Be it All Blogs (AB) or People’s Alliance of Blogs (PABS), blogger Unspun who is currently based in Jakarta has another refreshing thought.
[...] trying to establish an organization framework to bloggers is counterproductive. In some ways it is no better than the government trying to register and regulate bloggers. [...]
Bloggers are at their best when they perform as individuals. Those that take risks and remain reasonable gain street creds and readers. As individuals, one of thousands or millions blogging, they are also mighty difficult to bring under control. Think of a shark trying to catch a meal from a shoal of fish. [...]
Putting a structure to blogging also has one disadvantage in Malaysia: the arousing of jealousy (best captured by the Indonesian term cemburu sosial). For some reason or another Unspun has the impression that Malaysians are better at tearing down things than building them, and the main reason for that is that often they cannot stand the personality of the person ahead of them.
Food for thought.
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