Comments on: Thoughts on Andrew Keen, Part 2: The Dangers of the Stasis Mentality http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/ The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Patrick http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-48034 Patrick Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:29:59 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-48034 My take on Keen's bitter, illogical book is here. I would love your thoughts:<br><a href="http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/3137/54/">http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/3137...</a> My take on Keen’s bitter, illogical book is here. I would love your thoughts:
http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/3137...

]]> By: Patrick http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-39564 Patrick Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:29:59 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-39564 My take on Keen's bitter, illogical book is here. I would love your thoughts: http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/3137/54/ My take on Keen’s bitter, illogical book is here. I would love your thoughts:
http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/3137/54/

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-48033 Don Marti Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:06:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-48033 Keen is completely ignoring the <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/1412" rel="nofollow">signaling value of advertising</a>. The most important piece of information that an ad can send is that the advertiser is willing to spend money on the ad.<br><br><p>Spam and highly targeted ads don't send the same signal that a big ad buy does. Ads on random user-generated content don't send the same signal that ads on expensive video or hard-to-research information do.</p> Keen is completely ignoring the signaling value of advertising. The most important piece of information that an ad can send is that the advertiser is willing to spend money on the ad.

Spam and highly targeted ads don’t send the same signal that a big ad buy does. Ads on random user-generated content don’t send the same signal that ads on expensive video or hard-to-research information do.

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-39563 Don Marti Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:06:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-39563 Keen is completely ignoring the <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/1412" rel="nofollow">signaling value of advertising</a>. The most important piece of information that an ad can send is that the advertiser is willing to spend money on the ad. <p>Spam and highly targeted ads don't send the same signal that a big ad buy does. Ads on random user-generated content don't send the same signal that ads on expensive video or hard-to-research information do.</p> Keen is completely ignoring the signaling value of advertising. The most important piece of information that an ad can send is that the advertiser is willing to spend money on the ad.

Spam and highly targeted ads don’t send the same signal that a big ad buy does. Ads on random user-generated content don’t send the same signal that ads on expensive video or hard-to-research information do.

]]> By: MikeT http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-48032 MikeT Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:35:37 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-48032 And what makes this guy part of the cultural elite? He seems to think rather highly of himself, based on the way that he writes. So far, the man seems to be of no particular intellectual consequence. And what makes this guy part of the cultural elite? He seems to think rather highly of himself, based on the way that he writes. So far, the man seems to be of no particular intellectual consequence.

]]> By: MikeT http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-39562 MikeT Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:35:37 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/thoughts-on-andrew-keen-part-2-the-dangers-of-the-stasis-mentality/#comment-39562 And what makes this guy part of the cultural elite? He seems to think rather highly of himself, based on the way that he writes. So far, the man seems to be of no particular intellectual consequence. And what makes this guy part of the cultural elite? He seems to think rather highly of himself, based on the way that he writes. So far, the man seems to be of no particular intellectual consequence.

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