Dude, You Must Think I’m Stupid
In my opinion, the technology blogosphere has become little more than a circle jerk. Apparently it’s turning “research” into a circle jerk as well.
I’ve been engaging in an interesting “conversation” with Dell’s Richard Binhammer that was sparked by my E-Consultancy.com post on the problems with “conversational marketing.”
Dell and Binhammer were praised by social media proponent Shel Israel for their use of social media. I questioned just how great an impact social media has made for Dell, noting that for all the good work Dell has done in the blogosphere, the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index didn’t rank Dell very highly and observed a drop in Dell’s satisfaction rating last year.
Facebook Users Want Web 2.0 Banking Tools, Drama 2.0 Launches Drama Savings & Loan
WorkLight, “a server-based software product that brings a secure and highly- personalized ‘Web 2.0′ computing experience to the enterprise,” conducted a survey of Facebook users which revealed some amazing things:
…a staggering 1 in 4 Facebook users would consider leaving their bank to be able to obtain online banking through Web 2.0 gadgets. Polling Facebook users between the ages of 18 and 34, the survey also determined that nearly half of those asked would take advantage of secure Web 2.0 gadgets for online banking.
Introducing Blogger Entitlement
With the increasing level of arrogance in the egosphere, a sense of entitlement on the part of egomaniacs (sorry, A-list bloggers) certainly couldn’t have been far behind.
I found the best example of it today in the “clash” between TechCrunch and Internet music startup TuneCore.
TechCrunch “CrunchBase Analyst” (read: intern) Peter, sent the following email to press@tunecore.com:
Hello, I’m currently conducting research for TechCrunch’s company database (CrunchBase.com). Can you give me information on the funding TuneCore has had to date? Can you provide me with the rounds, amounts, dates and investors? Thanks for your help.
Peter
An Urgent Plea for Help
Recently, Robert Scoble lamented the Friend Divide which keeps hundreds of millions of Internet users from getting the most out of the social media experience. He has good reason to worry about the poor souls who simply don’t have enough friends to enjoy services like Twitter.
But Scoble overlooks an even more disturbing fact: there are indigenous groups around the world that have had little to no contact with modern civilization and its technology.
The Mail Online has published an article about one such group that makes its home deep in the rainforest along the border of Brazil and Peru. The photos taken during a helicopter fly-by of the tribe’s village are amazing.
Sponsor Shout-Out
I’d like to thank MySites, a Finnish Internet startup, for sponsoring The Drama 2.0 Show and contributing to my future alimony fund.
Although MySites founder Ramine Darabiha is not quite ready to hand out invites to readers of The Drama 2.0 Show, he’s been busy gathering feedback from current beta testers.
MySites has been focusing much of its efforts on the gamer market. It had a presence at Lan79 and the company organized the CounterStrike Source tournament.
Thanks again to MySites for sponsoring this blog.
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