All credit to PBS’s Mark Glaser for his blog entry on Time’s Person of the Year.

Time might have been all excited about making “You” its Person of the Year. But as Glaser points out, the magazine itself is doing little to involve “You” in its journalism.

Glaser writes:

“There’s a feel of show to this praising of Time’s audience, without actually giving them any real power to make change in Time’s own house. It’s almost as if they’re pointing to this special issue — the biggest Person of the Year issue yet! — and saying, “see, we’ve changed.” Instead, they’ve probably confused a lot of people, who think Time is just copping out by picking “You” for the cover.”

He outlines eight ways Time can change this. For a start, it could let people comment on every story posted online. This is not a revolutionary idea, but it does highlight the irony in Time’s decision.

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