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Extending the Long Tail: A call to Action

November 19th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Four pillars

James commented on something I’d written earlier today, where I’d quoted Robert Scoble as saying:

Are you worried about the elitism of A-List jerks like me?
Then freaking link to new bloggers that we haven’t heard about yet!

What James actually said was this:

Linking to lesser known bloggers should be encouraged. You should turn this into a full [...]

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Given enough eyeballs…..

November 19th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Four pillars

I’ve always believed in a variation of Linus’s Law: Given enough eyeballs, all information bugs are shallow.
Clarence Fisher commented on something appalling that’s going on, in his post here. You can read the original comment by Tom Hoffman here.
So I’m going to do my bit as well. Here goes:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King [...]

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On A-Lists and Linking to New Bloggers and The Intention Economy

November 19th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Four pillars

Some time ago I was doing my usual wander around the blogosphere, and was passing through Scobleizer via Gapingvoid, when I saw this quote by Scoble, on some of the recent Techmeme noise:

Are you worried about the elitism of A-List jerks like me?
Then freaking link to new bloggers that we haven’t heard about yet!

Couldn’t agree [...]

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