http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/04/18/where-is-the-tribe-going/ Opinionated Web 2.0 News and Commentary Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/04/18/where-is-the-tribe-going/comment-page-1/#comment-40937 Mike Caulfield Tue, 29 May 2007 21:33:30 +0000 http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/04/18/where-is-the-tribe-going/#comment-40937 But you *have* heard of Neutral Milk Hotel, right? But you *have* heard of Neutral Milk Hotel, right?

]]> http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/04/18/where-is-the-tribe-going/comment-page-1/#comment-34794 beansworth Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:21:50 +0000 http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/04/18/where-is-the-tribe-going/#comment-34794 People who haven't heard of Twitter and Xanga and RSS are behind the curve? I doubt it. I think there are just a lot of social networking sites and bookmarking sites and blogs. Knowing of something that not many people use doesn't make you cutting edge, but it does give you an over-inflated sense of the importance of your interests, like the biker who told me, "What? You don't ride? Why the hell not?" or the indie rockers who sneer, "What? You've never heard Neutral Milk Hotel?" I think your last theory is correct. People who haven’t heard of Twitter and Xanga and RSS are behind the curve? I doubt it. I think there are just a lot of social networking sites and bookmarking sites and blogs. Knowing of something that not many people use doesn’t make you cutting edge, but it does give you an over-inflated sense of the importance of your interests, like the biker who told me, “What? You don’t ride? Why the hell not?” or the indie rockers who sneer, “What? You’ve never heard Neutral Milk Hotel?” I think your last theory is correct.

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