Comments on: 100 Seesmic Accounts, And A Disclosure

By: Interview mit Loic le Meur - “Don`t do Copycats” | Gründerszene

Interview mit Loic le Meur - “Don`t do Copycats” | Gründerszene — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:38:03 +0000

[…] und sehr aktiver Blogger und Twitterer und vor ein paar Monaten mit seinem jüngstem Start-up Seesmic von Frankreich nach San Francisco […]

By: Arthur’s Blog … Welcome! » Blog Archive » 10 tips for start ups

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:56:40 +0000

[…] Six Apart), organizes the annual Le Web conference and has now created Seesmic (note that I’m an investor in Seesmic). So even though he’s French, his advice, when given, is worth listening […]

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TechCrunch est il encore credible ? | C local — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:54:31 +0000

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By: “Hi Mom! I’m on TV: A Seesmic First Look” « socialTNT

“Hi Mom! I’m on TV: A Seesmic First Look” « socialTNT — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:40:44 +0000

[…] it has grown very quickly over the last month. On November 20th, Michael Arrington reported that there were 300 users. In a Twitter interview Sunday night, Loic said the site has about a thousand users. With almost […]

By: Seesmic Raising More Money « NewTeeVee

Seesmic Raising More Money « NewTeeVee — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:00:39 +0000

[…] “a billionaire named Steve,” according to a video Winer posted to Seesmic. Arrington announced his part in the round in a recent TechCrunch blog […]

By: Damdam

Damdam — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:04:32 +0000

Seesmic is great ‘coz it’s simple. It’s gonna be greatest with the mobilty layer. I wanna share good things with my friends from my iPhone/N95/whatever ; Then, it’ll a real kiilerapp!

By: tickle me michael

tickle me michael — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:37:06 +0000

video twitter… Now theres an idea

Pfft, oops sorry some hot air got out

Happy thanksgiving

By: Seesmic | The video Twitter or a big waste of bandwidth and time? | SeanPrice.net/Blog

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:28:12 +0000

[…] i was reading techcrunch today as always and just as i refreshed again another story came up this time about a new service […]

By: Sean Price

Sean Price — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:19:35 +0000

got my invite through a couple of hours ago and have had a little play with this service and i must say i think it could be very addictive …. not good especially when i have so much i want to get through

But overall im not sure if it will take off very much but its certainly abit of fun

By: agnes

agnes — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:46:32 +0000

Excuse stylistic errors above. That was written with haste. Darn tenses.

By: agnes

agnes — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:44:59 +0000

There are these thoughts. Small, but here they are, haphazard. Again, I point out that I am more qualified to reflect from a consumer view on tech services / products, for my interest in the sector is a recent obsession.

Interest in seesmic:
1) I find the product clever [I do like the UI, video content, the ease in which I can post]
2) I like the community [interesting people]
3) I am keen on watching Loic market his service. [The site, for me, has that sticky component, a la Tipping Point]

Simple as that. As well, the seesmic team is great. I like a well-brought-up people, I do.

Anyhow.

Anytime a company is able to create a proficient level of marketing buzz and create a group of enthusiasts [no small feat, resources readily available or not], there will be plenty of detractors. But if a community is interested enough to witter over the service/product and marginalize it, even when the postings in communities are negative, then this is a very, very good thing. Same goes for TC.

The exciting thing on Web 2.0, social media rise is that the rules of marketing have been thrown a spanner. There are those frustrated here having dreamt up a great service/product, implemented it, and trying to get that product out there on little resources. But flashes of inventive and brave [no small creative challenge, right] might get you better notice than pointing out that your startup is American and not French.

PR buzz/hype/formula is an essential magic component here. It draws the right interest and users to create a rather vibrant community, etc, etc. That hype formula being boo’ed here is magic, make no mistake… That is all.

By: TheDuhMoment

TheDuhMoment — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:42:58 +0000

{yawn}

By: Samuel

Samuel — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:11:41 +0000

I want try Seesmic

By: stowe Boyd

stowe Boyd — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:08:54 +0000

Please and thank you very much.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:01:37 +0000

Yeh, heard this is cool…would like to give it a try…

By: Average Betty

Average Betty — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:47:27 +0000

An invite to the seesmic party? I’ll bring the hors d’oeuvres!

By: TedC

TedC — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:46:13 +0000

I’ve read all of the comments and many are missing the point. The power behind Seesmic is not the interface or its Twitter like video posts. Its power is in the data behind the videos and the community that Loic and company are building planet wide. The coming API and access to the data model will make this a hugely popular interface. Other applications are similar in functionality but not in data. Seesmic is a next generation web element.

By: Louis-Eric

Louis-Eric — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:32:46 +0000

“People in California don’t really have an affinity for the French.”

Uh ?

By: King Tut

King Tut — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:59:12 +0000

Aww they didn’t approve my trackback. Guess they didn’t like the title: “Semenmic”…?

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:59:51 +0000

pimping your investment through a permission-based marketing ploy belongs somewhere else. the credibility of this site dropped a notch.

By: question

question — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:27:36 +0000

Do people have time - at work or at home - to watch crappy videos & bloggers promoting themselves?

By: Chris R.

Chris R. — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:29:05 +0000

Ask yourself this question, why would they fly a French media personality over to do a technology startup that’s eerily like all the other ones?
People in California don’t really have an affinity for the French.

They’re trying to push a square peg into a round hole here. They must want this guy REALLY bad.

By: Chris R.

Chris R. — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:08:15 +0000

“Hmm. I remember the days when investors would not touch any such app until they had about 1 million user in beta.”

That’s still the case. This guy Loic is VIP. They flew him over, set him up in the valley, and now they’re finishing off the mile with the press. Like the fresh mint you get at the end of an all you can eat buffet.

I would not include this case in statistical data.

By: Car Donation PA

Car Donation PA — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:37:38 +0000

Hmm. I remember the days when investors would not touch any such app until they had about 1 million user in beta.

By: Chris R.

Chris R. — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:30:19 +0000

“Disclosure: I have also become an investor in Seesmic and have updated my disclosures on our about page.”

Invest in our search engine. At least send us a pricey Sun SAN we could never afford. You know you want you. Right now we don’t even have disk duplication.

This guy’s from Europe Arrington, we’re your peoples.