A good take on Andrew Keen

In a previous post, I castigated Boing Boing for slating internet whipping boy Andrew Keen as a troll, with very little argument to back this assertion up.

Well, Tom Coates of plasticbag.org does the same thing in a blog post, found here. The difference is that whereas Boing Boing engaged in some juvenile name-calling, Coates nails why Keen is indeed a cynical, conservative opportunist troll.

I particularly liked the last few lines on why Keen’s schtick should be dismissed pretty much out of hand:

It’s not an appeal to better standards, it’s not an appeal to quality or tradition. It has no aspirations to honour. It’s disingenuous to the core, manipulative of the people, anti-progressive, cynical and hypocritical.

Tags: andrew keen, boing boing, culture, web 2.0