> Individuals intentionally blurring the difference between TED and TEDx. > Speakers who abuse the TEDx platform by turning their speaking opportunity into a p

> Individuals intentionally blurring the difference between TED and TEDx. > Speakers who abuse the TEDx platform by turning their speaking opportunity into a promotion for themselves or a book tour. I see these two rules broken all the time. Just a few weeks ago I read a tweet from one of the new-age social media experts which said "Go and watch my TED talk about social media.." and I clicked on it thinking it would be a TED talk .. It turned out to be a TEDx talk, he had linked to the 6th second of the video so that the 'TEDx' bumper wouldn't be seen, and the entire talk was about his upcoming book. This was at TEDx San Francisco. The whole TEDx brand has been ruined for me. It wasn't the first time that a TEDx video I had watched had been misrepresented or was just a sales pitch. I actively avoid anything TEDx related, unless I have been tricked into clicking it. Edit: and if you are wondering why TED has such strict rules, which I am only seeing today for the first time, now you know - they want to protect their brand from incidents like this so viewers like me aren't turned off.