__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 11 December 2006 12:51 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 11 December 2006 07:31 \__
>>
> <snip bit about amicus curious>
>>>
>>> I'd reached the same conclusion myself. This guy's a lightweight,
>>> though, but perhaps he's been directed here because of your News posts,
>>> Roy?
>>
>> Maybe it's because of the ever-declining performance of other shills. They
>> have run out of ammunition. Something tells me that they'll soon be
>> getting the boot (like 'tab') because the same jobs are cheaper offshore.
>> Why do you think MS hunts for bloggers in India, for example? It's one of
>> these shills for bill/shill for food campaigns.
>>
>
> You're quite right - I hadn't considered that, offshoring the astroturfing
> is just a sensible as offshoring everything else, isn't it? I suppose
> we need to wait for Mandeep Funkenbusch :-))
I wanted to append a reference in case someone would later say that I'm
presumptuous or racist. Kwin crashed, so I'll do so now.
Microsoft Traps and Hunts for Bloggers in India !!
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft has announced the "Microsoft BlogStars" contest, to Hunts
| for Developer Bloggers in India. After feeling the power and increase of
| the Bloggers community in India, Microsoft tries to trap and hunt Bloggers
| in India to buildup the blogging community, for writing blog posts
| supporting towards Microsoft Technologies.
`----
http://i5bala.blogspot.com/2006/10/microsoft-traps-and-hunts-for-bloggers.html
Amazing, isn't it? They try to pollute the Web with dishonest material for
which they may or may not pay (they keep hope elevated). Blogs are intended
to be independent from commercial interest, from which even mainstream media
suffers. Appended are some related facts.
,----[ Quote ]
| Long before it employed bloggers to do the job for it, Microsoft hired
| sympathetic members of the public to make its case in online forums,
| posing as disinterested citizens. Things got much more professional as
| the antitrust trial unfurled. After hiring DCI in the late 1990s,
| Microsoft created two new trade groups, the Association for Competitive
| Technology (ACT), and the Americans for Technology Leadership (ALT),
| and marshaled campaigns such as "Freedom to Innovate" - encouraging
| Windows users the chance to make spontaneous gestures of support for
| Chairman Bill.
|
| These weren't always too successful. A campaign in 2001 to petition 17
| state's Attorney Generals - who had pooled resources to bring their
| own antitrust action against Microsoft - resulted in supportive letters
| being written by dead people.
|
| And the astroturf taint continues today.
|
| Most recently, a spoof video portraying Al Gore as a Penguin was reported
| to have originated from a computer registered to the DCI Group, although
| the lobby group said it did not fund or approve the video.
`----
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/14/google_lobby/
MSN Is Spamming The Blogosphere
,----[ Quote ]
| Mr. Youth LLC is a marketing firm and lists MSN as a customer. Their
| website is here: http://www.mryouth.com/ Their phone number is
| (212) 779-8700.
|
| I?ve talked to a couple of other bloggers who said they are receiving
| similar comments on their blogs. This pisses me off because MSN/Mr.
| Youth should 1) be more upfront about their true identity, and 2)
| provide a real e-mail address so that I can request they take my
| blog off their marketing campaign.
`----
http://www.scott-o-rama.com/2006/12/06/msn-is-spamming-the-blogosphere/
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