Trolling the Thought Leaders! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 07:36:55 am
content: It started out oh-so innocently, someone retweeted me some dude with 200K twitter followers promoting Wi-Charge, so I thought I'd link in my video as a responsehttps://twitter.com/evankirstel/status/1016000894855499777Then when I went to check out who this guy was, turns out he's one of the industries leading "Thought Leaders"! Wow!http://www.evankirstel.com/QuoteWe are not worthy!So I couldn't help myself and tweeted back:Evan didn't like that one bit!He replied mumbling something about now he knows why Melbourne is better than Sydney, and then promptly blocks meBut of course that wasn't the end of it, oh no, one of his thought leader buddies comes in like a knight in shining armour!https://twitter.com/dez_blanchfieldhttp://dez.blanchfield.com.au/who seems strangely obsessed with Butterflieshttps://twitter.com/dez_blanchfield/status/1017787656090968069This starts getting fun!More butterflies!And he tries to rope in another one of their thought leaders!This could get interesting, feel free to come and join in the conversation

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 07:45:06 am
content: More butterflies!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 07:46:26 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on July 14, 2018, 07:36:55 amThat Klout score he boasts about,https://www.businessinsider.com.au/klout-scoring-system-for-social-media-influence-shutting-down-2018-5?r=US&IR=T

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 07:53:44 am
content: I wonder how many of those followers are actual people. I have trouble believing that people selling tweets for hire to anyone bringing cash wouldn't do the same on the other end.

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 07:55:40 am
content: He just looks like any other clueless idiot growing his or her social network.QuoteReally, fuck off. That's all I have to say on the subject.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 08:00:39 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 14, 2018, 07:53:44 amI can't see them because he's blocked me:https://twitter.com/evankirstel/followers

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 08:32:55 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on July 14, 2018, 08:00:39 amI'm not on Twitter, but he's following over 200K people, while being followed by slightly less. That reeks of a social circle jerk. I looked up Bill Gates and Elon Musk and neither follows more than 200 people. I checked a few more influential people in politics and entertainment and it's all similar. Nobody follows thousands of other people.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 09:00:09 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 14, 2018, 08:32:55 amYep, let alone 200,000. Circle jerk alright.LinkedIn used to be useful until it turned into the same thing.And the 683,000 tweets is more link a re-tweeting bot than a human "thought leader".

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 09:23:14 am
content: He (or his bot) tweets some bollocks tech link every 15 minutes or so. 680K tweets.Value add = 0.It must be exhausting keeping up with this shit for his 200k authentic A* genuine C-level industry leader followers.

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 10:03:50 am
content: Thought Leader: Someone who follows others' thoughts and ideas, because they don't have any of their own.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 10:36:41 am
content: I don't think that you are supposed to ask marketing wankers, people who speak in buzzwords and general bullshit distributors to look at reality from an engineering point of view... You are just supposed to act excited (retweet and share) at every bullshit idea, regardless of feasibility, usefulness and other issues.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 10:55:34 am
content: Dez links to his About doc on twitter:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yAkUHreHnHoA2hZpwqJ9uJJzFcHvNt4g/edit

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 10:56:28 am
content: Quote from: daqq on July 14, 2018, 10:36:41 amYeah, I think that's how it's supposed to work.I'm a naughty boy.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 10:59:37 am
content: Quote from: Howardlong on July 14, 2018, 09:23:14 amYup, 100%Does anyone here on twitter tolerate even their most favorite person tweeting a new link filled with hash tags every 15 minutes?I un-followed many people I've liked on twitter because the volume got too much, or the talk went in a direction I didn't like.Maybe everyone just Mutes him?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 11:10:00 am
content: A tad ironic:

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 12:05:48 pm
content: Some people would say the Kardashians are Thought Leaders...

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 01:09:57 pm
content: In a world full of that kind of people, how do people stay sane?

author: SparkyFX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 01:51:09 pm
content: Too many butterflies for a legit FDA approval?The posting of cute animal pictures is (obviously) some form of expressing dissent by diverting and not getting into an argument. I mean it is ridiculous and childish, any arguing about it can be interpreted in an ambigous way (from the senders point of view, he is ridculing you as conversational partner, jamming the feeds of his followers or just posting cute animal pictures, at the same time can explain it as trying to de-escalate). It probably means you entered "his" sandbox there, better watch out who has the sandmolds. Maybe someone needs to explain that physics is kind of a beyond the pale thing.I ran across the term "thought leadership" quite a few times, and as hilarious it is in itself, it usually means marketing lingo for tweeting more per hour than everyone else about their paying customer...?! Good job, justa tad overusing a bot.However, these gentleman often have a problem with the naked truth, which is an inevitable fact in a STEM field.

author: rhb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 11:23:38 pm
content: The degree of narcissism that social media has fostered is truly astonishing.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 11:38:02 pm
content: Quote from: rhb on July 14, 2018, 11:23:38 pmIt might be related to narcissism, but it seems more it's just another type low grade business, or something not quite a scam. You first buy a lot of followers or enter yourself into a circle jerk ring, then you boast to others how much followers you have and monetize your supposed influence. Record companies buying their own records to boost it in the charts are basically doing the same, or companies that buy television time only to advertise with "as seen on TV".

author: MT
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 15, 2018, 12:02:59 am
content: Im at the age when various people report "even numbers" all my alarm bells rings at once! Besides i like butterflys!The hunt and escape dance between the bat outside my window and various butterflys are spectacular.