.
I rebut some of the points in an analysis of a review of the book on Flack’s Revenge blog.