The idea is to chime in!
So what can the short form do for archaeology?
So much! First, archaeology need not be limited to the study of the distant past. We can evaluate the immediate past (some call this the present) to make positive changes for the future. I don't need to point to the middle eastern revolutions but I will. See what Facebook has done? There are few people that don't get that last sentence.
Second, societies become dust (and justify studies) because they fail to evolve. By limiting any scientific study to proscribed (I dare say prescribed as well) methods than we too shall become dust. We have to evolve (the scientific community that is) and adapt to changing technologies. To shun the short form and informal blog is akin to those that shunned talkies! Which makes me LOL to think about. Yes, I did.
Finally the gathering of data is made easier when people can share. What information was once locked in the mountains of some remote village is now potentially at your finger tips. To turn away from that gold mine is ludicrous.
On the flip side with all this information sharing you could potentially suffer from TMI. Yes, I did it again. To give a case and point look at the increase in the sharing of medical abnormalities on social networking sites in relation to patient privacy. One can only imagine the dangers of blogging the location of something sacred.
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