Comments on: Tweeting and blogging from conferences – get real http://biopinionated.com/2009/06/18/tweeting-and-blogging-from-conferences-get-real/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ryan http://biopinionated.com/2009/06/18/tweeting-and-blogging-from-conferences-get-real/#comment-526 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:13:28 +0000 http://biopinionated.com/?p=1700#comment-526 I have to disagree with this.

The whole point of web 2.0 is that the line between public and private is eroding. And rather than artificially enforce rigid lines between the two for meetings such as this, maybe a more granular approach would fare better?

As to “free world”… this seems a bit simplistic. Ideology gets unwieldy when applied to any highly impacting sciences. Whether we do, or do not censor isn’t as important as what would HAPPEN with that infomation.

IOW, becuase of a PC culture, the media could hijack some rational inquiry and turn into garbage; if they’re successful it could derail something useful based on ‘pulic opinion.’ eeek. Better to be safe than sorry.

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