Comments on: An article on blogs in Mauritius: what a shock! http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/ Web design Mauritius: the hub for web design, marketing and code Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:27:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hundy http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-751 hundy Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:11:29 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-751 Anyways, people shouldn't take seriously those newspapers that use Arial as their logo typeface :mrgreen: Anyways, people shouldn’t take seriously those newspapers that use Arial as their logo typeface :mrgreen:

]]> By: Web Design Mauritius http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-750 Web Design Mauritius Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:24:57 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-750 <p>Really appreciate your comment Kurt. The web is evolving fast and Mauritius is moving with it. It would be really great if the Mauritian blogs kept up with what they do and have journalism evolving with the new age of information.</p> Really appreciate your comment Kurt. The web is evolving fast and Mauritius is moving with it. It would be really great if the Mauritian blogs kept up with what they do and have journalism evolving with the new age of information.

]]> By: Kurt Avish http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-749 Kurt Avish Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:06:11 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-749 I missed this article while being flooded with maintainance work these last few days. So let me add my few cents. First I'll answer your questions then try to answer some other's commentators too. My answers are however my own opinion and are very different to many opinions above but I am in no way saying the other's opinion are bad. Each one have his owns. "Do you think that blogs are still not very well known in Mauritius?" Yes it is still not very known. Why? If you consider people on Facebook itself who know what is a blog (they know its THAT THING where someone write his life story)! But as days are going on, more people are discovering the existence on blogs. I don't know for others, but I do not do promotional campaign on Facebook yet (maybe later or not). Most people who became fan and subscribed came from Google.mu and then they look for me on Facebook. Some just become a fan and other subscribe via rss. Others just remember the address and will check back when there is something they like. (Eg cyclone or results or astronomy events or music..etc). But considering all that I will say many Mauritian do not know or if they know, they are not so active (YET). Take a simple example: A cyclone is in Mauritius and I manage to put my post up the front of the news. How much you expect from a population of "say 500000" internet users? The answer is around 3000 to 4000. Where are the others?       As a blogger, do you feel that such articles are bad for your image? Do you think that journalists should read more blogs before writing articles on them?   "As a blogger, do you feel that such articles are bad for your image?" Not really. The journalist is free to promote whoever he wants. It's not a press promotion that creates recognition. It's a long term work which does it. On the other hand, maybe the journalist didn't investigate well and promoted only one service above. He/she should have put a sort of more solid article listing the different services allowing to create a blog instead of just emphasizing on one single company (which makes it look like a sponsored review lol). But still, as 1132 said, maybe its a newcommer. But next time the article must be a solid one instead of just promoting one thing. (Else put a disclosure mentioning he is promoting it). "Do you think that journalists should read more blogs before writing articles on them?" Yes. Sa vrai. Because recently I even found someone saying things about without really knowing me lol. He even claim I am a college student creating a farm. Well I do not mind since he does not even know me and my work but this can apply to journalists too. They must read and know the blogger and even how he works before writing. This applies to every journalist (not targeting anyone or any newspaper). .-= Kurt Avish´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.islandcrisis.net/2010/01/solar-eclipse-january-2010-photos/" rel="nofollow">Solar Eclipse January 2010 Photos From Mauritius</a> =-. I missed this article while being flooded with maintainance work these last few days. So let me add my few cents.
First I’ll answer your questions then try to answer some other’s commentators too. My answers are however my own opinion and are very different to many opinions above but I am in no way saying the other’s opinion are bad. Each one have his owns.
“Do you think that blogs are still not very well known in Mauritius?”
Yes it is still not very known. Why? If you consider people on Facebook itself who know what is a blog (they know its THAT THING where someone write his life story)!
But as days are going on, more people are discovering the existence on blogs. I don’t know for others, but I do not do promotional campaign on Facebook yet (maybe later or not). Most people who became fan and subscribed came from Google.mu and then they look for me on Facebook. Some just become a fan and other subscribe via rss. Others just remember the address and will check back when there is something they like. (Eg cyclone or results or astronomy events or music..etc).
But considering all that I will say many Mauritian do not know or if they know, they are not so active (YET). Take a simple example: A cyclone is in Mauritius and I manage to put my post up the front of the news. How much you expect from a population of “say 500000″ internet users? The answer is around 3000 to 4000. Where are the others?
 
 
 
As a blogger, do you feel that such articles are bad for your image? Do you think that journalists should read more blogs before writing articles on them?
 
“As a blogger, do you feel that such articles are bad for your image?”
Not really. The journalist is free to promote whoever he wants. It’s not a press promotion that creates recognition. It’s a long term work which does it. On the other hand, maybe the journalist didn’t investigate well and promoted only one service above. He/she should have put a sort of more solid article listing the different services allowing to create a blog instead of just emphasizing on one single company (which makes it look like a sponsored review lol).
But still, as 1132 said, maybe its a newcommer. But next time the article must be a solid one instead of just promoting one thing. (Else put a disclosure mentioning he is promoting it).
“Do you think that journalists should read more blogs before writing articles on them?”
Yes. Sa vrai. Because recently I even found someone saying things about without really knowing me lol. He even claim I am a college student creating a farm. Well I do not mind since he does not even know me and my work but this can apply to journalists too. They must read and know the blogger and even how he works before writing. This applies to every journalist (not targeting anyone or any newspaper).
.-= Kurt Avish´s last blog ..Solar Eclipse January 2010 Photos From Mauritius =-.

