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I’ve been expecting something like this to happen for awhile now: my friend Paul Kedrosky points to a story in the Wall Street Journal that looks at all the attention the “share your Wi-Fi” startup FON got after announcing an investment from Google, Skype and
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3 years ago
http://darwinianweb.com/archive/2006/242.html
My conclusion at this point is that the bloggers involved were naive and probably played expertly, but then they are full grown adults and should have been more careful. They sure will be next time. We all will be.
3 years ago
Mathew
3 years ago
So, two issues. First, do you disclose your interest? Failure to do so will inevitably tarnish reputation. Second, are you prepared to accept the risk of such a visible close association? If one is going to visibly promote, one is inevitably going to be associated with whatever happens with the promotee - good or bad.
Finally, even when the interest is disclosed, I think there is reputational risk for the A listers who use their blogs 'too often' - whatever that means - as a vehicle for talking about projects they're involved in ....
3 years ago
3 years ago
Note it's not about being "a fairly decent guy" or not.
Rather, money has influence. Every time this comes up, those influenced say "I'M A GOOD PERSON!" (== I'm not for sale). But the outright sale is kind of a trivial case. There's a whole range of complicated effects that shouldn't be reduced to that triviality.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Sobre second thought isn't just fact checking -- it's also a reality check on the ethics involved, isn't it? Doesn't the lack of same reduce the ability of the medium to go mainstream?
-- Stuart
3 years ago
3 years ago
-- Stuart