[sailormoon]

Scoble, no disrespect, because I actually quite like you. You're one of the most successful "Me, Inc." people I've ever seen. But what do you do all day?

I'll tell you what I do. I develop software. What do you do? You're a PR hound - a very good one, I must say.

You're a PR hound trying to underline the importance of PR hounds like yourself. That is not, in and of itself, a bad thing. But you must understand that many, if not most, startups simply do not have the manpower to do that kind of thing.

Diverting precious resources to assign someone to read and respond to 500 twitter feeds seems like the worst thing a startup could do. And it's a bad sign, of no product and all marketing. That might be great for some companies. But it's not a panacea and should definitely not be a blanket recommendation.

[_pius]

Diverting precious resources to assign someone to read and respond to 500 twitter feeds seems like the worst thing a startup could do. And it's a bad sign, of no product and all marketing.

It's probably just a sign of marketing, saying nothing one way or another about your product.

[sailormoon]

Yeah, it could actually be a good sign - it says you've got money to burn, so someone obviously believes in you.

That's all very well. But Scoble tries to label it a sign of cluelessness, when in actuality it's a rational ROI decision.