Pay-per-view mechanisms, micropayments, and even subscription-based business models are all languishing. Consequently, the overall health of modern media marketplace and the digital economy—and the aggregate amount of information and speech that can be produced or supported by those sectors —is fundamentally tied up with the question of whether policymakers allow the advertising marketplace to evolve in an efficient, dynamic fashion. In this sense, it is not hyperbole to say that an attack on advertising is tantamount to an attack on media itself.
January 8th, 2012
Ezra Klein on the Importance of Advertising to Media
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August 6th, 2011
$1m mystery donor to PAC for Mitt Romney ID’s himself
Edward Conard, is a former executive with Bain Capital, which was cofounded by Romney, and said last night that he did not intend to circumvent election laws when he created a company, W Spann LLC, which paid the contribution without Conard’s name attached.
by publcindividual | Posted in Recognition Economy | Comments Off | Tags: Edward Conard, Mitt Romney
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July 24th, 2011
Does Google+ hate women? #nymwars « Bug Girl’s Blog
That page goes on to list, in detail, the various ways that these groups can be harmed. We know that women experience 25 TIMES the amount of harassment online that men do. We know that 50% of LGBT teens are bullied online, and many of them consider–or commit–suicide. We know that women are stalked and killed by ex-lovers. We know that LGBT folk are the victims of hate crimes.
Basically, we know that some people are assholes online, and like to target others and make their lives hell. They will do this using their real names; they do this with fake identities. It’s about BEHAVIOR, not about names. If your website is full of assholes, it’s your fault for not holding people–whatever name they go by–accountable for their behavior. Online behavior doesn’t have to be polite or full of everyone agreeing with each other. Conversations just need to not be bigoted, hateful, or destructive.
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/why-google-hates-women/
by publcindividual | Posted in Recognition Economy | Comments Off | Tags: Google plus, nymwars, public identity, recognition, reputation management
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