Jonathan has some interesting comments about the new Tor site, which they seem to have been trailing forever and have just put live (and still with a Beta tagline). John Scalzi responds to Jonathan's points in the comments and therein ensues an entertaining full-scale argument. He he.
What do I think about the Tor website? Well it's another feed to subscribe to and then click "mark all as read", and it has some short stories that I shall promptly download and then never read. I'm not sure if that is a comment about me, or about the amount of other SF material online? Probably both.
Same here. Signed up for an account, had a vague shufty, shuffled off.
You'll note that it's been a while since I was involved in a slapfight. I've been very subdued for ages.
Yes, and the internet has been a less entertaining place.
I'll admit that I agree with certain aspects of both sides of the argument. When I first saw the Tor site I was basically unimpressed. I clicked around a little and just left. There wasn't anything there for me that was new and I have enough trouble keeping social networking from eating up my time as it is.
Mostly, I'm just disappointed. I expected a lot more of Tor. I mean, yeah, Scalzi has a lot of good points, but really, what is the site offering that hasn't already been offered before?
Yes. What they could offer is "voice" I guess. But whether they can find the blogger to do it, and not get bogged down in pure PR, would be a challenge.