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Would you write honest opinons of Products if they were given to you?

Posted by geeknews at 4:11 PM on January 23, 2005

I have been so busy that I missed this. Seems a elite group of people in silicon valley will be getting some cool gadgets and products for free. The only deal they have to write whether they like the items or not. My question is why not give some of these devices to people that are down in the trenches instead of the famous, rich and well connected. Let these people test and evaluate the product and produce a review that average people can trust.

I don’t want to hear what some corporate big shot has to say about a product but I do think those that are not connected, do not have wide stock portfolio’s and are on all the “A” list have my best interest at heart. Will I trust what my neighbor has to say “Yes” do I trust what some company executive has to say “not as much”.

These 100 elite testers get to keep the products. I hope they do the right thing and since they can afford it they should send the device after they test it to a variety of bloggers and see if our opinions match what they have to say. This would balance the playing field.\

Like the Apprentice on TV now Trump was smart in putting the college educated up against the street smart high school graduates. He understands marketing and these people would do well to include some common folk on the evaluation of their products. [MSNBC]

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9 Comments

  1. From Surfbits at 6:53 pm on January 23, 2005

    I’m so proud of you grasshopper, you’ve come a long way. :-)

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  2. From Digital Man's Outtakes at 7:17 pm on January 23, 2005

    Why do they get all the loot?

    You know it is just amazing how people that are able to be early adopters of new technology can afford the gadgets that sometimes aren t even out yet. Fact of the matter is most of them can…

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  3. From Digital Man's Outtakes at 7:17 pm on January 23, 2005

    Why do they get all the loot?

    You know it is just amazing how people that are able to be early adopters of new technology can afford the gadgets that sometimes aren t even out yet. Fact of the matter is most of them can…

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  4. From Digital Man's Outtakes at 7:17 pm on January 23, 2005

    Why do they get all the loot?

    You know it is just amazing how people that are able to be early adopters of new technology can afford the gadgets that sometimes aren t even out yet. Fact of the matter is most of them can…

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  5. From Steve Holden's Weblog at 1:58 pm on January 24, 2005

    Technology Reviews by Bloggers

    I have been reading 43 Folders since early Dec04, and it is pretty good site for getting new ideas on how-to-do David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD).The author has listed some reasons on how a vender might get their tool

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  6. From Steve Holden's Weblog at 1:58 pm on January 24, 2005

    Technology Reviews by Bloggers

    I have been reading 43 Folders since early Dec04, and it is pretty good site for getting new ideas on how-to-do David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD).The author has listed some reasons on how a vender might get their tool

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  7. From Steve Holden's Weblog at 1:58 pm on January 24, 2005

    Technology Reviews by Bloggers

    I have been reading 43 Folders since early Dec04, and it is pretty good site for getting new ideas on how-to-do David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD).The author has listed some reasons on how a vender might get their tool

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  8. From bankrupt artist v.3 at 2:07 pm on January 24, 2005

    Ethical decisions aren’t always black and white

    The “Silicon Valley 100″ marketing plan has been mentioned a lot over the past week or so, and it’s nothing I see as unusual on the surface. This is one of the biggest perks that ever existed in journalism; being the reviewer whose job it was to r…

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  9. From public(MIND) at 8:40 am on January 25, 2005

    Corporate spin = blogging buzz?

    Who is setting the agenda, who is creating good image, reputation and costumer relationships? Well, of course one of my…

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