I Wonder If The Blogger's Union Will Deem Me A 'Workhorse'
from the silly-ideas dept
Chris Mooney's proposal for unionizing bloggers is pretty silly to begin with. There are absolutely no barriers to entry for blogging, so if a writer feels he's not being fairly compensated, he always has the option to jump to a new blog, or to start one of his own. And because a lot of bloggers work out of their homes, some common union concerns, such as workplace safety, just don't apply. But the thing that really irritates me about Mooney's proposal is the idea that the bloggers' union will "set up a structure that separates the workhorse bloggers from the pure hobbyists." It seems to me that this totally misses the point of blogging. Bloggers blog first and foremost because they enjoy it and are passionate about the subjects they're writing about. Some of us are lucky enough to make some money in the process. Many of us are not. But nobody is entitled to be paid for blogging. And we certainly don't need an official bureaucracy in charge of deciding whose blogging is "professional" enough to merit compensation. There's no reason to think that union's process for determining who gets a paycheck would be any less arbitrary than the system we've got now, but it would be guaranteed to generate a lot of needless bitterness and resentment.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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So if you guys went on strike...
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Unions are the death of America. And sense when do bloggers work for someone, after someone gets paid to 'blog' they become a bitch, not a blogger.
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Weird (non-)logic
He starts out talking about the Hollywood Writer's strike, which is, in large part, about their getting compensated for their material that appears "on the Internet". That may be a valid complaint, but then he essentially says - it's the same thing with bloggers.
Say what?
So, let me get this straight: A blogger puts his/her creation on the Internet, and... it appears on the Internet, and... he/she should, at that point, get compensated for it. Am I missing something here?
As pointed out here at Techdirt, there are many ways to make money on the Internet. This idea of Chris Mooney's misses on all points. His concept boils down to simply "force somebody to pay".
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It's all about Control
If there were some sort of credentials, which a blogger had to be concerned about losing ......
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I've seen SOME good from SOME unions. At one of the grocery stores in a particular chain in my hometown its a good thing they have a union as the management really does try to take advantage and rip off their employees (with only a handful of exceptions).
From the most part though they are a waste of resources. There is this attitude these days that just pisses me off, of people believing they are entitled to stuff for no reason. If you put in the effort, you should get the benefits. Being born doesn't mean you deserve a million dollars.
Evidence of this pitiful attitude is rampant, just look at all the patent lawsuits. Easy money, damn morals. I suppose it would bug me less if I didn't see similar behavior every day with customers at stores of all types.
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that could start the end
Ps. I agree with Anonymous(which is nothing new), they help in some industries still as long as no corrupt brother of a union boss gets in charge of it to make himself right. Plus we are entitled to nothing, that is what makes America great, if you want it go get it, if you don't then don't cry when your beneiftsget cut off
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ridiculous
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As a long time Teamster
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Motive
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