Comments on: Hot (not) off the presses

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:15:10 +0000

Hoax or joke? Where is line drawn? I never took the story seriously when I saw it Friday, I can’t believe people would, watch out Alf may run as well.

By: JurisCurious

JurisCurious — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:33:02 +0000

C. Walken is currently out of the country. And yes the website is honest to God real. He’s got my vote. “These booths are made for Walken” (from Fark.com). We need more cowbell in the White House.

By: Nick Douglas

Nick Douglas — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:21:27 +0000

Wow, some folks believed this? Incidentally, whois shows nothing. http://www.whois.net/search.cgi2?str=walken2008

Unless I hear Walken directly quoted by some outlet he’d actually speak to, I’m not buying this.

By: Matthew Hurst

Matthew Hurst — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 02:11:48 +0000

This story, the as yet unknown outcome of the Technorati rumour and the other big story – the comScore report validity – make an interesting point about the blogosphere and the notion of citizen journalism. Memes are all very well (it was interesting to see how the list of take-away points from comScore made it around on their own steam untill Jason Calacanis started asking difficult questions) but understanding the blogosphere requires that we think more about the role that each node in the graph plays. For each post, the poster knows if they are a) starting a new story with new information, b) adding information to an existing stream or c) simply repeating information. All types of posts are interesting ecologically, but they tend to be treated the same.

A blogger has to weight the divergent pressures of doing something quickly (which often leads to c) and adding value (a, b – which take time).

By: Chris Barsanti

Chris Barsanti — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:29:38 +0000

What I find amazing (well, interesting) about the blogosphere is how we have this ocean of information at our disposal and yet most of the sites are linking to the same stories in a daisychain of comment and regurgitation. Not that I’m any different.

By: Steve Rubel

Steve Rubel — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:42:05 +0000

Some folks are saying this a hoax. If it is, then i shows how easily it is to propagate one.

By: Ed Rusch

Ed Rusch — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:52:58 +0000

“As of right now the news media hasnâ€™t really picked up on this one yetâ€¦but they will.”

So what? Could there be anything more meaningless in the news today that Chris Walken has announced he’s running for president? Hell, the news about Fox keeping Paula Abdul on American Idol is bigger.

If this is to impress us on the news judgement of the blogosphere, consider me unimpressed.

Still waiting for that Technorati sale, btw.

By: Edward Teaguezz

Edward Teaguezz — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:20:52 +0000

What he says jives with what the street is saying …maybe this is the new politics, the pols will win but the meesage that gets home is spread by the ersatz pols = actors. Christopher “Braveheart” Walken ? he is 50% Scottish on his mom’s side.