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Written by David Harry
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 09:42 |
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Are TwitterWhores the wave of the future?
..so I was following TechCrunchs unhealthy obsession with Scoble selling out. This time around its not about him selling ad space on his blog, but actually Twitter related;
hes experimenting with Twittering adverts for perennial sponsor Seagate. He later twittered I am just having a little fun getting a conversation about microblog advertising going
This all made me uneasy and being typographically challenged I created this;
is that where its headed?
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Comments
Seriously IT IS going that way. The issue is you need to develop a following that wants to hear what you have to say. If you've done that I think they will accept certain amounts of ads like that. Obviously some will have higher thresholds then others and you need to find the perfect ratio. That being said I think it's already starting to happen.
sigh... someone always pisses in the pool...
I use twitter for conversations. I'm pretty sure Scoble doesn't converse with his thousands of scoble fan boys.
It's the Pay-per-post for Social Networks
As for commercial tweeting and product placement... it was only a matter of time really. That's what happens when critical mass and awareness are achieved.
... ultimately monetization always creeps in.. at least we can unsubscribe :woohoo:
Hopefully, I will figure it out..
In the meantime...
I have to run...
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