”But what strikes me is how much the moral economy of serious blogging seems to be rediscovering the rules of Victorian gentlemanly scientists. Being an ’amateur’ blogger doesn’t mean you’re a dilettante: it almost always means that you don’t get paid to do this, but you find other ways to define your credibility”.Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
I bloggingdebatten har man ibland polariserat mellan professionell media och de bloggande amatörerna. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, vars bok om viktoriansk astronomi bland annat behandlade den betydelse amatörer spelade för dåtidens vetenskap, skriver tankeväckande om frågan.