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Apparently we're wasting our time

Just wanted to throw this up:


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(And I hope the link works otherwise I'll paste it into a comment.)
The intelligent people over at Forbes magazine have decided that we bloggers are a conniving group of liars. Michael Malone -- a popular powerful writer during the dot-com days -- writes a comment about the Forbes piece for ABC News. INteresting read and just thought everyone might like to see how our communities are being perceived.

Disclaimer: I've written about technology for the past 10 years -- so while YLM and I are a bit new to the blogging world, we've been rooting from the sidelines for years!

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Anonymous said…
wah! i don't think the link is working.
Manhattan Mama said…
Hi! My technological skills are found to be lacking! But the link actually works in the title -- go figure! Just click on the title....
Kelly said…
Wow. Just read that article and it is very interesting.
I really hope the guy is right though...
I would love to make money off of blogging! That.Would.Be.Awesome.!
Manhattan Mama said…
Wouldn't It???? If anyone figures out how to squeeze money from our blogs -- share share share!

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