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My date with an ATM…

Danah adresses the corporate marketer, stating that SHE is not thrilled about them posting lame comments about noting in order to get pagerank on google (…or as Bush calls it…The google.)

I also find it quite annoying, but there’s an upside to the hole shanannegan… a bit shaky but here goes…

When the corporate-thingy struggles to penetrate the world of blogs, and they again and again hit the wall, it’s because of one simpel reason. They don’t have a heart…they’re not human. They don’t sing and laugh…All they care about is money…I know..a bit harsh, but none the less…When you talk corporate, you talk money. ROI, Nasdaq and social marketing. A person writing a blog is a person. When you read the blog, you know it’s a person expressing his or her opinion. When a corporation talk , they often talk about money and how to make more money. Or how donating 1 billion to a hospital is worthwhile in terms of brandvalue. You wouldn’t go on a date with an ATM, would you…

But how is that an upside…It’s an upside in the way that the web 2.0 is shaped like the real world. The net is more and more becoming a digital representation of the real world, regarding social activities. It’s a place that builds not upon money but upon trust and interest. Sure…You can still buy eyeballs here and there…But the more it grows, the harder it gets to find the eyeballs. People want to talk to people…not corporations. And this is the upside…It’s more real. It’s conversations about stuff that interest between people. Interest is the strange attractor that unifies the net…

And on a more personal note the doctor rang back about the rash…It’s something called The French Rose…It’s totally harmless, and should be over in a couple of days…But quite decadent…I’m rarely sick, so please show some sympathy…to take away the pain…(mommy….)

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