How to become Internet famous for $68

Re:How to become Internet famous for $68 by ivanist on Thursday April 18, 2013 @12:54PM (#5571664)

There are just too many pseudo-intellectuals in this planet. This guy Scott Steinberg was mentioned and so I went to his website to see that whether he is really a 'stay ahead of the curve' kind of guy. There is a video in his front page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C... and after reading the first comment I realized that it is indeed a fake video with no audience. There was pretty much no content in the video too.

And I see so many people claiming themselves to be futurists, leaders blah blah..

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Re:How to become Internet famous for $68 by bruceb on Thursday April 18, 2013 @02:17PM (#5572154)

Yeah I almost felt bad for the guy as the video was clearly something he paid to make. But I guess as he is "Thrilled to be giving keynote speech at Arizona Board of Nursing's 2014 CNA Educators Retreat!" Someone seems to think it is worth paying him to say basic stuff.

I guess fake it 'till you (sorta) make it is not dead.

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Re:How to become Internet famous for $68 by bruceb on Thursday April 18, 2013 @02:50PM (#5572303)

Looks like he lost about 5,000 followers in a day.

I think he had like 24k and now he has 19k.

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Re:How to become Internet famous for $68 by xkcdfanboy on Thursday April 18, 2013 @11:35PM (#5574625)

I thought he was a pretty good speaker but I do see what you are saying. Considering that there's no real audience, it seems like he's not trying to fool anyone, it's just to give an idea of his skills as a speaker, it's a resume piece.

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