]]> By: Web Design Mauritius http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-748 Web Design Mauritius Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:22:52 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-748 <p>I understand that some persons fear for their jobs, especially the old-timers who might be "left-asides" of the new technology. In any case, there is a new school that's taking on. Communication does not remain in old media like radio, press and tv. All of those are bound to fuel up their articles with new media/social media and also have to work with those.</p> <p>As you put it, many people will not cite sources and this will lead to some "katana-sharing" among bloggers and reporters but, at the end of the day, we'll all be rowing in the same boat, isn't it?</p> I understand that some persons fear for their jobs, especially the old-timers who might be “left-asides” of the new technology. In any case, there is a new school that’s taking on. Communication does not remain in old media like radio, press and tv. All of those are bound to fuel up their articles with new media/social media and also have to work with those.

As you put it, many people will not cite sources and this will lead to some “katana-sharing” among bloggers and reporters but, at the end of the day, we’ll all be rowing in the same boat, isn’t it?

]]> By: Web Design Mauritius http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-747 Web Design Mauritius Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:15:33 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-747 <p>You're talking about Kurt? Well I can't really define his blog, the concept is based on traffic not blogging so it can't really be that bad, its a traffic oriented blog. I am guest blogger there and I am happy to do it as some of my posts get more visibility there.</p> <p>:grin:</p> You’re talking about Kurt? Well I can’t really define his blog, the concept is based on traffic not blogging so it can’t really be that bad, its a traffic oriented blog. I am guest blogger there and I am happy to do it as some of my posts get more visibility there.

:grin:

]]> By: sjdvda http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-746 sjdvda Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:30:27 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-746     By the way, Sachin, we all know a Mauritian blogger who <em>really</em> cares about traffic (to the point that <a href="http://twitter.com/morisdotus" rel="nofollow">some</a> even call him a traffic whore). :P   I neither blame him nor condone his actions; I believe that he blogs for entirely different reasons than me and he is free to do so. ;)      
 
By the way, Sachin, we all know a Mauritian blogger who really cares about traffic (to the point that some even call him a traffic whore). :P
 
I neither blame him nor condone his actions; I believe that he blogs for entirely different reasons than me and he is free to do so. ;)
 
 

]]> By: sjdvda http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-745 sjdvda Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:21:39 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-745 That is very well said 1132nd. I totally agree with you. :) That is very well said 1132nd. I totally agree with you. :)

]]> By: 1132nd http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-744 1132nd Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:20:47 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-744 Just like you won't get Yashvin contributing positively to a press article, you won't get some journalists giving credit to bloggers/tweeps. It should not be held as the ambient relationship though. The problem, may arise from old-timers in the profession: journalists who still cling to a conception of their job as they used to practise it 10 to 15 years ago. But you do find professional journalists mixing up with bloggers/tweeps nowadays. And if we can land a hallmark of cooperation during the next elections, this will pull other media platforms to consider working with social media. Just like you won’t get Yashvin contributing positively to a press article, you won’t get some journalists giving credit to bloggers/tweeps. It should not be held as the ambient relationship though. The problem, may arise from old-timers in the profession: journalists who still cling to a conception of their job as they used to practise it 10 to 15 years ago. But you do find professional journalists mixing up with bloggers/tweeps nowadays. And if we can land a hallmark of cooperation during the next elections, this will pull other media platforms to consider working with social media.

]]> By: Web Design Mauritius http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-743 Web Design Mauritius Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:33:22 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-743 I fully agree with you on this. I also like the idea of layering in-depth information on blog/article bases. It would really be great if the complementarity you're describing takes place in Mauritius. Will the Mauritian general elections fuel that, I just hope so. Then we'll be one of the upcoming trends in the information distribution system. Maybe it'll be a good thing to build a Twitter list for information gathered on the electoral campaign. I fully agree with you on this. I also like the idea of layering in-depth information on blog/article bases.

It would really be great if the complementarity you’re describing takes place in Mauritius. Will the Mauritian general elections fuel that, I just hope so. Then we’ll be one of the upcoming trends in the information distribution system. Maybe it’ll be a good thing to build a Twitter list for information gathered on the electoral campaign.

]]> By: 1132nd http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/article-blogs-mauritius-what-a-shock/#comment-742 1132nd Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:27:57 +0000 http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/?p=1211#comment-742 I don't think we should fuel the "rapport de forces" between traditional press and social media/blogs in Mauritius. They should be complementary, as it is the case in many other media landscapes. This is the belief my colleagues and I nurture and this is why we decided to simultaneously invest the local blog landscape and twitter. The ideal situation would be when journalists pick up a news item from a blog or a tweet and develop a full-fledged article on the subject, citing the blogger with either his real name or his alias and his blog. The inverse should also be possible, where bloggers add layers of information to a published article on some subject. I strongly believe we are not far from this situation. We are nearing the electoral campaign and brace yourself for some live reporting via twitter when we will be infiltrating "reunions privées" or other rallies around the island. At the same time, as professional journalists, we will require any information you could gather in your own area about the state of the campaign. This is the ultimate complementarity of social media and professional journalism and this is what we should all aspire to. And we will have the occasion to do so too. I don’t think we should fuel the “rapport de forces” between traditional press and social media/blogs in Mauritius. They should be complementary, as it is the case in many other media landscapes. This is the belief my colleagues and I nurture and this is why we decided to simultaneously invest the local blog landscape and twitter.
The ideal situation would be when journalists pick up a news item from a blog or a tweet and develop a full-fledged article on the subject, citing the blogger with either his real name or his alias and his blog. The inverse should also be possible, where bloggers add layers of information to a published article on some subject.
I strongly believe we are not far from this situation. We are nearing the electoral campaign and brace yourself for some live reporting via twitter when we will be infiltrating “reunions privées” or other rallies around the island. At the same time, as professional journalists, we will require any information you could gather in your own area about the state of the campaign.
This is the ultimate complementarity of social media and professional journalism and this is what we should all aspire to. And we will have the occasion to do so too.

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