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Re:We Need to Talk About TED by Goladus on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @10:12AM (#6921482)
Additionally, I haven't noticed a substantial difference in the marketing or publishing of TEDx videos on the web. While obviously anything can go viral, one can usually only distinguish between TEDx talks and TED talks by reading the fine print.
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Re:We Need to Talk About TED by MAGZine on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @06:41PM (#6924805)
Or by the big red 'x' on the TED logo.
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Re:We Need to Talk About TED by Goladus on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @07:10PM (#6924934)
One that sometimes shows up on the main TED site anyway. Regardless, people don't know what it means.

I've lost count of how many times someone has complained about an overly political, low quality talk and seen someone else come along and try to explain that it wasn't a real TED talk because it was a TEDx talk. Except on Hacker News, that person is usually just ignored. TEDx is substantially diluting the TED brand. Growth of TEDx has been far too fast and reckless.

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