Comments on: Fry not in the Spirit of Co-creation http://www.thespiritofcocreation.com/fry-not-in-the-spirit-of-co-creation/ Sense Worldwide's Thoughts on Co-creation Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:35:42 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Lina http://www.thespiritofcocreation.com/fry-not-in-the-spirit-of-co-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Lina Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:23:52 +0000 http://www.thespiritofcocreation.com/fry-not-in-the-spirit-of-co-creation/#comment-43 Spot on. Sad times we live in when celebrities open themselves up to criticism and debate, get upset when we try to engage with them in a discussion, it leaves an even bitter aftertaste when it's a celebrity christened a public intellectual. 1984 2.0 indeed! Spot on. Sad times we live in when celebrities open themselves up to criticism and debate, get upset when we try to engage with them in a discussion, it leaves an even bitter aftertaste when it’s a celebrity christened a public intellectual.

1984 2.0 indeed!

]]> By: Jack Wallington http://www.thespiritofcocreation.com/fry-not-in-the-spirit-of-co-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Jack Wallington Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:37:10 +0000 http://www.thespiritofcocreation.com/fry-not-in-the-spirit-of-co-creation/#comment-42 I agree with some of Tom's comments, I didn't get the impression that Stephen Fry was anti co-creation at all. He just doesn't like negative or unconstructive overly critical comments, which a lot of comments in social media do tend to be. For instance, this is old news now, but why would someone bother to tweet him saying he was "boring"? If they find him boring, stop following or make a useful suggestion, don't be rude. I agree with some of Tom’s comments, I didn’t get the impression that Stephen Fry was anti co-creation at all. He just doesn’t like negative or unconstructive overly critical comments, which a lot of comments in social media do tend to be. For instance, this is old news now, but why would someone bother to tweet him saying he was “boring”? If they find him boring, stop following or make a useful suggestion, don’t be rude.

]]> By: Tom Wynne-Morgan http://www.thespiritofcocreation.com/fry-not-in-the-spirit-of-co-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Tom Wynne-Morgan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:40:24 +0000 http://www.thespiritofcocreation.com/fry-not-in-the-spirit-of-co-creation/#comment-41 I Haven't had a chance to read his actual comments yet. I agree with you though when you say it will be an awfully bland world without criticism. However I also agree with Fry that the worst of the Web can be found in what lies below the line (and in this i include all the untoward bullying on Facebook et al). Freedom to say and do what you like when you like sounds great on paper but as we all know does not work out quite as well in reality. Filtering thoughts and tempering what comes out of ones mouth is a way of life . There has been much written about how the internet takes away or at least distorts traditional codes of behavior but i'm more interested in how online etiquette might change or should change as co-creation (often mediated by the internet) becomes a more accepted and understood practice. In the same way that co-creative workshops often begin with the rule, 'defer judgment', should we not abide by this rule a little more online and not let our tongues run wild with childish abandon. I don't think the antidote is parental discipline to stop making Mr Fry cry but a general growing up of the the internet child. I Haven’t had a chance to read his actual comments yet. I agree with you though when you say it will be an awfully bland world without criticism. However I also agree with Fry that the worst of the Web can be found in what lies below the line (and in this i include all the untoward bullying on Facebook et al).

Freedom to say and do what you like when you like sounds great on paper but as we all know does not work out quite as well in reality. Filtering thoughts and tempering what comes out of ones mouth is a way of life . There has been much written about how the internet takes away or at least distorts traditional codes of behavior but i’m more interested in how online etiquette might change or should change as co-creation (often mediated by the internet) becomes a more accepted and understood practice.

In the same way that co-creative workshops often begin with the rule, ‘defer judgment’, should we not abide by this rule a little more online and not let our tongues run wild with childish abandon. I don’t think the antidote is parental discipline to stop making Mr Fry cry but a general growing up of the the internet child.

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