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I am generally wary of these self-proclaimed "experts" writing about topics they don't have much idea about. 1) This guy is not a part of* Twitter, so he knows

by neya 14y ago

I am generally wary of these self-proclaimed "experts" writing about topics they don't have much idea about. 1) This guy is not a part of* Twitter, so he knows nothing about what Twitter's situation is from the inside. 2) This guy is not a part of* Apple, he has no idea about what Apple's budgets and plans and areas of interest are. If I were an executive from say, the buyer, that is Apple, give me one good reason why I should listen to this guy's advice? Writing controversial headlines is good for pageviews, but if you don't know what you're talking about, you might as well not create a stir in an otherwise peaceful community. (*part of = part of the organization)

tgrass 14y ago
Respectfully disagree. Twitter and Apple exist in the public sphere and they have many stakeholders. The public regulates corporations on many issues (down to the local planning board) so to limit discussion of a corporation to only those on the inside denies the reality that they have effects on the outside. To take an extreme example: Nader and his book Unsafe at Any Speed. Twitter and Apple are integrated in our lives (some more than others). Like Luther nailing his Theses to the church door, creating a stir is sometimes necessary. To say one shouldn't create a stir seems conservative - if not defensive. (If the author owns one share of Apple would that give him the right?)
- debacle 14y ago
  You're conflating social upheaval with uninformed blogspam? I think Luther was intimately aware of the ongoings of the church, and Nader wrote a reference-backed book on the subject - he was an expert.
  - tgrass 14y ago
    "To take an extreme example." I am not defending the piece as some monumental treatise. BUT... by this argument, an environmentalist asking for protection against pollution could be dismissed by a CEO who claims the market for pricing those externalities can't/aren't understood by those outside of the shop. And...the corporation today could be easily compared in its breadth and omnipotence to the church of the 16th century.
- neya 14y ago
  I'm not sure why you are downvoted, but I sincerely value your opinion. Thanks.
diminish 14y ago
If Apple uses its vast cash reserves to buy (for whatever silly reason) a few of those billion dollar social start-ups,(Twitter, Color, EverNote, Tumblr.. ) that could give fresh air to start-up financing. Look Yahoo, Microsoft do it, and kill them afterwards but a lot of VCs rejoice.

by neya 14y ago

tgrass 14y ago

Respectfully disagree. Twitter and Apple exist in the public sphere and they have many stakeholders. The public regulates corporations on many issues (down to the local planning board) so to limit discussion of a corporation to only those on the inside denies the reality that they have effects on the outside. To take an extreme example: Nader and his book Unsafe at Any Speed. Twitter and Apple are integrated in our lives (some more than others). Like Luther nailing his Theses to the church door, creating a stir is sometimes necessary. To say one shouldn't create a stir seems conservative - if not defensive. (If the author owns one share of Apple would that give him the right?)

debacle 14y ago
You're conflating social upheaval with uninformed blogspam? I think Luther was intimately aware of the ongoings of the church, and Nader wrote a reference-backed book on the subject - he was an expert.
- tgrass 14y ago
  "To take an extreme example." I am not defending the piece as some monumental treatise. BUT... by this argument, an environmentalist asking for protection against pollution could be dismissed by a CEO who claims the market for pricing those externalities can't/aren't understood by those outside of the shop. And...the corporation today could be easily compared in its breadth and omnipotence to the church of the 16th century.
neya 14y ago
I'm not sure why you are downvoted, but I sincerely value your opinion. Thanks.

diminish 14y ago

If Apple uses its vast cash reserves to buy (for whatever silly reason) a few of those billion dollar social start-ups,(Twitter, Color, EverNote, Tumblr.. ) that could give fresh air to start-up financing. Look Yahoo, Microsoft do it, and kill them afterwards but a lot of VCs rejoice.