John Paczkowski

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Web 2.0. It's Alive I Tell You! It's Alive!


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  • http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/bluegene.index.html rod sandcones

    It’s funny, you hear the term “monetize” uttered, alot, as of late, and what teh speakers really mean is “exploit”. Substitute “exploit” for “monetize”, and you notice that’s REALLY what these people mean. Commercialization happens, “exploitation” shouldn’t. Sheesh, if users woke up and realize when these people say they want to “monetize” users, what they really mean is exploit users, would users still use?

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— Gabe Newell, co-founder of videogame company Valve, which publishes Portal and Half-Life