Comments on: The DoD Blog: For the Record http://www.blogsofwar.com/2006/11/19/the-dod-blog-for-the-record/ Tracking the changing landscape of national security since 2002 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:02:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Capt. Ben Tupper http://www.blogsofwar.com/2006/11/19/the-dod-blog-for-the-record/comment-page-1/#comment-277806 Capt. Ben Tupper Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:47:07 +0000 http://www.blogsofwar.com/2006/11/19/the-dod-blog-for-the-record/#comment-277806 Well put. I think the challenge may be that blogging (and the freestyle criticism that is at the core of the art of blogging), are fundamentally in conflict with a hierarchical and rigid organizational stucture (such as DoD). Its a dysfunctional marriage at best (critical blogging and DoD), but the fact is its also an arranged marriage forced by the popularity of social media. What does the future hold for this necessary marriage between real,quality blogs and Dod? My hope is that DoD will recognize that criticism makes us stronger, not weaker, and having some angry dogs biting at their heels may just make them march down the road a little faster and more efficiently. Well put. I think the challenge may be that blogging (and the freestyle criticism that is at the core of the art of blogging), are fundamentally in conflict with a hierarchical and rigid organizational stucture (such as DoD).

Its a dysfunctional marriage at best (critical blogging and DoD), but the fact is its also an arranged marriage forced by the popularity of social media.

What does the future hold for this necessary marriage between real,quality blogs and Dod? My hope is that DoD will recognize that criticism makes us stronger, not weaker, and having some angry dogs biting at their heels may just make them march down the road a little faster and more efficiently.

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