Stars and Stripes: Blogs away! (OR: The great default switch)
Posted on:: May 7th, 2009
According to Stars and Stripes, military service people are being enabled and encouraged to blog. That military blogging is going on is hardly news, but the degree to which it’s being embraced is remarkable.
It’s part of the Great Default Switch we’re living through in everything from privacy to “piracy.” Where the military default was security and secrecy, now the “Why not?” is becoming “Sure, go ahead — talk and be social.” Within limits, of course. But the news isn’t the blogging and isn’t the limits. It’s the change in defaults.
Slightly off-topic, but: Is there a good history of the Stars and Stripes newspaper? What little I know about it has gotten me interested.
Hey, Dave- this is the first I’ve heard you mention the ‘Great Default Switch.’ Great idea that totally rings true. Have you (or others) written about that elsewhere? If so, I’d love to show it some link love.