Comments on: [2b2k] Linking is a public good

By: Internet Time Alliance | Top 50 articles on Working Smarter

Internet Time Alliance | Top 50 articles on Working Smarter — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:19:17 +0000

[...] [2b2k] Linking is a public good DAVID WEINBERGER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012 [...]

By: Internet Time Alliance | 50 best articles on Working Smarter for the first half of 2012

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:06:23 +0000

[...] [2b2k] Linking is a public good DAVID WEINBERGER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012 [...]

By: Internet Time Blog : 50 best articles on Working Smarter for the first half of 2012

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:24:12 +0000

[...] [2b2k] Linking is a public good DAVID WEINBERGER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012 [...]

By: Three Services I Will Provide | Hiring Librarians

Three Services I Will Provide | Hiring Librarians — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:07:08 +0000

[...] Links are a public good. If you are an individual who has hired librarians or information professionals and is promoting something personal, like a website or event or candidacy in an election, I will exchange your views on hiring for linking to your site or profile, etc. [...]

By: Newspapers’ culture clash, and paywalls pick up momentum « World Media Trend

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:30:26 +0000

[...] Steve Myers agreed with Salmon, while Digital First’s Steve Buttry and web philosopher David Weinberger echoed some of Ingram’s points. Weinberger argued that places like the Journal are failing to [...]

By: A mixed bag | Harold Jarche

A mixed bag | Harold Jarche — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:05:33 +0000

[...] @dweinberger – “Linking is a public service that reminds us how deeply we are social and public creatures.“ JOHO The Blog [...]

By: davidw

davidw — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:13:28 +0000

There is certainly some corporate web baloney, although I think (hope) companies are learning that “sticky eyeballs” are not always the highest desideratum.

By: Barbara Fister

Barbara Fister — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:17:11 +0000

I wonder if there is also some corporate web baloney about how “we don’t want users to leave our site.” I got that while trying to negotiate freedom for the library to design our own website within an institutional one. “You don’t understand search. A basic principle is that you don’t want users to leave our branded site.” Uh, we’re a LIBRARY. We aren’t selling ourselves. We are providing a portal. And guess what, we also know a thing or two about search.”

News depends on sources. Linking to sources is crucial. Among items on the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics are the following:

–Identify sources whenever feasible. The public is entitled to as much information as possible on sources’ reliability.
–Never plagiarize.

Journalists, don’t listen to the marketing folks, it’s okay if your users leave the site to check on your sources. Not linking (not acknowledging) is wrong. Also, in an era when a lot of “news” is repackaged press releases, it’s cool to have a source other than the company on which you are reporting. That’s how we used to do things.

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:45:04 +0000

They also hate you for your freedoms and want to impose Sharia Law.

By: One Man and His Blog

One Man and His Blog — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:38:19 +0000

Journalists: Link To Win…

Why MG Seigler is right to complain about the WSJ not linking to him – and why you win through linking….