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The fusion of widgets with targeted social media content is very intriguing, and a sign of where things are heading. (Read More)
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Submitted by Kenmat
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Steve Rubel of Micropersuasion fame and Robert Scoble are two of the most “bleeding edge” power users of Google Reader around. Rubel writes mini-treatises on extracting and managing data out of Google Reader that will make your head spin, while Scoble – among other things – has been a leading user of a feature called “share (Read More)
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Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
There was an interesting discussion on socialmedian today regarding the daily "deadpool" and "layoff tracker" updates on sites like TechCrunch.It's sensationalist journalism. It's done just for ratings. It's counter productive. It's hyperbolic. And it's time for it to go. There's no need for it and no place for it.All (Read More)
Oct 21, 2008
: MORE FROM THE POST: This writer/startup CEO also wonders outloud if the new media websites/blogs (the TechCrunch's, ValleyWag's, etc.) of the world will be as transparent when they themselves go sideways, screw up, or god-forbid have to layoff some employees. They too are still figuring out their business models. And that's ok.I'd prefer we just change the tone entirely and focus on substance vs. getting ratings out necessary layoffs. In fact, I'd much rather read a thoughtful post by one of the editors of the new media websites/blogs on why they think tech startups should or should not tighten the belt right now. Lead that debate vs. encouraging the pile on. There are going to be A LOT of layoffs in the months ahead in startup land. We're just getting started on this. Let's get ahead of it and plan for resources for the laid-off. Take a leadership position in interviewing and highlighting companies who are hiring. Be part of the solution. 
Mott,
Oct 22, 2008
: @michaelfidler It’s a dog eat dog world sometimes and it’s even more transparent online. I believe if you give somebody enough rope, eventually they will use it.
Oct 24, 2008
: I think this echos what happens quite often in our culture--we build em up to tear them down. The failure of a company is like anything else, there are valuable lessons to be learned, but those lessons are extracted by a careful and measured postmortem--not via sensationalism and attention grabbing headlines on some blog.
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Submitted by Robdiana
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Unfortunately we’ve entered a phase of dead pools and layoffs. We all know that things are going to be in the range of not-that-great to something less than that for the next while. I’ve been trying to stay positive over the last few weeks, absorbing as much as I can about how the proverbial fundamentals of the Internet (re (Read More)
Oct 21, 2008
: Techcrunch needs to lose the term "deadpool" -- it's ugly and rude.
Oct 21, 2008
: @robdiana @ebrage @ebrage @michaelfidler @louisgray see here in response to this. new blog post. http://www.socialmedian.com/story/1378777/let-s-throw-the-deadpool-in-the-deadpool-socialmedian
Oct 21, 2008
: @jasongoldberg sounds like they hit a nerve :) I do agree though that announcing layoffs and failed companies is generally ok as news, but the dead pool and layoff tracker go a bit too far.
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 I get all that... I do. But I still am very uncomfortable with social media sites that publish full text articles without permissi ...
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Great piece Jason. I hope "2.0"'s layoffs will not be met with the Rome-in-flames kind of glee that was in vogue with some during ...
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Again agreed! Went to college with Dave (@ Binghamton), played rugby together, lived in the same house, was proud to be at his wed ...
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