Comments on: Requiem for a Blogger: Life and death issues from beyond the Portuguese keyboard http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:21:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vuositta http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-706462 Vuositta Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:52:25 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/#comment-706462 Helsingin purkuosat. Pariskunta johtajan talon johonkin taidetoimikunta kokemuksellisen avoinna suljetaan olemassa? Helsingin purkuosat.
Pariskunta johtajan talon johonkin taidetoimikunta kokemuksellisen avoinna suljetaan olemassa?

]]> By: MadTeaParty by DaniCast » Blog Archive » alguém que não morreu http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-705862 MadTeaParty by DaniCast » Blog Archive » alguém que não morreu Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:44:27 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/#comment-705862 [...] E uma curiosidade: a história toda contada em um canal de notícias chamado Global Voices. [...] [...] E uma curiosidade: a história toda contada em um canal de notícias chamado Global Voices. [...]

]]> By: tina oiticica harris http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-683091 tina oiticica harris Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:40:37 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/#comment-683091 I followed very closely this story. I didn't know MEG. The story affected me deeply. I don't know how people can demand rational behavior from a bipolar person. When the person is having a breakdown, there is no rhyme or reason, cliché, but true. I am thankful to Cora Rónai and to Alexandre Inagaki for being rational at a time people behaved like those in Chico Buarque's song, "Geni." Geni saves a town and is stoned in return. Bloggers behave no differently than other humans. Most of our peers don't understand tolerance. And I am one of them, except in this MEG story. Good article, José Murilo Jr. When are you showing up again? I followed very closely this story. I didn’t know MEG. The story affected me deeply. I don’t know how people can demand rational behavior from a bipolar person. When the person is having a breakdown, there is no rhyme or reason, cliché, but true.

I am thankful to Cora Rónai and to Alexandre Inagaki for being rational at a time people behaved like those in Chico Buarque’s song, “Geni.” Geni saves a town and is stoned in return. Bloggers behave no differently than other humans. Most of our peers don’t understand tolerance. And I am one of them, except in this MEG story.

Good article, José Murilo Jr. When are you showing up again?

]]> By: Jordan & Maria Seidel http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-676629 Jordan & Maria Seidel Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:30:55 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/#comment-676629 hey no problem, ...however i think it is precisely the moral dimension that is what people are reacting to, this IS the psychological realm, it could be the conscience of peole being deceieved that is at work here...maybe it's not interesting but i do think morality is the big issues here...and it does connect to relationships because it's about trust and honesty...the basis of genuine communication... what do you think, should everyone behave this way (like meg) in the blogopshere? hey no problem,

…however i think it is precisely the moral dimension that is what people are reacting to, this IS the psychological realm, it could be the conscience of peole being deceieved that is at work here…maybe it’s not interesting but i do think morality is the big issues here…and it does connect to relationships because it’s about trust and honesty…the basis of genuine communication…

what do you think, should everyone behave this way (like meg) in the blogopshere?

]]> By: Jose Murilo Junior http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-676499 Jose Murilo Junior Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/#comment-676499 hey... thanks for the comment! i don't think the moral perspective is an interesting one. the one thing i like about this story is the way it touches blogger's psychology and their relationship with the personas built through their blog writing. by the way, i'd like to stress that the comment mentioning that the hoax could be 'a study about human behavior in the Blogosphere' is an anonymous one. could we trust it? have a nice weekend! hey…
thanks for the comment! i don’t think the moral perspective is an interesting one. the one thing i like about this story is the way it touches blogger’s psychology and their relationship with the personas built through their blog writing.
by the way, i’d like to stress that the comment mentioning that the hoax could be ‘a study about human behavior in the Blogosphere’ is an anonymous one. could we trust it?
have a nice weekend!

]]> By: Jordan & Maria Seidel http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-676089 Jordan & Maria Seidel Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:57:35 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/#comment-676089 this is such an fascinating post! i was reminded of the 'lonely girl' hoax on youtube while reading this...perhaps meg got too caught up in her popularity and found it hard to simply unplug, or as someone said above, she was addicted to the virtual affection...i am reminded of very famous pop stars like 'jacko' for example, who are as much of a creation of their fans as they are self-created... on the other hand, we have the issues of lying and deception i think...if we must assume that all bloggers are not whom they seem, this would surely undermine the trust that a community needs to thrive, ...so i think meg's behavior could not be universalized as a rule for everyone, hence it's immoral...she had unfair power over others, she duped people (even if she made them feel good), and she may have even damaged her own sense of personal integrity... perhaps her 'fans' were virtual accomplices in this mystery and so share the blame for the ill-will now, but in the end, meg's behavior is not something i would like to see blossom all over the blogopshere...i don't want to be part of any single person's social experiment... do you think meg's behavior was moral? and why? this is such an fascinating post! i was reminded of the ‘lonely girl’ hoax on youtube while reading this…perhaps meg got too caught up in her popularity and found it hard to simply unplug, or as someone said above, she was addicted to the virtual affection…i am reminded of very famous pop stars like ‘jacko’ for example, who are as much of a creation of their fans as they are self-created…

on the other hand, we have the issues of lying and deception i think…if we must assume that all bloggers are not whom they seem, this would surely undermine the trust that a community needs to thrive,

…so i think meg’s behavior could not be universalized as a rule for everyone, hence it’s immoral…she had unfair power over others, she duped people (even if she made them feel good), and she may have even damaged her own sense of personal integrity…

perhaps her ‘fans’ were virtual accomplices in this mystery and so share the blame for the ill-will now, but in the end, meg’s behavior is not something i would like to see blossom all over the blogopshere…i don’t want to be part of any single person’s social experiment…

do you think meg’s behavior was moral? and why?

]]> By: Blogworld » Fake or real — a story of the blogworld http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-675083 Blogworld » Fake or real — a story of the blogworld Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:03:36 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/02/requiem-for-a-blogger-life-and-death-issues-from-beyond-the-portuguese-keyboard/#comment-675083 [...] I found this report on Global Voices very interesting. I’m not very familiar with the Brazilian blogworld — the lusosphere — but this week the big story from the big country in South America is about a Brazilian blogger who faked her own death, apparently because her blog presence was part of a study about social behaviour on the world wide web. The whole thing is found here, but here are a few excerpts: … 2007 started with the Lusosphere being surprised by the announcement of the death of a well known blogger. MEG [Maria Elisa Guimarães] became famous as the editor of SubRosa, one of the first-generation blogs in Brazil, and also because of her relentless promotion of conversation among bloggers through an active and warm-hearted commenting and emailing activity. The eulogies performed throughout the Lusosphere gained a great deal of attention as MEG was darling to many of the first A-list Brazilian bloggers. Never-the-less, something peculiar about Meg’s announced death kept ringing in some of her closest friends. [...] [...] I found this report on Global Voices very interesting. I’m not very familiar with the Brazilian blogworld — the lusosphere — but this week the big story from the big country in South America is about a Brazilian blogger who faked her own death, apparently because her blog presence was part of a study about social behaviour on the world wide web. The whole thing is found here, but here are a few excerpts: … 2007 started with the Lusosphere being surprised by the announcement of the death of a well known blogger. MEG [Maria Elisa Guimarães] became famous as the editor of SubRosa, one of the first-generation blogs in Brazil, and also because of her relentless promotion of conversation among bloggers through an active and warm-hearted commenting and emailing activity. The eulogies performed throughout the Lusosphere gained a great deal of attention as MEG was darling to many of the first A-list Brazilian bloggers. Never-the-less, something peculiar about Meg’s announced death kept ringing in some of her closest friends. [...]

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