Comments on: Robert: Disclose that bag of pretzels too http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/03/robert-disclose-that-bag-of-pretzels-too/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Robert Scoble http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/03/robert-disclose-that-bag-of-pretzels-too/comment-page-1/#comment-222486 Robert Scoble Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:42:03 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/03/robert-disclose-that-bag-of-pretzels-too/#comment-222486 I was never paid to speak on PayPerPost's behalf. I'm giving a speech at a conference planned and sponsored by PayPerPost, though, and I'm not being paid by them to do so as per PodTech's policy on speaker compensation. I was never paid to speak on PayPerPost’s behalf. I’m giving a speech at a conference planned and sponsored by PayPerPost, though, and I’m not being paid by them to do so as per PodTech’s policy on speaker compensation.

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]]> By: Eric Rice http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/03/robert-disclose-that-bag-of-pretzels-too/comment-page-1/#comment-221725 Eric Rice Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:04:36 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/03/robert-disclose-that-bag-of-pretzels-too/#comment-221725 Class warfare, totally. You tell people broke that they can be paid to blog, "zomg sign me up!"... and then when you go on about transparency and disclosure, they laugh at you and repeat, "sign me up!" We don't like this. It's against The Rules. Class warfare, totally. You tell people broke that they can be paid to blog, “zomg sign me up!”… and then when you go on about transparency and disclosure, they laugh at you and repeat, “sign me up!”

We don’t like this. It’s against The Rules.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/03/robert-disclose-that-bag-of-pretzels-too/comment-page-1/#comment-221408 Seth Finkelstein Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:54:06 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/03/robert-disclose-that-bag-of-pretzels-too/#comment-221408 The big deal is as follows: There's been a huge amount of ranting from the A-list that PayPerPost is EVIL EVIL EVIL, and people taking money from them are bad, bad, bad bloggers who pollute our precious bloggily fluids. Then one of the BigHeads announces he's getting paid - with special treatment! - to speak for them. IOKIYAA! = "It's OK If You're An A-lister". Yeah, yeah, you can argue "that's different", because, you see, he's getting big money for *speaking*, and that's just what A-listers do, but if you, little Z-lister, get small money for posting, well, then it's not about the "conversation" anymore (strangely, all those speakers fees aren't taken to corrupt the "conversation" at all, it's only capitalism). So what you're neglecting in the above post in the demonization of PayPerPost, and the class-warfare aspects thereof. [note: I'm not defending PPP _per se_ - but I don't see them as so much worse than the strategies used by the A-list for their own monetization] The big deal is as follows: There’s been a huge amount of ranting from the A-list that PayPerPost is EVIL EVIL EVIL, and people taking money from them are bad, bad, bad bloggers who pollute our precious bloggily fluids.

Then one of the BigHeads announces he’s getting paid – with special treatment! – to speak for them.

IOKIYAA! = “It’s OK If You’re An A-lister”.

Yeah, yeah, you can argue “that’s different”, because, you see, he’s getting big money for *speaking*, and that’s just what A-listers do, but if you, little Z-lister, get small money for posting, well, then it’s not about the “conversation” anymore (strangely, all those speakers fees aren’t taken to corrupt the “conversation” at all, it’s only capitalism).

So what you’re neglecting in the above post in the demonization of PayPerPost, and the class-warfare aspects thereof.

[note: I'm not defending PPP _per se_ - but I don't see them as so much worse than the strategies used by the A-list for their own monetization]

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/03/robert-disclose-that-bag-of-pretzels-too/comment-page-1/#comment-220987 Mathew Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:37:11 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/03/robert-disclose-that-bag-of-pretzels-too/#comment-220987 I agree, Dominic. People seem to be expecting things of Scoble that they never did when he was a flack for Microsoft -- I'm not sure why. And Jason, the recent comments plugin is a sidebar widget that came as part of the Wordpress widget plugin. I agree, Dominic. People seem to be expecting things of Scoble that they never did when he was a flack for Microsoft — I’m not sure why.

And Jason, the recent comments plugin is a sidebar widget that came as part of the WordPress widget plugin.

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