Dear Jakob
I’ve noticed something strange afoot on Jakob Lodwick’s tumblelog of late. Instead of continuing the conversation, he’s been taking it, and starting his own. What I mean by that is, instead of reblogging something he wishes to respond to, he takes a screenshot and makes a new post with his commentary…
Ordinarily, I don’t care enough to take public objection to a person’s tumblelogging style, because everyone has their own way, and mostly, they’re welcome to it. But what Lodwick is doing is kind of an asshole thing to do.
I agree. Hypertext is the native medium of the web, not screenshot images. Use it, and give some recognition to whoever it was that sparked your train of thought in the first place. As an internet user, I prefer an internet page that behaves like an internet page. As a blog reader, I prefer a blog that behaves like a blog, and a blogger who behaves like he gives a shit about other bloggers.
