Comments on: Only a Moron Wouldn’t Listen to Mark Cuban http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Forrester on YouTube http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-17747 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Forrester on YouTube Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:29:35 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/#comment-17747 [...] Which would leave YouTube with lots of Aunt Jenny content, a bit of great user-generated content and some permissioned content - cool, sure, but ultimately much less interesting. Unless they develop something far more interesting on the technology side - something that makes their role a much more compelling value for the creators. [...] [...] Which would leave YouTube with lots of Aunt Jenny content, a bit of great user-generated content and some permissioned content – cool, sure, but ultimately much less interesting. Unless they develop something far more interesting on the technology side – something that makes their role a much more compelling value for the creators. [...]

]]> By: sufiy http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-17626 sufiy Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:44:28 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/#comment-17626 The internet buble 2.0 will burst again: all valuation starting from google just ridiculous, click fraud issue is making its way to mainstream media: http://sufiy.blogspot.com/ The internet buble 2.0 will burst again: all valuation starting from google just ridiculous, click fraud issue is making its way to mainstream media:

http://sufiy.blogspot.com/

]]> By: robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Is YouTube the Single Best Thing That Has Happened to the Net in the Past Several Years? http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-17520 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Is YouTube the Single Best Thing That Has Happened to the Net in the Past Several Years? Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:14:09 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/#comment-17520 [...] So it seems pretty clear to me that YouTube isn’t the Single Best Thing That Has Happened to the Net in the Past Several Years. Maybe it’s close, maybe not. I sure do like those clips of Aunt Jenny, though. Related Posts [...] [...] So it seems pretty clear to me that YouTube isn’t the Single Best Thing That Has Happened to the Net in the Past Several Years. Maybe it’s close, maybe not. I sure do like those clips of Aunt Jenny, though. Related Posts [...]

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-17381 Rob Hyndman Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:36:38 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/#comment-17381 It's certainly true that there's hyperbole in that comment, but there are vastly more Aunt Jenny's than there are Pachelbel's Canon, IMO. It’s certainly true that there’s hyperbole in that comment, but there are vastly more Aunt Jenny’s than there are Pachelbel’s Canon, IMO.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/comment-page-1/#comment-17375 Mathew Ingram Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:16:47 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/29/only-a-moron-wouldnt-listen-to-mark-cuban/#comment-17375 Not that I want to shrug off the "ordinarily sensible" tag or anything, but I don't find Megaphone Mark's other comments any more persuasive than his main thesis. First of all, not all "user-generated content" is your Aunt Jenny watching her niece tapdance -- and good ones like the kid playing Pachelbel's Canon on his guitar get *millions* of views, not 60,000. That's got to be worth something. Will advertisers waste money on such "viral" videos? Sure they will -- just like they waste a large proportion of their money on TV and magazine ads. Not that I want to shrug off the “ordinarily sensible” tag or anything, but I don’t find Megaphone Mark’s other comments any more persuasive than his main thesis. First of all, not all “user-generated content” is your Aunt Jenny watching her niece tapdance — and good ones like the kid playing Pachelbel’s Canon on his guitar get *millions* of views, not 60,000. That’s got to be worth something. Will advertisers waste money on such “viral” videos? Sure they will — just like they waste a large proportion of their money on TV and magazine ads.

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