Argumentation, Response to Web 2.0

Response to Web 2.0

            I chose to respond to the Web 2.0 essay this week. To be completely honest I chose it because it is the shortest and I really don’t like reading that much. I was actually surprised by what was said in this writing. I think that Andrew Keen made a good argument on why the Web 2.0 movement is not a good thing but I feel pretty much the exact opposite way on the whole thing. Starting out, Keen said something along the lines of, if everyone is a writer then there will be no readers, I disagree with this. For example, I have two friends that have their masters in English or literature related fields and I know that both really enjoy writing and reading, I’m sure both would be lost without doing both every day. What I’m saying is, I would be willing to bet that almost all writers love reading and the argument, if all people were writers there would be no readers just makes no sense. Another thing that really stood out to me was when he talked about losing influential people such as Hitchcock, Bono, and Sebald. I don’t think this could be anymore wrong, with the technology we have today I think we will be able to discover more amazing talent than ever before. Just think if this technology did not exist we could be missing out on some amazing talent across the world. The last reason I think this movement is a good thing is because people have the right to express how they feel through writing, music, and movies and they should be able to share it with whoever wants or is willing to read, watch, or listen to it. I do believe that some people will abuse the technology by posting absolute garbage but the serious writers and other posters will use it as a tool to get their message out to as many people as possible. Just because everyone will be able to become an author it will not take away from an accomplished writer.