Comments on: Unsubstantiated Crap + Techmeme = Traffic http://franticindustries.com/2007/10/25/unsubstantiated-crap-techmeme-traffic/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:20:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Stan Schroeder http://franticindustries.com/2007/10/25/unsubstantiated-crap-techmeme-traffic/#comment-120315 Stan Schroeder Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:39:49 +0000 http://franticindustries.com/2007/10/25/unsubstantiated-crap-techmeme-traffic/#comment-120315 @Steven: perhaps you got my intentions wrong. I don't mean that it's wrong to comment on a story. But the fact is that the bigger the rumor is, more people talk about it. So, anyone can just spew out rumors without anything to back them up and get linked to, subsequently getting Techmeme love. It's just odd to see half of Techmeme taken over by Fake Steve's rumors. @Steven: perhaps you got my intentions wrong. I don’t mean that it’s wrong to comment on a story. But the fact is that the bigger the rumor is, more people talk about it. So, anyone can just spew out rumors without anything to back them up and get linked to, subsequently getting Techmeme love. It’s just odd to see half of Techmeme taken over by Fake Steve’s rumors.

]]> By: Steven Hodson http://franticindustries.com/2007/10/25/unsubstantiated-crap-techmeme-traffic/#comment-120300 Steven Hodson Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:31:58 +0000 http://franticindustries.com/2007/10/25/unsubstantiated-crap-techmeme-traffic/#comment-120300 As one who got linked on Techmeme to the Fake Jobs post I can tell you matter of factly it wasn't for the possible traffic it might bring. I made a genuine comment of concern about Robert and his wife <i>if</i> the rumor was true and asked a genuine question of what would he do if it was true. If I hadn't had those thoughts I wouldn't have written anything about it as I had doubts about the whole "factual" origins of the story to begin with. As one who got linked on Techmeme to the Fake Jobs post I can tell you matter of factly it wasn’t for the possible traffic it might bring.

I made a genuine comment of concern about Robert and his wife if the rumor was true and asked a genuine question of what would he do if it was true.

If I hadn’t had those thoughts I wouldn’t have written anything about it as I had doubts about the whole “factual” origins of the story to begin with.

]]> By: Ryan Holiday http://franticindustries.com/2007/10/25/unsubstantiated-crap-techmeme-traffic/#comment-120285 Ryan Holiday Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:06:16 +0000 http://franticindustries.com/2007/10/25/unsubstantiated-crap-techmeme-traffic/#comment-120285 Like people don't lie all the time? That Scoble denied the rumor doesn't make it any less credible. Lyon's is a journalist at Forbes, Scoble clearly has assets in play and a party line to toe. Seems like it makes it about even. Like people don’t lie all the time? That Scoble denied the rumor doesn’t make it any less credible. Lyon’s is a journalist at Forbes, Scoble clearly has assets in play and a party line to toe. Seems like it makes it about even.

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