Well, this hype is getting on my nerves too, especially what makes it into traditional media sometimes. Too much focus on an allegedly new medium. But the decisive factor has always been the person expressing their opinion, not the form they choose for it.
Technology is just a tool here, nothing more. And a revolution is the virtual counterpart to the orange crate from which a lonely crusader preaches the end of the world—that's really not it.
But this slightly exaggerated form of self-importance also keeps popping up within the blogger scene itself, especially visible, for example, in an original blogger from the USA. Such colleagues seem to think they and their opinion are the best thing since sliced bread. Though I already find sliced bread pretty silly...
Sure, on the web it's easier to find a platform for expressing your opinion—but what's the point if someone writes something and no one reads it?
Sure, on the web it's easier to build networks and connections, to find things, to find people, to find opinions. But what's the point if you can find everything but no one is looking for it?
And even if people are looking for something, find someone, and read their statements—often it really just stays at the orange crate level.
Except of course for specialty blogs—that's a completely different topic. But the current media hype isn't interested in that—a shame really. There are already one or two small revolutions happening there.
Though I don't want to diminish orange crates: it's fun. And my orange crate is painted green. But it's not a media revolution.
Oh yeah. And a blog is not a diary. Just had to emphasize that again.
At das Netzbuch - ralles Weblog you'll find the original article.