John Hopkins on Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:59:50 +0200 (CEST)


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Re: <nettime> crowd-funding on nettime


Crowd-sourcing is a form of advertising based on an appeal to social
pseudo-solidarity. Unlike other speech acts on this list, it has carries a
Bingo, Keith! I think this hits on imho the most repugnant & disturbing aspect 
-- the under-lying intense ego-centricity of social media hyping in general. 
Gathering cash via 'the network' is the same as gathering 'friends' and being 
'liked' ...
cheers,
jh

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