Selling yourself on the internet

wendell borton

When we post on the internet are we selling ourselves? I was watching the excellent documentary "all watched over by machines of ever loving grace" when this piece was quoted -

"It is fashionable to suggest that cyberspace is some island of the blessed where people are free to indulge and express their individuality. This is not true. I have seen many people spill out their emotions, their guts online, and I did so myself until I began to see that I had commodified myself.
Commodification means that you turn something into a product that has a money value. In the nineteenth century commodities were made in factories by workers who were mostly exploited. I created my interior thoughts as commodities for the corporations that owned the board that I was posting to, like Compuserve or AOL and that commodity was then sold on to other consumer entities as entertainment
Cyberspace is a black hole. It absorbs energy and personality and then re- presents it as an emotional spectacle. It is done by businesses that commodify human interaction and emotion and we are getting lost in the spectacle…”
-Humdog http://alphavilleherald.com/2004/05/introducing_hum.html

it sums up what the internet has become.

The_Valeyard

After a few drinks on Saturday my head felt like a black hole.

FloatingVoter

I did sell myself online. Google paid me €10,000 to stop letting down the tone of the place.

Tail Docker

The pays shyte.

Cantremember

Tail Docker wrote: »

The pays shyte.

You're paid shyte for selling yourself on the net? And your name is Tail Docker? :eek:

The_Valeyard

Benefits of the internet far outweigh the negatives

Easy shopping
Easy Expression
Easy Gaming
Easy Communication
Easy Porn Access
Easy legal film & music download
Easy News service
Easy way to update PC
Easy Easy Easy Easy


Negatives? D*ickish behavour by the tiny minority.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I sell myself on MeBay.

Saralee4

"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. "

Tail Docker

Cantremember wrote: »

You're paid shyte for selling yourself on the net? And your name is Tail Docker? :eek:

I dunno, I can't remember.

The Diabolical Monocle

I use ad block and don't think Ive ever bought anything as a result of internet advertising alone evar, they'll have to co-modify harder.

jimgoose

Oh just fcuk off.

Clandestine

I don't think its a business thing, I think its a narcissism thing. People love and crave attention, so they post banal s*** online for others to notice. Simple as.

bnt

This reminds me of all that "Web 2.0" talk from a decade ago. The "brand of me", the idea that everything you do online should reflect the job you want. "Always be selling", with yourself as the item on sale. Never appealed to me - images of prostitution spring to mind. Maybe I can do some things that others pay me to do, but those things are not me i.e. I am not for sale.

Birneybau

The_Valeyard wrote: »

After a few drinks on Saturday my head felt like a black hole.

And if it had been Guinness...

DrGreenthumb

The key in internet pimpin,

get a group of girls (the prettier the better)

set up a internet "cafe" in a old hostel,

let the girls flaunt about on various cam sites while you rake in the cash and give them a percentage,

it's my 5 year plan