I want to know if O/S is considered to be a quality addition to Salon in general and if the writers here are considered to be of value to the enterprise.

It's a good question, bobbot, but not really for Scott. He hasn't been at Salon for a few years now.

But I can say, having both feet fully planted in both salon and open that the answer is a resounding: yes and yes.

My question is why serious subject getting poor response.?Iam blogging on Open salon from three month, I find out that most respondents are shallow the respond only to tit bit and very cheap way , wow, good etc ,etc. Why there is no debate, challenge , controversy.What is aim of blogging?

Is this the dude who wrote a book about blogging and didn't mention OS? What's up with that?

Mybe I could rephrase that then, Is he happy with the results so far with the quality of O/S and it's contributions. By the way, my friends just call me bob.

Here at OS we had a major rift, some people who were highly valued members, left because of the advertising. Yet, ventures like OS and other blogs must be self sustaining and at some point profitable. Yet users will not pay for what it really costs to read content.

How do we educate users about that cost of content and how do we manage advertising so that our daily life is not one vulgar intrusion of hype on top of everything we do?

what comes between him and his Calvin's?
are computers really just precursors for our inevitable domination by robots?
what is the correct way to use a semicolon?
also did you know there is a box on the cover page where you can see how many views your piece had? It's totally crazy, did everybody know about this except me?
The last two questions aren't for Scott, I'm just amazed I thought I was being read by like 75 people.
How long has that box been there?

Kerry, first off you could mention thanks for the idea of Open Salon and the enjoyment it's brought to so many. He may have moved on but it doesn't mean he doesn't deserve thanks for the idea.

Of course, I want to know from an expert, his guestimate of what the media landscape is going to look like in ten, twenty years if so many forms are dependent on advertising and all or most content will be free (theoretically) and especially if everyone is blogging. Who will be heard and will anyone be professional when there's no need to pay for content?

Kerry, how about the prospect that blogging will lose its novel aspect and a new form of technological personal communication will begin to take over as a replacement?

Thanks all. I did my best to represent! Dude's tough!

I agree with what Bob said about thanking him. I have had so much fun on this site. I think a lot of people view this place as their own person playground. What I would like to ask him is this:

Can I please have a job?

I don't have any questions for Scott, but would like to congratulate him on his new book. Wired Magazine discussed the book with him in their most recent issue.

You already had the video chat Kerry? I wish we had more lead time, I had a few questions I would have liked to ask.

I'm curious if he thinks words have become less meaningful, and if at some point in the future does he think we'll all just be making video books.

Thanks Kerry. I guess I'd like to know what Scott defines as a good,quality blog that will have some longevity, popularity and/or influence (social, political, literary), and does he see OS as possessing those traits?