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That's great, but I'd have thought your marketing knowhow would have suggested to you that the subset of workers in Finnish media that you frequent is only tangentially relevant to the subset of Internet users interested in participating on politics/economics/environment discussion sites.

In other words, interesting (and heartening) as your comment is, what's your point?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 29th, 2010 at 03:15:07 AM EST
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No point - just a comparison. If you want a point, it's that politics/economics/environment (among other subjects) are regular parts of enthusiastic contextual discussions we have on behalf of or with clients - which might indicate there is no lack of interest in the subjects, at least F2F. I have frequently mentioned ET in these discussions, but afaik, none of my colleagues have been inspired sufficiently to post a comment.

There could be a number of reasons for this - not least, language.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jan 29th, 2010 at 09:02:39 AM EST
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Yes, language is another kind of problem. And the existence of national political, cultural, media arenas. It's very far from axiomatic that Europeans are interested in a discussion site that isn't part of their identifiable cultural sphere -- even when they can speak English enough to read or comment. There is no pan-European cultural space.

Beyond Eurovision.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 29th, 2010 at 01:02:00 PM EST
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afew:
In other words, interesting (and heartening) as your comment is, what's your point?

what a male thing to ask, in such a male way!

(only a few comments in, i can tell this thread is going to be fun, thanks jake)

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 05:32:32 AM EST
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