Comments on: Judge a Book By Its Cover? http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/ life's an adventure, or at least it should be. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Fred333 http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Fred333 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:37:31 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/#comment-30 Great post. I will have to check out that blog you mentioned. Great post. I will have to check out that blog you mentioned.

]]> By: Sex and the Ivy » Online Friendships and Identities http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Sex and the Ivy » Online Friendships and Identities Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:48:37 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/#comment-12 [...] So, this anecdote was fresh on my mind when I came across MIT senior Ben Pope’s insightful post on his blog about judging people based on their online profiles and identities. (Confession: I found his post because it mentions my blog and I subscribe to Google alerts for “Lena Chen”): “The temptation, I think, is to form opinions about people from their many posts and profiles. To like or dislike, respect or discount a person based upon the information they have posted is tempting. Everyday we judge each other by our the cover of our facebook. At the same time, though, it is easy to forget that even as the internet provides vehicles for faster and more detailed updates, the time lag is still high and bandwidth low. Profiles and posts often can’t begin to approach telling of the whole story, no matter what we may think.” [...] [...] So, this anecdote was fresh on my mind when I came across MIT senior Ben Pope’s insightful post on his blog about judging people based on their online profiles and identities. (Confession: I found his post because it mentions my blog and I subscribe to Google alerts for “Lena Chen”): “The temptation, I think, is to form opinions about people from their many posts and profiles. To like or dislike, respect or discount a person based upon the information they have posted is tempting. Everyday we judge each other by our the cover of our facebook. At the same time, though, it is easy to forget that even as the internet provides vehicles for faster and more detailed updates, the time lag is still high and bandwidth low. Profiles and posts often can’t begin to approach telling of the whole story, no matter what we may think.” [...]

]]> By: Lena http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Lena Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:07:18 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/#comment-11 Kudos, great post. Just a note on: "I don’t think it’s really a call for attention so much as 'If I find it interesting, maybe someone else will.' And, as I write this, I suppose it is possible that is exactly where every blogger comes from ..." That is actually pretty close to where I came from when I started my blog. Even though it probably doesn't seem like it nowadays, I only intended for my audience to be my friends when I first created the website. On the other hand, I'm not particularly bothered by readership from strangers, perhaps because I plan on making a career out of writing, especially columns and first-person narratives. Kudos, great post.

Just a note on:

“I don’t think it’s really a call for attention so much as ‘If I find it interesting, maybe someone else will.’ And, as I write this, I suppose it is possible that is exactly where every blogger comes from …”

That is actually pretty close to where I came from when I started my blog. Even though it probably doesn’t seem like it nowadays, I only intended for my audience to be my friends when I first created the website. On the other hand, I’m not particularly bothered by readership from strangers, perhaps because I plan on making a career out of writing, especially columns and first-person narratives.

]]> By: poop http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/comment-page-1/#comment-10 poop Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:33:01 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/#comment-10 i'm a big believer of gladwell's books and I think that, unfortunately, no matter what, people will pass judgement at the blink of an eye. And scarily enough, it seems that first impressions are correct for the majority of the time. With stats like that, who cares about "the whole story"? i’m a big believer of gladwell’s books and I think that, unfortunately, no matter what, people will pass judgement at the blink of an eye. And scarily enough, it seems that first impressions are correct for the majority of the time. With stats like that, who cares about “the whole story”?

]]> By: campo http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/comment-page-1/#comment-9 campo Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:36:27 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~bpope/blog/2007/11/12/judge-a-book-by-its-cover/#comment-9 does this mean you have a twitter account i get to follow now? you know there's nothing in my life i need more than to know where my bpope is and what he's doing via sms. ;-) does this mean you have a twitter account i get to follow now? you know there’s nothing in my life i need more than to know where my bpope is and what he’s doing via sms. ;-)

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