tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5360272082699772719..comments2024-03-28T13:45:42.289+00:00Comments on The IPKat: The IPKat and his friends: time for an updateVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-61393714337240114962014-10-02T18:17:44.302+01:002014-10-02T18:17:44.302+01:00Serious error in my last posting. Sorry.
I see n...Serious error in my last posting. Sorry.<br /><br />I see now, that a full stop after "Team" is missing, and its absence confuses what appears as my last sentence.<br /><br />Just to be sure, I'll say it once again. Floreat Felix.MaxDreinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-9754784803930669742014-10-02T15:28:20.904+01:002014-10-02T15:28:20.904+01:00MaxDrei @ 14:19,
Sorry but you are completely wro...MaxDrei @ 14:19,<br /><br />Sorry but you are completely wrong about the stoppage of personal insults.<br /><br />Look for posts by MM and Ned Heller and you will see that personal insults have not abated - it is only insults <i>towards</i> certain posters that have been editorialized.<br /><br />Disagreement alone - based on PURELY factual matters is now routinely expunged at patently-O.<br /><br />As mentioned above - the pure fact of the number of posts by a select few was expunged. This fact was germane, not insulting, and yet counter to the desired content for no reason other than "spin."<br /><br />Your comments to the contrary just lack credibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-40613167167716649772014-10-02T14:19:36.293+01:002014-10-02T14:19:36.293+01:00I hope there continues to be only one MaxDrei.
Re...I hope there continues to be only one MaxDrei.<br /><br />Readers I have news for you. At Patently-O only unceasingly active editorial control is sufficient to stop the flow of personal insults. The purged threads are a more attractive read, not least because we are seeing the return of many contributers who were turned off by the unpleasant insulting tone.<br /><br />I do not agree that the editorial control is to weed out dissenting opinions. For a prime example of that, turn to the IPWatchdog blog.<br /><br />Once the Editor chooses to ban any posters who disagree with him, the blog withers. Prof Dennis Crouch is very well aware of that, I'm sure.<br /><br />The most successful Blogs are the ones with the most dynamic content. It takes huge effort to be unceasingly dynamic. Three cheers for Jeremy and his Team Floreat Felix! MaxDreinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-47566193268076368562014-10-02T13:27:27.974+01:002014-10-02T13:27:27.974+01:00I have just visited PatentlyO and the first commen...I have just visited PatentlyO and the first comment I saw was from a certain MaxDrei. Surely there cannot be two!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-29372076870212330312014-10-02T12:36:34.533+01:002014-10-02T12:36:34.533+01:00Anonymous @ 09:22,
Alas, your comment regarding p...Anonymous @ 09:22,<br /><br />Alas, your comment regarding patently-O is no longer accurate, as the lively debate there has been actively squelched in the name of "politeness."<br /><br />It is now but a shadow of its former self, and a echo chamber along the lines of such places as slashdot, techdirt and arstechnia.<br /><br />It is the brake pedal that has become stuck there. That's what happens when "rules" are applied in a nonuniform manner that augments a pre-selected viewpoint. The site is both now more "pleasant" and far more sterile.<br /><br />I am in full agreement with you that the life of any blog is not in the ability to broadcast one viewpoint - no matter how well crafted the singular broadcast may be. The vitality is directly related to the interactions - and as importantly missed: the respect to be accorded ANY valid points raised in the interactions.<br /><br />Where - as has happened at patently-O - you have a editorial clamp-down based on viewpoint, you have a lack of interaction. The place has enabled - not eliminated - the ability of a select few to shout down any opposing viewpoints. A statistic appeared briefly (then was edited out) that showed a sum total of four individuals controlled about 40% of thousands of posts since the new editorial controls went into place in September. It should surprise no one that all four of these individuals have a tightly aligned "world view" on the selected patent topics of software and business methods. Facts and actual current law no longer matter there. But it is more "polite." One can now post without the least bit of "fear" of any critical thinking (that, is, if your post is of the new "<i>mainstream</i>" thought pattern).<br /><br />As the signoff there went: C'est la vie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-38024081168742927952014-10-02T09:22:20.320+01:002014-10-02T09:22:20.320+01:00Most blog visitors are probably attracted by the n...Most blog visitors are probably attracted by the news aspect, which keeps them up-to-date with recent happenings in their IP area of interest. Just a guess, I know. I sometimes get a bit lost with the Kat-speak, particularly on a long piece (a lot of effort goes in to most), when I'm trying to get to the gist of the matter.<br /><br />What is missing, in my view, is debate. Some pieces get the odd comment, with a few getting the opinion of a few. Usually the same old faces, even the anons.<br /><br />Other blogs, such as patently-O, regularly have detailed discussions of legal points, but this is obviously US-centric. The tit-for-tat "my teddy is bigger than your teddy" attacks on that site don't detract from the quality (greatly). It's just like working in an open-plan area surrounded by HR staff. Are the IPKat viewers simply silent observers in life?<br /><br />In the words of Toyota, continuous improvement is required. Hopefully, without the accelerator pedal sticking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-54979860328376142292014-10-01T12:43:26.490+01:002014-10-01T12:43:26.490+01:00If you state something to be the most popular, peo...If you state something to be the most popular, people will look at it, so it is highly likely to remain the most popular. Restating the point simply perpetuates the matter.<br /><br />The most visited blog post may, therefore, be of low-interest from a content point of view. We will never know.<br /><br />This is a bit like life were everyone copies everyone else, like what they like and thinks how they think. All because it is "popular". There is where the human race has gone wrong recently and it is what will cause our extinction. We will only be saved if people think original thoughts and make their own minds up on matters. Alas, I believe we are all doomed, because all I see around me are lemmings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com