Comments on: cool hunters in reverse

By: solios

solios — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 03:41:10 +0000

Sounds like the userbase Apple has managed to cultivate– a clamouring throng of Cuptertino-branded WE SHOP AT THE GAP BzzAgents running around trying to convince anything on the business end of a laptop, a dell, a whatever that they’re using shit– because Apple Is The New Black, etc.
Funny thing is, these Apple “BzzAgents” are paying a premium for the privelege.

By: Jeff Risley

Jeff Risley — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 02:00:02 +0000

Hugh,
I think I’m on the same page with you regarding BzzAgents. I’m running my own little test of it right now. Check it out here (http://risleyranch.blogs.com/risleyranch/2004/12/more_buzz_about.html) and here (http://risleyranch.blogs.com/risleyranch/2005/01/the_pilgrim_cha.html) and here (http://risleyranch.blogs.com/risleyranch/2005/01/so_i_filed_a_bz.html).
By the way, I loved your post back to “Rose.” Curse on, man.

By: m

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:25:30 +0000

It seems to me that buzzagentry is trying to comodify what people do unpaid. I’m not sure if that will work. Eg my dad enthusastically told me about a cheap and reliable courier and I told a few people about them too. But this is from my desire to pass on good news instead of bad. Will people really believe Buzzagents if they know they are being paid to do it (rather like those people trying to get your bank details for chariidee on the street)? The reason why I started passing on the url of this courier is that I knew that my dad has high standards, had used the service and was very happy about it so I passed on the info to a friend who was moving. Can you PAY for integrity?