http://chrislott.org/story/gatekeepers-and-terminology/ Musings on education, techology, and life.. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://chrislott.org/story/gatekeepers-and-terminology/comment-page-1/#comment-531 pingswept » Blog Archive » Chrislott.org is smarter than I am Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:07:58 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2006/02/18/gatekeepers-and-terminology/#comment-531 [...] Chris Lott has a great post responding to my last post about this gatekeeper business. [...] [...] Chris Lott has a great post responding to my last post about this gatekeeper business. [...]

]]> http://chrislott.org/story/gatekeepers-and-terminology/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Brandon Stafford Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:54:31 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2006/02/18/gatekeepers-and-terminology/#comment-530 Well said, Chris Lott.org! I know you used my blog post as a example of disagreement, but you have stated my central point quite well: "The issue here is that many in this debate use the term 'Gatekeeper' when what they mean is 'powerful connector' or something of that ilk." I'm not disputing the shape of the long tail or the influence of Doc's link love-- the question is just whether, in your metaphor, who is driving the Ferrari. I claim that the drivers are Dave Sifry of Technorati and Page and Brin of Google, not Doc Searls. I also agree with your description of the desire behind the argument, the desire to have Searls (for example) "recognize the influential power they have and the amount to which they tend to link inside their circle and that other worthy people don’t get that link love." Well said, Chris Lott.org! I know you used my blog post as a example of disagreement, but you have stated my central point quite well: “The issue here is that many in this debate use the term ‘Gatekeeper’ when what they mean is ‘powerful connector’ or something of that ilk.” I’m not disputing the shape of the long tail or the influence of Doc’s link love– the question is just whether, in your metaphor, who is driving the Ferrari. I claim that the drivers are Dave Sifry of Technorati and Page and Brin of Google, not Doc Searls. I also agree with your description of the desire behind the argument, the desire to have Searls (for example) “recognize the influential power they have and the amount to which they tend to link inside their circle and that other worthy people don’t get that link love.”

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