Comments on: How To Understand Scoble’s Return http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/how-to-understand-scobles-return/ Exploring The Intersections Of Technology and Society Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:27:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian Carnell http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/how-to-understand-scobles-return/comment-page-1/#comment-23337 Brian Carnell Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:28:22 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/how-to-understand-scobles-return/#comment-23337 "I suggest that everyone look at this story for what it is — not the misguided attempt of a tech pundit to predict the future of search but instead a brilliantly orchestrated marketing ploy by a master self-promoter."<br><br>In other words, the post was a completely disingenuous publicity ploy.<br><br>I agree, I just think you're dead wrong about this not being bad press. Why should I take anything Scoble ever says again seriously if any given post is as likely as not to be a crass marketing ploy.<br><br>I guess if you like your reading material to devolve to the level of shock radio, that might be interesting, and I guess John Dvorak has made a career of this, but it just confirms my suspicions about Scoble as a wannabe and a poseur who rarely understands, much less believes, the nonsense he spouts. “I suggest that everyone look at this story for what it is — not the misguided attempt of a tech pundit to predict the future of search but instead a brilliantly orchestrated marketing ploy by a master self-promoter.”

In other words, the post was a completely disingenuous publicity ploy.

I agree, I just think you're dead wrong about this not being bad press. Why should I take anything Scoble ever says again seriously if any given post is as likely as not to be a crass marketing ploy.

I guess if you like your reading material to devolve to the level of shock radio, that might be interesting, and I guess John Dvorak has made a career of this, but it just confirms my suspicions about Scoble as a wannabe and a poseur who rarely understands, much less believes, the nonsense he spouts.

]]> By: Brian Carnell http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/how-to-understand-scobles-return/comment-page-1/#comment-3531 Brian Carnell Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:28:22 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/how-to-understand-scobles-return/#comment-3531 "I suggest that everyone look at this story for what it is — not the misguided attempt of a tech pundit to predict the future of search but instead a brilliantly orchestrated marketing ploy by a master self-promoter." In other words, the post was a completely disingenuous publicity ploy. I agree, I just think you're dead wrong about this not being bad press. Why should I take anything Scoble ever says again seriously if any given post is as likely as not to be a crass marketing ploy. I guess if you like your reading material to devolve to the level of shock radio, that might be interesting, and I guess John Dvorak has made a career of this, but it just confirms my suspicions about Scoble as a wannabe and a poseur who rarely understands, much less believes, the nonsense he spouts. “I suggest that everyone look at this story for what it is — not the misguided attempt of a tech pundit to predict the future of search but instead a brilliantly orchestrated marketing ploy by a master self-promoter.”

In other words, the post was a completely disingenuous publicity ploy.

I agree, I just think you’re dead wrong about this not being bad press. Why should I take anything Scoble ever says again seriously if any given post is as likely as not to be a crass marketing ploy.

I guess if you like your reading material to devolve to the level of shock radio, that might be interesting, and I guess John Dvorak has made a career of this, but it just confirms my suspicions about Scoble as a wannabe and a poseur who rarely understands, much less believes, the nonsense he spouts.

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