[iDC] Spammer de la Silicon Valley

[Frank Pasquale]

Dave & George,

I too was aghast at the Keen post.  What provoked it?  Does it address any
of the concerns raised in the critiques posted a few months ago?  I suppose
the Colbert/Viacom concession is relevant, but says nothing about Viacom's
own toleration <http://slate.com/id/2152264> and
encouragement<http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/30/infringing-viacom-cl.html>of
infringement when it serves the company's purposes.

If he decided to spam us all with an irrelevant reminder of the book's
notoriety, he embodies the very
vices<http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/06/29/keens-kakistocracy/>
he
accuses the net at large of harboring: mindless attention-grabbing,
unwillingness to engage in serious dialogue, and even a "theft" of attention
parallel to "pirates'" disrepect for IP.

--Frank


On 8/31/07, George Siemens <gsiemens at elearnspace.org> wrote:
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>  Dave,
>
>
>
> Your post brought to mind an interesting statement I encountered this
> morning while exploring the high-quality journalism at MSN: "Someday, the
> only difference between the rich and the poor will be the amount of
> advertising they're subjected to" ( http://tinyurl.com/2r6npr ). I think
> it's an overly simplistic, but profound and accurate statement, found in the
> most unlikely of places.
>
>
>
> Our spaces have prices. Google understands that very well. They turned the
> internet from an information medium to an advertising medium by making ads
> less obtrusive, less distinct from content. Google's efforts in providing
> free tools and organizing the world's information stem from a desire to
> monetize conversations, experiences, and the information itself. The same
> value networks afford – i.e. ability for information to flow unhindered –
> is the same basis on which individuals like Keen and companies like Google
> find their existence. Without the network they don't exist. And, as
> evidenced by Google's forays into "free" software, rumored phone, wireless
> spectrum bid, Google wants to ensure that the network can't exist without
> their (Google's) involvement.
>
>
>
> George
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>
> www.elearnspace.org/blog
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> www.connectivism.ca
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> www.knowingknowledge.com
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