Comments on: A Twitter-Tirade http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade Keeping an eye on Dave Winer Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Maniac on a Mac http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade/comment-page-1#comment-1253 Maniac on a Mac Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:15:47 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade#comment-1253 <p>The royal "we" is an interesting insight into what lies behind a lot of these outbursts and general nastiness.</p> <p>Jason, Adam: both made millions + set up real companies with real funding based on technology Dave believes he "invented".</p> <p>Dave has his Scripting News Inc., and uses the royal "we" as its not really a company and has no funding. FlickrFan isn't a start-up product, though it was always described as "we're releasing today...".</p> <p>UserLand et. al. is long gone, and Dave has seen a lot of people get rich and lead interesting lives based on technology he was involved with. He hasn't got anything truly to show for it (other than selling Weblogs.com under a cloud of controversy).</p> <p>Jason wakes up as a CEO. Adam wakes up as a CEO. Dave wakes up without a job.</p> <p>This is what's behind all this IMHO.</p> The royal “we” is an interesting insight into what lies behind a lot of these outbursts and general nastiness.

Jason, Adam: both made millions + set up real companies with real funding based on technology Dave believes he “invented”.

Dave has his Scripting News Inc., and uses the royal “we” as its not really a company and has no funding. FlickrFan isn’t a start-up product, though it was always described as “we’re releasing today…”.

UserLand et. al. is long gone, and Dave has seen a lot of people get rich and lead interesting lives based on technology he was involved with. He hasn’t got anything truly to show for it (other than selling Weblogs.com under a cloud of controversy).

Jason wakes up as a CEO. Adam wakes up as a CEO. Dave wakes up without a job.

This is what’s behind all this IMHO.

]]> By: Don't Shoot the Messenger http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade/comment-page-1#comment-1252 Don't Shoot the Messenger Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:06:40 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade#comment-1252 <p>http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/03/27/the-twitter-effect-dont-shoot-the-messenger/</p> http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/03/27/the-twitter-effect-dont-shoot-the-messenger/

]]> By: Gustaf Erikson http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade/comment-page-1#comment-1250 Gustaf Erikson Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:44:53 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade#comment-1250 <p>I've been bugged by the royal we in Winer's posts lately. It's a cheap way of implying that your ideas have a wide acceptance, but I find people who agree with Dave about as strange as those who prefer Internet Explorer to Firefox.</p> I’ve been bugged by the royal we in Winer’s posts lately. It’s a cheap way of implying that your ideas have a wide acceptance, but I find people who agree with Dave about as strange as those who prefer Internet Explorer to Firefox.

]]> By: EyeOnWiner http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade/comment-page-1#comment-1249 EyeOnWiner Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:13:46 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade#comment-1249 <p>...but as one might expect, he doesn't actually have the, uh, fortitude to go ahead and buy Mahalo to fire him. He threatens with the Royal 'We' as if just saying it makes hordes of like-minded people appear from thin air to help him in his endeavors.</p> …but as one might expect, he doesn’t actually have the, uh, fortitude to go ahead and buy Mahalo to fire him. He threatens with the Royal ‘We’ as if just saying it makes hordes of like-minded people appear from thin air to help him in his endeavors.

]]> By: Bullshit Mancuso http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade/comment-page-1#comment-1248 Bullshit Mancuso Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:53:52 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/a-twitter-tirade#comment-1248 <p>True to form, Winer goes after Calacanis by threatening to go after his job.</p> True to form, Winer goes after Calacanis by threatening to go after his job.

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