Comments on: PayPerWikipedia edit plus Windows Anytime Upgrade Aussie snub http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:15:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Dan Greenfield http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-397391 Dan Greenfield Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:55:43 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-397391 I keep thinking about the notion that all PR is good PR. Did Microsoft really suffer a black eye in this controversy? Yes it reinforced their bad guy image among blogger community, but it clearly has the blogosphere buzzing about Microsoft and whether they have a legitimate beef. More broadly, it shines a light on the conflict of interest policies of Wikipedia and may cause some to take an entry with a grain of salt. Just demonstrates that money is not the currency in the court of public opinion in the blogosphere. I keep thinking about the notion that all PR is good PR. Did Microsoft really suffer a black eye in this controversy? Yes it reinforced their bad guy image among blogger community, but it clearly has the blogosphere buzzing about Microsoft and whether they have a legitimate beef. More broadly, it shines a light on the conflict of interest policies of Wikipedia and may cause some to take an entry with a grain of salt.

Just demonstrates that money is not the currency in the court of public opinion in the blogosphere.

]]> By: Martin Neumann http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-394323 Martin Neumann Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:05:23 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-394323 Yeah, I was simply staggered at Microsoft's "snub" to Australia. It just doesn't make any sense. MS products sell quite well here and they have a pretty decent presence here (in Australia) so I'm just non-plussed. But then knowing Microsoft, they'll come to the table ... eventually. Yeah, I was simply staggered at Microsoft’s “snub” to Australia. It just doesn’t make any sense. MS products sell quite well here and they have a pretty decent presence here (in Australia) so I’m just non-plussed.

But then knowing Microsoft, they’ll come to the table … eventually.

]]> By: Diary of an Ad Man » Blog Archive » Breakthroughs http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-394235 Diary of an Ad Man » Blog Archive » Breakthroughs Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:44:17 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-394235 [...] Microsoft has gotten itself in a bit of a storm by editing Wikipedia entries. Hmmm. PR Folks Beware! Don’t mess with the world’s encyclopedia. [...] […] Microsoft has gotten itself in a bit of a storm by editing Wikipedia entries. Hmmm. PR Folks Beware! Don’t mess with the world’s encyclopedia. […]

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-394220 TDavid Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:11:44 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-394220 Good point, Stu. The Wikipedia ego grows, I guess. I see several others pointing out that by using NOFOLLOW they are essentially making Wikipedia a taker, but not a giver, and that isn't the spirit surrounding the Wikipedia ... I thought. Write a write paper and get it published on a third party site? What a crock. Good point, Stu. The Wikipedia ego grows, I guess. I see several others pointing out that by using NOFOLLOW they are essentially making Wikipedia a taker, but not a giver, and that isn’t the spirit surrounding the Wikipedia … I thought.

Write a write paper and get it published on a third party site? What a crock.

]]> By: Stu http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-394214 Stu Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070124/4172/#comment-394214 Why is okay for Jimbo Wales to edit the Wikipedia info about him, but Microsoft can't get someone to correct wrong info written about them? For him to say that they're shameful for the completely transparent way they've gone about it is ridiculous. He actually suggested that the route they should've taken was TO WRITE A WHITE PAPER. Did anybody really buy that with a straight face? Why is okay for Jimbo Wales to edit the Wikipedia info about him, but Microsoft can’t get someone to correct wrong info written about them? For him to say that they’re shameful for the completely transparent way they’ve gone about it is ridiculous. He actually suggested that the route they should’ve taken was TO WRITE A WHITE PAPER. Did anybody really buy that with a straight face?

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