Nicole Simon (anonym) meinte am 13. Dez, 01:26:
If it would have been done properly, we would have appreciated it.
Many reactions to our comments on our disappointment miss out on one point: It is not (at least not for me) the fact that politicians came into this but the fact how they where introduced and how the audience was used for a cheap marketing stunt.If it would have been a session / panel on this, or if the french politicians had spoken to a european audience and for example have shown that they are ready to be statesmen in understanding the foreign audience, it would have been a different situation.
A discussion about politics, something to put the blogosphere in more context with "the real world"? Absolutly!
Hijacking an audience like this? No way.
alex (anonym) antwortete am 13. Dez, 07:53:
A matter of form
I totally agree with your point. It's really a matter of form, not a matter of rejecting politicians. The web has an inclusive culture, but there are rules and protocols for inclusion to happen, starting from the peer-to-peer nature of things, which hardly lend themselves to some guy inviting himself for his own reasons at a conference, broadcasting a message and leaving without taking questions... That's the 1970's mainframe era.
