We Online Writers Have Changed The World
We content writers are on the cutting edge of the Information Age.
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The sun is slowly setting on another glorious summer day in Pittsburgh. I’ve come back from a lovely walk past well kept lawns, hedges and homes and it’s time to get back to the work of online writing.
Hell hello hello, my brother and sister content writers and bloggers. All the while, as I walked through some lovely residential streets, I wondered what to write about next.
I came across the words Information Age a few years ago and the words Information Technology a few years ago, too. Actually, before I retired, I was nearly a part of the IT world.
I am so lucky that I retired first. Pure data has never been my forte. Creative data, yes. Pure data, no.
But providing information is what all writers do. And now more and more of the information is online. There are fewer and fewer print newspapers and the ones that are surviving are putting out online editions, too. And even though sites like Triond are given the derogatory name “content farm,” we who write for these content farms are part of a seismic shift of information from print to online outlets.
The entire world is slowly being wired. It is being wired so that information can reached nearly anyone instantaneously. This is huge. If you do not think so consider the political upheaval going on in North Africa and the Middle East.
So, even though we content writers may be nothing more than lowly scribes, we are still scribes. And that my friends can be very empowering.
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June 5th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Very nice read.
June 5th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
You said it greatly! I applaud you!
June 5th, 2011 at 6:14 pm
We have the power, it’s up to us how we use it. Good or Evil?
June 5th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Well-written. I like your introductory paragraph.
June 5th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
another very good entry my friend keep up the good work
June 5th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
I give myself ten years, when I am 50 to be an online success. I am going to plug away at it.
I enjoyed reading this article!
June 5th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Yes, we are very important. Just a note, I think you took a walk and not a work. I hate to proofread myself. I always see what I wanted to said not what I wrote.
June 5th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
It’s definitely one way of having our voices heard.
June 5th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Thank you, PR for pointing out that proofreading error to me. I proofread my work several times before hitting the submit button but mistakes still get through.
June 5th, 2011 at 8:13 pm
I don’t like the name content farm. The fact that the site is dedicated to providing content makes it valuable. Many writers are here who provide valuable information that is available nowhere else.
June 5th, 2011 at 8:20 pm
yes, we online writers help shape the world.
June 5th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
I think for me writing is more important even if it makes me a “lowly scribe” I will never stop writing!
June 5th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Yeah, I try to proofread my articles a few times before I hit submit, too, but hell some mistakes just hide until someone writes to say hello:)
Good topic. There is no way for us to know where our words will go or what impact they will make.
June 5th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Well, what we believe has always shaped the world. We now have a bigger stage on which to express our beliefs is all….
June 5th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
i\\\’m proud to be a writer. thanks for sharing this one
June 5th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
…Good work.
June 5th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
exactly
June 5th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
You said it.
June 6th, 2011 at 2:29 am
good work,i applaud you.
June 6th, 2011 at 2:39 am
Yes you have a good point here, I don’t however see Triond on the cutting edge of anything! LB
June 6th, 2011 at 5:30 am
Nicely elaborated the efforts of online writers thanks for sharing your thoughts
June 6th, 2011 at 5:56 am
We as well changed the lives of newspaper writers and columnists!Ha-ha!
June 6th, 2011 at 7:14 am
You said it right, we online writers specially the Triond family is a part of this change.
June 7th, 2011 at 10:28 am
Very agreed with papaleng. Here at Triond, I find something very different with other sites. We do move as a family here.