State Department Blogs Like It’s 1999
- Posted by: Andrew Price
- on October 3, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Coming late to the game, the State Department started an official blog yesterday and sarcastic potshots spread in the comments like a thousand points of light.
They’re playful:
“Will Condi be posting periodically, sharing tips on diplomacy and negotiating and what not? You guys still do that, right?”
They’re incredulous:
“You have GOT to be kidding!! I’d tell you what I really think of your circa ‘99 great blog experiment, but I’m afraid of being wiretapped and put under surveillance.”
They’re practical:
“Any chance you can brighten your text? I’m straining to read it…”
They’re hilarious.
We wonder if wonky debates will flourish in the comments as the detractors get bored.
DISCUSSION: 2 Comments
Our tech writer at the MOLI View also wrote about this blog. It is interesting to see the government take part in this form of communication.
This just seems a little ridiculous. Kind of like the kodak slideshow page for state department employees. Whats next? Photos of the company BBQ?
I wonder what kind of restrictions they have on their postings…