manatee John Miller
Jaikus from manatee
Tuesday, 10 April 2007
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@bengold: I would love for TechCrunch to do an experiment... write a really horrible article and see how popular it gets in some of the various social bookmarking sites... :)
On another note a lot of blogs such as Engadget do nothing more than reword/summarize the hard work of others... and then engadget gets all the credit!
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bengold: You actually have it backwards. You get popular BY sucking (A Listers) you know whats.
Much of the content from A-listers is not that much better or different than content from us lowly G listers. The difference is they have the connections and high traffic vehicles to give their content a boost. Using Digg as an example you are going to see a lot more front page stories from blogs such as TechCrunch because they have a massive fan base digging their stories.
I'd bet money that TechCrunch could write an article titled My Grandma's Chocolate Chip Cookies and it would get to the home page on digg ONLY because it is from TechCrunch. ;)
Monday, 9 April 2007
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ChiefTWiT: thanks! still showing up for me as the bug eyed guy though. Man, I hate to confess but I've been spending more time on Jaiku lately... the discussions can get quite addictive. :O
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I think a good example of abuse of power is with Digg. I use to be a system that worked, but now it is quite obvious that a select handful of users control the content that goes on the front page. Someone even said on (I think) the most recent TWiT that Digg is a cartel.
As an F lister you can create the most awesome product/service and it can be extremely difficult to get the word out - as an A lister it's a piece of cake.
I think I'm mainly tired of the corruption with Digg, how Calacanis brags all the time, etc. Ok, time to check to see if my Unicorn icon has updated on Jaiku
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aww man... my unicorn icon doesn't seem to be updating for me :(
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@ChiefTWiT: I've changed my avatar to a pretty unicorn and want to make peace. I do agree the message board feature of Jaiku is very interesting. Only downside is if it gets really nasty like Digg can get...
(((( hugs ))))
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@tidrion: I think I've figured out the whole thing. It's as if Leo told a bunch of people over and over again about this great party - and how awesome it is and then when you get there you find out he's left for a "better party"!
The fact that there are many blog posts and much discussion about Leo's jump to Jaiku either says a lot about his power and influence or perhaps about how much we all love the new platform of Twittering/Jaikuing.
I've been a big fan of Leo & the Gang for a long time as well, but I think sometimes you have to crack the whip every now and then I guess? It seems too often fans blindly follow and agree with Leo & the Gang without conflict... and I think it's healthy to see a debate going on rather than the lemming effect.
Anyway, that's all... my troll mask will go away now. I will change my icon to a pretty unicorn.
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@danhendricks: where is this troll? Usually my sword glows blue when trolls are around but not so here... please help!
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SLam: how do u do the ignore thingamajigger?
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@warza: Well said... I agree, but many of us have put an extraordinary amount of effort and time into projects and never seem to get a big break.
I just think if I was in the position of some of these "A-Listers" such as Scobel, Leo, etc. I'd give a little love to the people that helped get them there. But like you say if it isn't good enough then you probably need to rework it.
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@ChiefTWiT: go ahead and plug http://www.redcross.org if u like ;)
I'm sorry for my venting - I think the big deal about you leaving Twitter has to do with how often you talked it up so much in the past... and then ditched it like a piece of smelly garbage. If anyone else changed from Twitter to Jaiku it's no big deal... but if you switch then everyone leaves and follows you to the new site without question. They would leave Twitter or any other site and follow you to the new one no matter how well it performed. Sigh... over and out.... going back to Twitter.
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@mahke: Yes, I'm losing it... smoked too much crack last night I guess. I will give them credit for plugging stuff on N@N on occasion, but the odds of getting your stuff plugged is pretty low. Perhaps they should have a seperate site where all of the listeners can have a fair shot of getting their stuff seen?
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@danhendricks: are you serious? I think it's funny as hell someone took his account. The way you guys worship Leo is scary... if I was him I'd change my address every month.
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After reading many of the comments here it is no wonder the "A-Listers" have such huge egos... soooo pathetic
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@scottwilder: Please ban user scottwilder for trying to encourage censorship. Hmm... who's the one that STARTED the name calling? I think it was ChiefTwit
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What makes these so called A-Listers any better than the rest of us? They are not gods, so please quit kissing their asses! Almost all of the so called A-Listers of the web (Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose, Chris Pirillo, etc.) were able to use Tech TV as a platform to launch their careers - a luxury most of us don't have.
I'd have a lot more respect if they would return the favor to US by plugging OUR stuff from time to time. The way it is now it's just a one way conversation. After all, without us they would be NOTHING!
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Hey Leo - what makes you think YOU are the ONLY Leo Laporte in the world?
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