tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post3452462988420819739..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: Social Media for AcademicsClerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-76423569461803502682014-06-08T15:49:52.625+01:002014-06-08T15:49:52.625+01:00Obviously I can't comment on the potential ris...Obviously I can't comment on the potential risks and advantages of blogging for academic historians, only being an undergraduate, but I will say that if academics stopped blogging, it would make the history blogosphere an emptier place.Caecilia Dancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318023091812249063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-82529182120450699292014-06-08T13:04:53.525+01:002014-06-08T13:04:53.525+01:00I just read your post, and I agree it's a real...I just read your post, and I agree it's a real shame that there's a culture in academia which actively encourages us to be selfish with our ideas. It just doesn't seem to me what the whole process should be about, and as you say, we lose a lot in not talking to other people about work-in-progress. At the same time, I know it's a reasonable concern, and I'm not honestly sure Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-51960917795469504102014-06-08T00:06:39.546+01:002014-06-08T00:06:39.546+01:00I just stumbled across your blog via some mutual f...I just stumbled across your blog via some mutual followers on Twitter and coincidentally the same day you wrote this I wrote a similar blog post lamenting the current atmosphere of sharing in academia where I have now been warned by friends and professors to cease blogging new material for various reasons. <br /><br />While I heeded their warnings, and their intentions were good, I felt I was Christenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700814253442017757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-61647506426028587942014-06-07T19:11:17.554+01:002014-06-07T19:11:17.554+01:00I know - to me it seemed the exact opposite of adv...I know - to me it seemed the exact opposite of advice you'd want to give a blogger! The expert's theory was that you should only be 'repackaging' your existing content, because no one would be reading anyway except the two or three hypothetical people of a future job search committee. No sense at all of blogging as communication, academic outreach, sharing of ideas, or anything Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-45544787145681671732014-06-07T12:55:10.315+01:002014-06-07T12:55:10.315+01:00How very strange! I can't think of anything wo...How very strange! I can't think of anything worse - other than bad content of course. Caecilia Dancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318023091812249063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-3645598622613099542014-06-04T10:46:50.525+01:002014-06-04T10:46:50.525+01:00Steffen, I had a feeling you'd agree with me o...Steffen, I had a feeling you'd agree with me on this ;) Fortunately, there's no shortage of social media experts around to teach us how to exploit our 'personal brand value'...<br /><br />Anonymous, that's great to hear! Blogging does quite a bit to keep me sane, too. And thank you :)Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-48949629620515729722014-06-04T08:57:54.504+01:002014-06-04T08:57:54.504+01:00Your blog has contributed to keeping me sane while...Your blog has contributed to keeping me sane while I have been guiding my daughter through various science courses (I teach her at home) by reminding me that the things I am interested in are still out there waiting for me......<br /><br />'Sharing ideas and knowledge' has proved a valuable service to me, definitely - I hope it proves useful for future job and funding opportunities for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-68167850271540801282014-06-04T03:10:22.387+01:002014-06-04T03:10:22.387+01:00I'm fairly certain you and I are of the same m...<br />I'm fairly certain you and I are of the same mind on this issue, so I won't start preaching to the choir. But yes, obviously we are not sufficiently adept at prostituting ourselves in social media. Who do we ask for help?Steffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891266202142841626noreply@blogger.com