Reading Rebecca MacKinnon's blog today gave me perspective. If the worst that can happen is people calling me a few names, that is OK. I'm happy to see Hu Jia was released from Chinese jail today. I'm also happy to see MSN Spaces hosted his wife's blog.
I hope the Chinese government can see that they can put up with all sorts of people saying all sorts of things. Some will be nice (thanks Don Dodge!) Some won't be. Speaking of which, Scott Koon wins my little flame contest. He not only made me feel bad for not bringing him anything of value, but he flamed all my readers at the same time. Welcome to the "cult of Scoble!"
Anyway, onward.
Scobleizer 
Cult? Hang on every word? I don’t think so. While I scan you blog daily for “interesting perspectives” I only end up reading about 25% of what you post.
Another voice “out there”, but certainly not a guru or cult figure.
Perhaps I’m reading the wrong media, or am on the wrong hype train.
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Cult? Hang on every word? I don’t think so. While I scan you blog daily for “interesting perspectives” I only end up reading about 25% of what you post.
Another voice “out there”, but certainly not a guru or cult figure.
Perhaps I’m reading the wrong media, or am on the wrong hype train.
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I’m surprised the Chinese are still using MSN spaces, given Microsoft history of repeatedly removing anti-government blogs there at the behest of the Chinese government, and even assisting in tracking down the authors.
http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2006/01/microsoft_takes.html
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I’m surprised the Chinese are still using MSN spaces, given Microsoft history of repeatedly removing anti-government blogs there at the behest of the Chinese government, and even assisting in tracking down the authors.
http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2006/01/microsoft_takes.html
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Hey Scooby,
So I came up with a way to manipulate Google Page Rank.
Can you come over to my blog and tell me if it’ll work?
http://referral.wordpress.com/2006/03/28/the-purpose-of-this-blog/
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Hey Scooby,
So I came up with a way to manipulate Google Page Rank.
Can you come over to my blog and tell me if it’ll work?
http://referral.wordpress.com/2006/03/28/the-purpose-of-this-blog/
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Dude, bad news – the members of your cult are primarily smelly heavy set software guys in T-shirts like me. You need more women in the cult.
Still, having your own cult rules 🙂
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Dude, bad news – the members of your cult are primarily smelly heavy set software guys in T-shirts like me. You need more women in the cult.
Still, having your own cult rules 🙂
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I get:
“Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
The number of request header fields exceeds this server’s limit.”
Maybe you’ve “Slashdotted” her.
Anyway… in response to the previous long thread, where someone said I was “HARSH”: I don’t hate Scoble, or Microsoft for that matter. I just think they are wrong about many things they do. I don’t engage in name-calling, and I don’t consider having a contrary opinion to be flaming. I do consider statements from Balmer and Gates, and sometimes even from Scoble to be flaming, and I’m happy to point it out.
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I get:
“Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
The number of request header fields exceeds this server’s limit.”
Maybe you’ve “Slashdotted” her.
Anyway… in response to the previous long thread, where someone said I was “HARSH”: I don’t hate Scoble, or Microsoft for that matter. I just think they are wrong about many things they do. I don’t engage in name-calling, and I don’t consider having a contrary opinion to be flaming. I do consider statements from Balmer and Gates, and sometimes even from Scoble to be flaming, and I’m happy to point it out.
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Colin mentioned only reading 25%. I find myself doing the same thing. The main posts I have a problem with are the ones where 100 things are mentioned in a single post. It’s hard to read and nobody wants to click through 100 links. I’m not suggesting 100 separate posts either, just a healthier signal to noise ratio.
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Colin mentioned only reading 25%. I find myself doing the same thing. The main posts I have a problem with are the ones where 100 things are mentioned in a single post. It’s hard to read and nobody wants to click through 100 links. I’m not suggesting 100 separate posts either, just a healthier signal to noise ratio.
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Hey, Robert you are talking about the controversies in China, but you never mention the controversies going on in the states. In a recent poll on CNN after an interview with actor Charlie Sheen, 83% of the people said they believe there is a government cover-up of the facts related to 9/11. Any comments on this?
Please check also the following article “Mainstream Media Blackout On Sheen 9/11 Piece”
http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=531489
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Hey, Robert you are talking about the controversies in China, but you never mention the controversies going on in the states. In a recent poll on CNN after an interview with actor Charlie Sheen, 83% of the people said they believe there is a government cover-up of the facts related to 9/11. Any comments on this?
Please check also the following article “Mainstream Media Blackout On Sheen 9/11 Piece”
http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=531489
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Rebecca MacKinnon puts up cute little “I blog for Human Rights” ads on her website, yet acts as an apologist for Microsoft’s (and Google’s and Yahoo’s) caving into the Chinese government’s demands for censorship.
None of those three companies were willing to ethically stand up to the Chinese about censorship when the potential for making money was at stake.
It’s all about placing corporate greed before human rights.
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Rebecca MacKinnon puts up cute little “I blog for Human Rights” ads on her website, yet acts as an apologist for Microsoft’s (and Google’s and Yahoo’s) caving into the Chinese government’s demands for censorship.
None of those three companies were willing to ethically stand up to the Chinese about censorship when the potential for making money was at stake.
It’s all about placing corporate greed before human rights.
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