Is Scoble losing his credibility in the blogosphere?
February 3, 2007 9:03 pm UncategorizedWell … he’s on the right track.
Apart from last week’s rant (it was strange) against other blogs (bigger) not linking to him (and his awesome videos) and his condescending nature in the comments - now he is shilling for PayPerPost.
Yes, the grubs of the b’sphere - PayPerPost have bought Scoble’s (declining) influence.
To me, it looks like a desperate attention grab over recent times from a once influential blogger (when he was at Microsoft) to now a simply business blogger seeking attention for his employer.
As a past critic of PimpYerPost, I’m finding more hypocrite in Robert (well more so recently) than ever before.
In the comments, even his friend and co-author Shel Israel gives him a public dressing down:
Robert, I am personally dosappointed that you have chosen to do this. To me Pay for Post represents everything that the book you and I wrote opposes. I wish you would change your mind. This will not help your reputation.
A sad decline in my opinion.
Next.
PS. I’ve nothing against capitalism - far from it. Yet to associate yourself with PPP in such a way after being critical of it is due for a call-out, A-lister or not. I guess we all have our price, and Scoble seems to have just cashed in on his influence in the b’sphere.
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UPDATE: Just noticed a nifty little comment over at Scoble’s post - from LazyZ: “Is this the first incident of a blogger Jumping the Shark?”
Jumping the Shark??? Check out Wikipedia’s explanation… yet, I don’t see Scoble quite as the Fonz. :-)
UPDATE #2 - Scoble rips into Duncan Riley in the comments over at Duncan’s post.
UPDATE #3 - Scoble makes an update.
February 4th, 2007 at 2:37 am
I’ve posted an update at http://scobleizer.com/2007/02/02/payperspeech-disclosure/
PodTech has decided not to accept speaker honorariums from any conference.
February 4th, 2007 at 3:09 am
There’s just too much linking going on to that person. I didn’t read anything past the title of this article. Was it good?
That logo looks good though! Punchy.
February 4th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Ah … another Scoble fan. :-)
It was an extremely good opinion piece - but then I’m biased.
The design - that’s called a 2am Sunday tweak session. Next step: spice up the sidebar.
February 4th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Hey Robert, thanks for stopping in - appreciate it even though I smack you around little.
Now Robert, didn’t you see/gauge the reaction this would bring? I mean, the mere presence of you as a speaker (payment or not) gives a sniff of credibility to the who shebang.
You can even rip them a new one in your speech but the pre-publicity for PPP of having you on board will (has) far out-weighed anything else.
Anyway, now that you’ve given it a buzz along I’m looking forward to what you will speak about - will we mere mortals be able to hear/see or read it?
February 6th, 2007 at 8:46 am
I would be very surprised if my speech didn’t make it to the Internet somewhere.