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[...] According to TechCrunch Robert Scoble; as a part of his deal with Fast Company, is going slumming with the rest of us as his site is being redesigned to include advertising. Even from when I first started blogging and Robert stood staunchly with the likes of Dave Winer and the other members of the blogging purity patrol I have always believed the day would come when Robert would succumb to the dark side. [...]

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By: Maurits

Maurits — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:07:44 +0000

Who cares? blabla … we hate ads, but need the income, so, please concentrate on real topics!

By: GYUSZI BACSI

GYUSZI BACSI — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:18:42 +0000

to put ads on the site is better than to let your visitors to read paid posts (which are told to be your opinion of course)

I even click on ads if I like a site, I help them to earn their money

By: thedanielrichard

thedanielrichard — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:52:30 +0000

It’s definitely a good move for Scoble and I’m sure he won’t allow any distasteful pop-up ads and any frown upon stuffs that distract us from his content rich blog. I’d say Thumbs Up for him for monetizing his blog.

By: User447

User447 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:25:41 +0000

“He’s lost the independence.”

You must of missed that whole year that he was remote controlled monkey boy style from Bill Gates’s office via an embedded biochip. Orgami, IT’S GONNA BE SO BIG!!! Bill told me so.

“bah, I hate commenting on techcrunch – it’s the tradgegy of the ‘passionate but ill informed’”

Ill informed indeed. This whole industry is one big unfunny joke. The quicker you learn that, the better off you will be. The harder you try to take it seriously the worse it will become.

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:32:09 +0000

orunner: my blog doesn’t yet have advertising. Ads won’t appear on my blog until March 3rd or afterward. When they do I’ll call them out and disclose them.

By: lisa coultrup ( kystorms)

lisa coultrup ( kystorms) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:24:27 +0000

I am so glad to hear this because it means one more thing he will write about, and I will learn from!
cheers to you Mr. S

By: orunner

orunner — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:19:00 +0000

I didn’t notice the adverts ….until they were pointed out … have never read one …. probably never will.
Am I missing something?

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:33:44 +0000

Boring Market: I totally disagree. I didn’t always do things that Microsoft wanted me to do. Same at my other employers. And, at Fast Company, while I have bosses, I’m largely running my own show.

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:28:31 +0000

Ben: that’s something I’m sensitive to, and will work hard to retain your trust.

I respond to this thread on my blog: http://scobleiz...ing-and-hiring/

By: Boring Market

Boring Market — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:28:35 +0000

Scoble has to do whatever the company who employs him says to do. Though, this isn’t very in line with his blogging policy in ‘Naked Conversations’.

By: DB

DB — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:28:39 +0000

Dave has about 30 instances of I or me in his comment. The earth still revolves around the sun, right?

By: Steel

Steel — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:40:41 +0000

Scoble is an immature, pompous lard ass who is getting all this coverage because because he isn’t shy about making an ass out of himself. Kinda like Oprah.

By: Ben Metcalfe

Ben Metcalfe — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:17:14 +0000

bah, I hate commenting on techcrunch – it’s the tradgegy of the ‘passionate but ill informed’ (”San: I don’t know who Dave Winer is, but you must not know Mr Arrington” haha) combined with nuggets of gold (#88).

The point for me, in terms of ’selling out’ is not the advertising on Scoble’s blog but the fact that Fast Company has essentially taken ownership of it as part of Rob’s move to FC. He’s lost the independence. I don’t care about the ads – I’m more concerned that FC ‘redesigning’ his blog = it becoming an FC blog, and thus not an independent voice of Scoble.

No one seems to have picked that up, and alas, this gets lost in the ether of the wally comments.

By: Jimmy V

Jimmy V — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:05:57 +0000

I find no reasons why we should not put ads on our blogs. Money is bad? Up to your point of view; no money is worse, SURE!

By: EH

EH — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:26:11 +0000

Robert Scoble: the Michael Kinsley of gadgetry.

By: Insider in the Silicon Valley community

Insider in the Silicon Valley community — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:49:36 +0000

@dave 56
I agree with you. First let me say Mike Arrington is exposed here. He has not talent at all in understanding the inside information. Case in point. He can’t be Ben Rosen. Why? Even though he gets the inside flow of information, the truth is he doesn’t understant it.

Let me say that again. Even though he gets the inside flow of information, the truth is he doesn’t understant it. One more time. Even though he gets the inside flow of information, the truth is he doesn’t understant it.

He goes to Davos and this is all he can do. He has lost his juice. We all know now he he is a phoney. When given the data he can’t make sense of it.

Everyone in Silicon Valley is laughing at Mike and Scoble. Two blowhards with no friends. Dave Winer who was a big proponent of Techcrunch even calls our Mike. Now you know Techcrunch has peaked.

Mike: enjoy your little empire.

Heather Harding: I feel for you to work there. Hope you’re getting paid well. Get your resume ready.

By: Ronald Lewis

Ronald Lewis — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:13:33 +0000

By the way, Michael, “Scoble Sells Out” is a ridiculous and irrelevant title. Are you “selling out” to mainstream tendencies just to grab more traffic via stirring up unnecessary drama?