Interesting blog post - comments anyone?

[Troy Rollins]

On Nov 29, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Randall Reetz wrote:

> The slippery (or in this case "invisible") slope of "gorilla" PR is  
> powerful especially and only because it sneeks so silently and  
> politely under our BS radar.  So called "multi-level" marketing  
> proponents have known this forever.  Sell to "friends" and your  
> effectiveness skyrockets.  Any activity that acts "friendly" but has  
> a commercial motivation fits this category.  We have become so used  
> to having it done to us (and doing it ourselves) that we don't still  
> have that hair up sensation that used to be our reaction.  But the  
> result is a hardening, a loss of the separate sameness that used to  
> be reserved only for the category "friends and family".  Now we  
> expect to be targets of the misuse of that privilege.  An arms war  
> where the winner can only result in the loss of real trust and the  
> very real need for a sanctuary away from "pitch" and "spin".  We  
> can't have our guard up all of the time.  Too costly.  Neither can  
> we let go of the distinction between authenticity and huckstering.   
> Subtle but important.  The old warning, "Never cry wolf", never had  
> as much relevance. And none of this has anything to do with the  
> actual topic of the relevance of the xtalk programming family.  That  
> is sad.

In case you're wondering, I'd like to confirm that you *are* now just  
blathering to the group.

But you got this much right pertaining to your own comments...

> And none of this has anything to do with the actual topic of the  
> relevance of the xtalk programming family.  That is sad.



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Troy
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