I agree completely; shoving people at What Should Be Seen/Read/Listened To isn't the way to hook them. The problem, in part, is that they haven't got any perspective, and can't see _why_ the big famous important stuff is any good (this seems to be important for kids in school, definitely. It's nice when Important and Fun coincide, but that's not to be counted on). And then you've got the problem of, okay, what ARE you looking for in a media item? And generally, not being familiar with the genre, you probably don't really know. It's a sad state of affairs. I guess that's what people try to get at via tagging music with keywords, but keywords are so fallible, being self-generated that I can't think they work all that often.
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Date: 2006-01-07 08:09 am (UTC)And then you've got the problem of, okay, what ARE you looking for in a media item? And generally, not being familiar with the genre, you probably don't really know. It's a sad state of affairs. I guess that's what people try to get at via tagging music with keywords, but keywords are so fallible, being self-generated that I can't think they work all that often.