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From 'Payola' to 'Pay for Say': Will Metrics Aid Honesty or Abet Dishonesty in Online Conversation?

Every medium or twist on a medium seems to spawn its own version of hiding the agenda. For decades, radio has had â€" and apparently continues to have â€" its payola problems. One way or another, music jockeys get paid off to play particular songs. ...

Tags: Conversation, Payment, Social Media, Advertiser, Marketers, Conversation Phrase, BlogHer, Blogging, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-08

BlogHer07: A 2.0 human community

About a year ago, I was a neophyte blogger. My first few posts were force-fed into my blog. They were a "should" chore -- I should be blogging. I approached "the blog" as unfamiliar technology. I didn't yet realize that blog posts are born from passion, and that "should blog" is an...

Tags: Web, Women, Blog, Maurene Caplan Grey

Blog posts 2007-08-10

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IAB to FTC: Rescind blogger rules

The Interactive Advertising Bureau's President and CEO has called on the Federal Trade Commission to rescind its new "blogger rules" because they create an unfair distinction between traditional media and online media. More specifically, they revoke from online media a First Amendment protection that's afforded traditional media for generations. ...

Tags: Online Media, Interactive Advertising Bureau, FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Della: Dell's answer to what women want?

Della: Dell's answer to what women want?because...because women need a tiny little netbook, not a big manly one.. and they need to know how to eat healthy and stop being so fat... they also need to learn to cook better so they can have a nicer dinner made for their...

Tags: Gender and diversity, women, Della, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Don't call me a 'mommyblogger' - the Motrin brouhaha

* Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by Joanne Bamberger Things got a little heated in the blogosphere last week over a Motrin ad suggesting that babies were the new mommy accessory. I don't know what was going on the...

Tags: Mother, Advertisement, Network, Blog, Insult, Joanne Bamberger, Blogging, Networking, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Blogs and thick skin

Kathy Sierras bad day is raining all over the Web. Theres a sickening lull in debate going on as people react with the kind of horror reserved for mock outrage similar to Casablancas Captain Renault: "Im shocked, shocked to find out theres gambling going on here!" Amazingly, there are jerks...

Tags: Chris Locke, Kathy Sierra, blogging, Sierra, jerk, blog

Blog posts 2007-03-27

Random thoughts from the Web 2.0 Summit

There are so many people blogging this event that doing reportorial coverage seems like a complete waste of my time and yours so Ill spare you another attempt to explain "what it all means" and instead will share some observations Ive been jotting down over the two days of the...

Tags: Productivity, Mobility, Microsoft Office, Software, Utilities and Add-Ins, Web Apps, Web

Blog posts 2006-11-09

Illegible Smile

I'm about to release the first half of the Bloggercon Gang, recorded at CNET during lunch of the first day, with Doc Searls, Dan Farber, and Jason Calaconis. Jason is a trip and a half, talking as he was then focused on the rollout of the new Netscape and the...

Tags: Attention, Beatles, Bloggercon Gang

Blog posts 2006-07-16

BloggerCon: Building bridges

Elisa Camahort, representing Blogher, led the BloggerCon IV discussion on gender issues. Here is Elisa's description for the session.Numbers don't lie. Whether talking about Fortune 500 CEO chairs, media commentators or conference speaking rosters, women have been raising a stink for years about lack of representation. People are getting more...

Tags: women, Elisa Camahort, Building Bridges

Blog posts 2006-06-24

Net neutrality vote: the cost in human terms

That's the most current list of campaign contributors to U.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chair of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. Right next to that list, is a photo of blogger Britt Bravo, who notes on a BlogHer post that her Mom left...

Tags: Britt Bravo, Net Neutrality

Blog posts 2006-04-27

Bloggers and journalists: a false conflict

The subject of bloggers versus journalists continues to come up again and again and I cannot see why. And I think the problem lays in the use of the "B" word.I was at Sylvia Paull's CyberSalon Sunday evening and as she was introducing some of the journalists in the room,...

Tags: blogger

Blog posts 2006-03-20

Seth and the Gang

I spent a lazy Sunday editing and balancing the Gillmor Gang episode recorded Friday a week ago. Joining the Gang is Seth Goldstein, entrepreneur and co-founder of the AttentionTrust. Those of you who've asked for more detail will find it here. We've begun approving applications and issuing badges to those...

Tags: Doc, Trust, AttentionTrust, Gang

Blog posts 2005-08-08