Keep in mind that some folks might be bound by non-disclosures agreements and others
might be too shy to disclose some affiliations.
For example, I've been talking to and interested in the work of one of the victims of this
groups' lynchings--- The One Who Shall Not Be Named Ever On The List-- and many in
the industry from where s/he hails from. Ooo, scary.
With all due respect, there's nothing wrong with NOT disclosing if you don't want to... I
still believe in a person's right to tell someone to MYOFB.
So, in short, put my affiliation down as MANY in both the Good and Evil columns.
Fearlessly into the night,
Eric
http://www.ericrice.com
--- In [email protected], "R. Kristiansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> The recent disclosure of David stating that he works for CBS/Viacom is
> interesting. Not surprising as such, but interesting. I am happy to
> know, at least.
>
> How about we all disclose our affiliations? Too radical, eh?
>
> There are many actors in this field with plans. Plans for how to use
> the information we achieve through this forum for our own projects,
> goals, economic growth. This mailing-list is very rich with content,
> and it is amazing how potent it still is.
>
> Sometimes, we as a group react like an angry mob when someone tickles
> with us. I can only refer to the story of a certain film producer.. We
> as a group provide important feed-back to tool-makers like FireANT,
> Apple (for iTunes), feedburner and so on. If you are working on a tool
> for videobloggers and go about your promotion of your site in a good
> way (like Matt did with vlogmap.org), you can get a Lot of link love
> within days.
>
> Disclosures are important, but we cannot expect that all those lurkers
> will disclosure their identity. We know that we are being watched,
> though. I sometimes get frigging paranoid with I think that over 80
> individuals are subscribed to my lousy videoblog. Who are they? What
> do they want? Entertainment? A piece of Norway? Unlike Josh Leo's
> site, for instance, I don't get a lot of comments so people are being
> mostly quiet about how they are watching.
>
> I expect that we will see a lot of instances like "Hello, I am from
> Warner Bros, I have been observing this community for months now, and
> we will now be launching X concept". No wait, they won't write it
> here. They will issue a press release ffs.
>
> So, disclosures. My own, in case you haven't seen it: I work for
> BlogSoft, a Norwegian blogging software company. We are thriving well
> in the Norwegian and Swedish market (where Six Apart is not active),
> and we are working on tools for videoblogging now. Tools like Youtube
> or Blip.tv. but more centered around a blog and with better blogging
> tools. We create portals for media companies like the Norwegian tv
> station TV2. We are looking at ways to do video mobileblogging. I am
> part of this community, and also I observe this community. Sometimes I
> feel rather xenophobic :)
>
> Out of the 1100 subscribers to this mailing list, I guess we have
> heard from perhaps 400. Are there any numbers on this, Jay? The
> majority are, then, the silent majority.
>
> Disclosures are important. But we should assume that a lot of the
> mainstream media people are tuning in to what we are writing here.
> Tuning in while using the mask of anonymity, mostly.
>
> Hmm, my point? What was the frigging question?
>
> Darn, I lost it. Sorry, folks :)
>
> Best,
>
> Raymond M. Kristiansen
> Don't Lose The Question - www.dltq.org
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