However, isn’t commercialization an apparatus of the principalia? Just a thought.

Anyway, I’ve still yet to refine my take on all of this. Thanks for commenting.

let me rephrase that. i miss blogging without having to have editorial concerns. truth is, nothing has really changed with my line of work. i used to write wholeheartedly or magazines. now, i dont have the pressure of an editorial deadline (although i still maintain a column).

blogging and new media are my main source of income among other small projects here and there. which is why i feel the need to take it more seriously. if i didn’t i’d be no similar to an employee who slacks around.

for me, its not about the principalia – it’s about creating an industry (this forms part of my life goals).

although these social constructs cannot help to be avoided most times.

i understand what you mean. i also blog for fun
and i leave the more intellectual posts to geniuses like alex and co.
(no sarcasm here, folks).

but to answer your question- why discuss about blogging elitism?

in defense to alex (which he may or may not want, i don’t care),
i believe that his intent was not to maliciously start
a feud amongst bloggers by making an issue out of elitism and such.

i see his posts as merely academic observations of discourse among participants
of an interesting current social phenomenon.
take them as online articles in sociology and linguistics journals
that only members of the academe read.

as a layman, i consider them as food for thought which i gladly digest because
they are intellectually stimulating and because they are a valid study
of the representation of Filipinos in web 2.0.

@akosimamangsorbetero

Not much difference on how we view popularity and influence in our society. Actor-politicians. Baskterballer-politician. Politician-actors. What makes these all possible? Popularity.

@arpeelazaro

Yes. Socio-economics is a large factor that dictates how we get to access media.

@Jon

I agree with a lot of your points. However, I’d rather not use the term “mob” or “mafia.” They’re just a bit alien to our context. I really don’t see the elite of the Pinoy blogosphere as warring clans but more of a rung in our whole society’s strata in which there is power struggle. And to bastardize the analogy more, I even think of it as a bully versus bully versus bully mix while all the rest are spectators (vocal or otherwise).

@benj

Oh no! Eto na po si Benj!

http://blog.kapenilattex.com/2007/08/15/do-i-have-to-worry-about-a-mafia-in-the-philippine-blogosphere/
http://blog.kapenilattex.com/2007/08/28/blogging-ethics-cyber-meatspace-wars-and-moral-ascendancy/