Comments on: Learn from the Hat Tip http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/05/05/learn-from-the-hat-tip/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Strange Attractor http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/05/05/learn-from-the-hat-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Strange Attractor Mon, 08 May 2006 21:06:54 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/05/05/learn-from-the-hat-tip/#comment-182 <strong>I'm listening...</strong> I was at the WeMedia conference where Suw was an online curator. Our friend Kevin Marks thought her role was, “pointing out the old media dinosaurs in the museum”. As Ian Forrester points out, my position here is pretty tricky...... I’m listening…

I was at the WeMedia conference where Suw was an online curator. Our friend Kevin Marks thought her role was, “pointing out the old media dinosaurs in the museum”. As Ian Forrester points out, my position here is pretty tricky……

]]> By: Andrew Lih http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/05/05/learn-from-the-hat-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Andrew Lih Mon, 08 May 2006 17:47:51 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/05/05/learn-from-the-hat-tip/#comment-181 Yes, as for the specifics, the author may have not been right down to the details. However, I think he does highlight that the Web does generally provide for more transparency and there are social norms on the 'net that folks in the MSM can learn from. Yes, as for the specifics, the author may have not been right down to the details. However, I think he does highlight that the Web does generally provide for more transparency and there are social norms on the ‘net that folks in the MSM can learn from.

]]> By: Lindsay Beyerstein http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/05/05/learn-from-the-hat-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Lindsay Beyerstein Sat, 06 May 2006 21:02:08 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/05/05/learn-from-the-hat-tip/#comment-180 Thanks for the link. I think that the FT author is misinterpreting the significance of a hat-tip in the Anglo-American political blogosphere. Where I come from, if you are quoting someone verbatim, you put the words in quotation marks, name your source, and link to the the author's post (or other source, if applicable). Hat tips are to acknowledge a fellow blogger for finding a third source, especially when you don't intend to quote their remarks on whatever link they found. Suppose Engadget links to a cool new cellphone site. I read about that site on Engadget post I go on to blog about that site myself, but I don't want to reference anything Engadget said. In that case, I use a hat tip to credit Engadget for discovering the site and blogging about it first. Thanks for the link.

I think that the FT author is misinterpreting the significance of a hat-tip in the Anglo-American political blogosphere. Where I come from, if you are quoting someone verbatim, you put the words in quotation marks, name your source, and link to the the author’s post (or other source, if applicable).

Hat tips are to acknowledge a fellow blogger for finding a third source, especially when you don’t intend to quote their remarks on whatever link they found.

Suppose Engadget links to a cool new cellphone site. I read about that site on Engadget post I go on to blog about that site myself, but I don’t want to reference anything Engadget said. In that case, I use a hat tip to credit Engadget for discovering the site and blogging about it first.

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