DISQUS

Wicked! Nose looks a little long though...

The law and business are going to have to learn to adapt to Consumer 2.0.

The web means that consumers can communicate opinions on poor products but just as likely, they can stimulate interest in a product with a positive review.

Nobody ever complains when they get a great review and enjoy hundreds of visitors and enquiries!

Geez talking about getting wrapped up in an election!

Burger? Sounds South African....

When I heard this radio clip on 5FM I absolutely canned myself. I'm still laughing a week later - this guy is nearly my hero...

Ok not quite but good fun

10 points to Justin...

Romans might work... wonder if they deliver... wonder what their CARBON FOOTPRINT is in producing the pizza and delivering it... 20 years from now it will be the same debate surely? (around the Carbon Footprint being left when takeaways are made)

Ok ... tell us where you might get takeaways from...?

I don't mean to sound insensitive but all this talk about KFC is making me hungry...

Ok kidding... but still - this story has been going around for ages. I have walked through food factories as part of my job and I can guarantee you guys would THEN have something to worry about.

I think we all agree that animal cruelty sucks but this isn't a new story and singling out KFC might be a little harsh.

Regards,
Marc

Top post Simon...

I see we are both hitting the same topics on our blogs at the same time and getting people a little worked up.

And that is the danger of new world media...

Things move so fast, nobody cares about the consequences of what is published and they will do anything to get traffic there.

The problem with paying for dirt on people is eventually the budget runs out - especially once people start digging into who is behind it.... I hate to say it but the likes of HP and Digital Planet have got a lot more money for lawyers (Shiver) than the ordinary blogger can throw up...

;-) I think its all part of an evolving Internet and not much you can do about it.

Thats part of what we've been trying to achieve with this media experiment is to find out:

How to develop a self sustaining on-line community and how to monetise it.

Some interesting things have come out of it in the last few months but its part of helping us to understand whats happening with the Internet and hopefully be able to advise people around it as we go...

This is a good debate tho!

Hahahahahah good answer - touche.

Don't like the interfaces of the aggregators - cant tell you why I just don't.

I'm narrow minded in my Internet reading. Need a few people to find the find the good things before I follow on...

Agreed.

But I think the beauty of Muti is in its simplicity.

We wrote an article on it a while back and how it actually still has some potential to be used as a business tool. A lot comes down to how the end user ultimately uses it.

As part of that media experiment we are currently running we are operating 10 blogs in totally different spheres. In all the time we've had those blogs I have not once visited either of the aggregators beyond signing up with them. I dont get them I'll be honest - its too many clicks for me to enjoy.

Muti on the other hand - Submit my content. Poor stuff gets voted off the island and the top stuff you enjoy clicking through to because its 2 clicks and its whatever is topical at the moment.

This Post is a case in point. Now imagine you didn't have a following and nobody knew who Justin Hartman was. Why would they check your blog? I checked it because it was a hot topic on Muti. Nice and easy and simple.

Sorry just to correct on my previous post.

It should read that I agree that Voting False User Names to promote your site is pretty feeble and should be frowned upon.

I dunno maybe I slightly disagree with certain aspects. I'm guilty of posting my own content

I agree on:
1. Creating false user names to promote your own site. Seems pretty feeble
2. Voting your own stuff up.

I disagree that people shouldnt be able to post their own content for 2 reason:

A) The whole point of something like Muti, Reddit etc is for the community to decide what they think of a particular post. Its like submitting an artwork for a competition. You've put it out there so people need to vote on it.

B) 90% of those sites on Muti don't have a real readership of more than a handful of readers (call it under 50 real readers). Realistically a big % of them are going to fall away over time. Those that survive and develop a following wont need Muti to promote and develop their community. But without something like Muti to kickstart it they will never get going...

Dunno those are just my thoughts.