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The Fred Wilson effect (a.k.a: social networking dividend of an open, public conversation)

Started by Philippe Bradley · 1 year ago

Last week made my head spin. As I continue with my biochemistry degree, I spectate the new media sphere as it twists and turns; I occasionally pass comment on it, either on this blog, on twitter, or in some other forum, for example, the comments sections of other sites. I happened to l ... Continue reading »

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fredwilson
1 year ago

the seed has been planted. there will be more mentions and more weeks like that one in the future

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emergent
1 year ago

I forget what first drew me to Fred Wilson's site, but it was not long before his mention of your comments (and not through Linked In, Facebook, Disqus or Twitter). Since grabbing your feed, several post titles have caught my eye, so I'm now one of your returning visitors.

Thanks for keeping things interesting!

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Jaynehilditch
1 year ago

"That’ll sound pathetic to most readers of this piece. But for a complete outsider/spectator to the new media world, a casual observer just starting out in adult life (the low, low traffic to this site illustrates that perfectly), last week was both a privilege and an adrenaline rush"

Not at all pathetic! I'm also a new (and will be returning) reader, brought over here courtesy of following fredwilson's blog. Which I found courtesy of comments on Umair Haque's blog... which was recommended by an entreprenneur I'm going to be working with. I'm also rather new to this world, and pretty much blown away by the impact of our digital footprints. I'm invariably as interested in the comment threads as the original posts - so utterly convinced the conversation platform is the future.

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