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05/19/2002 Entry: "The right questions?"
More from the blog of Andrew Careaga
We've been asking the wrong questions about the Net. And we're still asking the wrong questions. Even those of us who think we get it.What are the right questions? I don't know if I know what the right questions are. But I know some different questions we could be asking.Instead of asking, "How can I make my page cool?" or "How can I get more hits on our church website?" or "How can I establish community with our church website?" why don't we try asking, "How can we engage Internet culture by joining in on the conversations that are happening all over the Net?" or "How can we be a part of the community that already exists online"?Instead of talking about static billboards (websites), why don't we talk about the dynamic conversations springing up all over the Net -- on blogs, in chat rooms, over IM, on many and sundry forums, via Usenet?Instead of debating among ourselves whether authentic community can exist over the Net, why don't we go out into all the world of cyberspace and be part of the community that does indeed exist on the Net? Who knows? Maybe the church can add some authenticity to what's there?
