"Aesthetics of Digital Poetry"

While reading "Aesthetics of Digital Poetry" I pondered the idea of networking and how "the death of the author" is now actually happening in the postmodern world.  From writing on this blog, and looking at other blogs, I see how networking changes the way text is presented.  It is nonlinear, redirecting to comments people make on wall posts.  When reading a book, there is a distinction between the author and the reader.  The author has a more specific role of presenting their work while the reader takes it in.  In networking, there is no specific author.  People can write back and forth, both taking turns of presenting ideas and critiquing them.  In blogging, for example, work is presented in a less formal way, spitting out ideas that have accumulated in the course of time beginning with a certain topic.  I agree with the author that there are still such things as authors in the digital writing realm.  She says, "nevertheless, I think authorship definitely still exists, albeit in a multiple form: initiators who open up the project frame, programmers, e.g of text generators, open author groups without individual assignment of authorship, etc, as well as the continued existence of individual authors and identifiable author groups."(51)
Not only is the one who writes the blog posts responsible for writing ideas, but the ones who post comments are as well.  With networking, anyone, it doesn't matter who you are, can post writings and comments.  In writing on paper, there is more of a process involved.  For example, to get published one must be educated and write what publishers are looking for.  Publishers pick and choose what the best works are.
Writing on paper is more of a personal experience, where only the reader who has acquired the book can read it and comment in the margins of the pages.  With networking, anyone can read blogs, and their comments can be posted for all to see as well.  The article also talks about how digital writing is now "free game", by copying, pasting, and manipulating.  This deems copyright laws insignificant in the digital culture.