Comments on: Mark Cuban goes nuts! Says to give away soundtracks! What a nut! http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/02/mark-cuban-goes-nuts-says-to-give-away-soundtracks-what-a-nut/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:39:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/02/mark-cuban-goes-nuts-says-to-give-away-soundtracks-what-a-nut/#comment-583436 John Biggs Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:23:25 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/02/mark-cuban-goes-nuts-says-to-give-away-soundtracks-what-a-nut/#comment-583436 No, you're wrong about that, Scott. I have become somewhat of an embarrassment to the Biggs family, as far as I can recall, and as such I've been replaced at home with a charming, teetotaling lad of 18 who is thinking of going into the seminary. It's easy to get those two things confused. Cuban is well known for posting "inflammatory" things and flaming him has become accepted practice. I'm only pointing this out in a tongue-in-cheek way while saying his idea is actually great. If you get suckered by a loud headline, I encourage you not to read any major newspaper, magazine, or website in the world and instead watch only C-SPAN. No, you’re wrong about that, Scott. I have become somewhat of an embarrassment to the Biggs family, as far as I can recall, and as such I’ve been replaced at home with a charming, teetotaling lad of 18 who is thinking of going into the seminary. It’s easy to get those two things confused.

Cuban is well known for posting “inflammatory” things and flaming him has become accepted practice. I’m only pointing this out in a tongue-in-cheek way while saying his idea is actually great. If you get suckered by a loud headline, I encourage you not to read any major newspaper, magazine, or website in the world and instead watch only C-SPAN.

]]> By: Scott http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/02/mark-cuban-goes-nuts-says-to-give-away-soundtracks-what-a-nut/#comment-583410 Scott Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:13:53 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/02/mark-cuban-goes-nuts-says-to-give-away-soundtracks-what-a-nut/#comment-583410 Alright, enough already. At first, I thought it was a clever, albeit unethical, means to draw readers, but now it's no longer clever. You write an inflammatory and/or deceptive headline, knowing people will see it & go to your site to read the "exciting" post, and then in your opening sentence, you say "just kiddin'." "But it works," you say? Yep, maybe so, but you know what else it does? It reinforces the notion that blogs are not trustworthy journalistic devices, and blog writers are not journalists. And when the Editor-in-Chief is the one being deceptive, it proves both. That reminds me: I thought Arrington was supposed to fire you & ask Blake to take over? It wasn't exactly a well-kept secret, but what I don't know is why it was put on hold; when I heard "CrunchGear has become somewhat of an embarrassment to the TechCrunch Network family," I thought it was a done deal... Alright, enough already. At first, I thought it was a clever, albeit unethical, means to draw readers, but now it’s no longer clever. You write an inflammatory and/or deceptive headline, knowing people will see it & go to your site to read the “exciting” post, and then in your opening sentence, you say “just kiddin’.”

“But it works,” you say? Yep, maybe so, but you know what else it does? It reinforces the notion that blogs are not trustworthy journalistic devices, and blog writers are not journalists. And when the Editor-in-Chief is the one being deceptive, it proves both.

That reminds me: I thought Arrington was supposed to fire you & ask Blake to take over? It wasn’t exactly a well-kept secret, but what I don’t know is why it was put on hold; when I heard “CrunchGear has become somewhat of an embarrassment to the TechCrunch Network family,” I thought it was a done deal…

]]> By: SKD http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/02/mark-cuban-goes-nuts-says-to-give-away-soundtracks-what-a-nut/#comment-583186 SKD Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:39:20 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/02/mark-cuban-goes-nuts-says-to-give-away-soundtracks-what-a-nut/#comment-583186 Well, Ice Cube was giving away copies of his last CD throughout his tour...at $15, adding that onto a ticket price for a live concert, people hardly noticed...but if you asked me to pay another $10-$15 for a soundtrack download, before I'd seen the movie, that's a different matter...depends on the difference between non-soundtrack and a soundtrack ticket...and how much the popcorn costs... Well, Ice Cube was giving away copies of his last CD throughout his tour…at $15, adding that onto a ticket price for a live concert, people hardly noticed…but if you asked me to pay another $10-$15 for a soundtrack download, before I’d seen the movie, that’s a different matter…depends on the difference between non-soundtrack and a soundtrack ticket…and how much the popcorn costs…

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