When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd • Hacker News Board

Re: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

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Post by xyzzy123 » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 5:17 AM UTC

codezero wrote: post #29

kmfrk wrote: post #18

Could someone volunteer to grab a screenshot of the Quora thread in question? Those gated communities are driving me crazy.

http://www.quora.com/TEDx/Is-Randy-Powell-saying-anything-in... It's not gated if you add share=1.

Thanks for the link. I just read that and discovered the "turbo encabulator" (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=turbo+encabulato...). I am enjoying this a lot more than TED.

Re: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

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Post by icelancer » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 9:25 AM UTC

kalethrowaway wrote: post #63

Ah, but we already knew TEDx =/= TED

Who is "we?" You and I?

Great. Now how about all the other people who see it?

Re: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

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Post by smutticus » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 9:28 AM UTC

s_baby wrote: post #13

rye wrote: post #7

I stopped caring about TED talks when it became clear that people were more interested in promoting themselves rather than 'ideas worth spreading'. Too many posers looking for that epic photo of them on-stage with the head mic attached.

TED is forcing the speakers into promotion mode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hwLMBdnbXk

I came here to post this video. Anyone wondering how TED should change its ways needs to see this video.

Re: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

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Post by dagw » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 12:09 PM UTC

kalethrowaway wrote: post #63

Ah, but we already knew TEDx =/= TED

When TEDx hit my town last year, basically everybody I knew called it the "TED conference" when talking about it. I even did it myself even though I technically know better. Also all the promo material the organizers put up made it look like a TED event and made no attempt to explain what TEDx was or how it differentiated from TED.

Re: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

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Post by nikcub » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 12:39 PM UTC

astrodust wrote: post #45

codezero wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.quora.com/TEDx/Is-Randy-Powell-saying-anything-in... It's not gated if you add share=1.

Don't people go to jail for things like that?

just don't increment the 1 and you will be safe

Re: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

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Post by mvkel » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 3:51 PM UTC

What people need to realize is TEDx has very little to do with TED itself.

Anyone can hold a TEDx event as long as they're convincing curators. They license the TED brand. They can choose anyone as a presenter; the quality is inherently lower because of this. It's not the fault of TED per se, or its main organizers.

That said, let us not forget that this year's TED featured dolphins talking to elephants via Google Hangout. It's all about taking risks!

Re: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

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Post by mh- » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 4:01 PM UTC

nikcub wrote: post #85

astrodust wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't people go to jail for things like that?

just don't increment the 1 and you will be safe

and if you do increment the 1 and end up with a customer database, don't try to sell it on IRC

Re: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

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Post by coldarchon » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 6:47 PM UTC

I stopped watching TED talks after I heard Sarah Silverman speaking about her own little warm shower she got from the pubic hair of her mum ..

Re: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

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Post by tekromancr » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 12:27 AM UTC

xk_id wrote: post #41

tekromancr wrote: post #36

I am glad to see that I wasn't the only one who thought the Vortex Mathematics thing was a joke.

I'd be worried to know you had any doubts.

I didn't have any doubts that it was stupid. I had doubts that the person performing the talk was genuine.