Generating public excitement in a subject by posting anonymous comments to blogs, wikis and other public venues. See meat puppet.
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- Forget 99 cent smartphone apps, let's be fair to developers too
- Price floors don't help anyoneFirst, setting a minimum price is a price floor. Basic microeconomics teaches that this lowers demand and raises supply, generating an inefficient surplus. I don't see how that's good.Second, you seem to imply in this article that $0.99 apps are Apple's fault. They...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Telecoms don't want broadband bucks with strings attached
- 4.7 Million? Million with an "m"?Seems to me, that wouldn't be enough money to get Verizon's trucks out of the parking lot. Are you sure it's not 4.7 BILLION?Right...Bill Cosby, your a very funny guy!It?s time for telecoms to accept net neutrality, and it?s time for the FCC...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-15
- In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperability
- In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperabilityYup.File under 'pointless exercise'.What if you created a document format and no one cared?No I think it would be called OOXML. And yes Sleeper Service no one cared about OOXML.Why did you bother to comment then?You fool no one. ODF is a...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
- Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveaway
- Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveawayRE: Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveawayOdd way to grow share by limiting the number of people who can join. You're assuming that you need to pay them to search with you a dangerous precedent and by limiting...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Nintendo and the Windows Mindset
- Nintendo and the Windows MindsetWhat does it have to do with Windows, retard?It amazes me how you managed to get a blog at ZD with constant load of garbage posts like this.RE: Nintendo and the Windows MindsetSeems as if the only type of article you can write is one in...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO
- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCOMisplaced sympathySeveral years ago, someone where I was working a Unix house was lemanting about how Microsoft had treated poor IBM. At the time IBM's profit was bigger than MSs turnover. As if IBM could not look after itself after 90 years!Many have willingly taken adopted Google...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO
- When politically motivated conservative bloggers back tracked some Palin smear videos circulating via internet sites like youtube, they found key executives at a major international public relations business with their hands deep in the cookie jar - and I couldn't help but see what they had done as a logical...
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR
- PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PRMaybe I'm misunderstanding.......but I don't think that "pitches" are what journalists and bloggers are looking for. Informed commentary yes; reliable information on the company's plans and policies, yes; official positions on news items involving the company, yes; pitches, no (that's...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skip
- Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skipYes and NoYou make a great point based on your confirmations. Though I think what makes more sense, and dollars, isn't just information. Mediabrokerr seems more fitting to play each side, as actions speak more loudly than just words...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Bill Gates bids farewell
- Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- MOLI: Yet another social networking service
- MOLI: Yet another social networking serviceAWESOME B2B TOOL!MOLI is what I've been looking for to promote myself, my business and networking muscle. I see great things coming from this concept and website and know this will be a great success.RE: MOLI: Yet another social networking service"MOLI is targeting individuals, groups...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- Save Internet freedom--from regulation
- Save Internet freedom--from regulationIf only.....it were that simple.What the writer fails to acknowledge is the fact that ethics subverted by greed within some companies have done harm to people for the sake of expanding profit thereby inviting regulation on themselves by the representatives of the people whom they were abusing.Given...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- Scoble's Apple rant
- I stopped reading Robert Scoble's blog a long time ago but I couldn't help but notice that he caused a bit of a stir over the past few days by posting a couple of Apple-related rants. The first post, published sometime Friday, details some issues he's been...
- Blog posts 2007-11-18
- Brand jealousy, Scoble has it bad
- The Scobleizer vents his frustration with the Apple Brand Juggernaut in his post today. He seems upset that Mac users are so vehement in defense of Apple products. Well, after years of seeing the Wintel duopoly dominate PC development it's about time a contender is creeping up on it...
- Blog posts 2007-11-17
- iPhone's untapped potential
- iPhone's untapped potentialWell I can see why not iSync using WiFi....It would require a service running that has a TCP port open for listening on, this creates a security hole, where as bluetooth does not present that big of a security hole. I used to Sync my T610 and also...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Hey, Chris...Where can I get a copy of Office?
- Hey, Chris...Where can I get a copy of Office?Ah, but that's why Microsoft turns a blind eye to people downloading MS OffAh, but that's why Microsoft turns a blind eye to people downloading MS Office in Asia. They know people would rather use MS Office and better have them...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- It's official: Apple to ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26
- It's official: Apple to ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26Many delays?How about 1 delay, that had to do with the iPhone?What other "delays" were there?Ed's ImpressionismThese really are vague and indistinct impressions of Apple. Apparently a lack of professional experience with the gear makes ZDNet contributors more objective?...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
- What's on tap for tonight's Zune launch?
- What's on tap for tonight's Zune launch?So they should have gave up on Word and Excell?I mean it took years for them to take the market away from WordPerfect and Lotus 123.I think your silly if you believe what you wrote. Unseating the encumbant takes time, money, and effort....
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
- DRM: The hearse is right on schedule
- DRM: The hearse is right on scheduleRe: Where's Apple?Right where they wanted to be to begin with.Selling iPods.RIP DRM ...DRM doesn't sell ... so much for the tail wagging the dog strategy. No amount of effort on the part of the content industry and no amount of effort on...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- Whole Foods CEO sorry for anonymous Web posts
- Whole Foods CEO sorry for anonymous Web postsBig Fish vs little autorny Minow'sMinow is just so wrong. A CEO who is also a US citizen has the right and sometimes duty to publish anonymously when that posting does not involve harassment. That is how the founders of the USA did...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
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