thought for the day

Can't help thinking these feelings about Google's business model echo the initial thoughts about social media that I kicked this research off with. Ultimately, social media tools support malfunctioning business models and encourage 'loose relationships' between all businesses and their customers.

The The Guardian online 23 October 2009:

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Murdoch himself has said he wants to bring in paywalls to fix the media's "malfunctioning" business model, while former Times editor Robert Thomson – now running the Wall Street Journal – has lashed out at Google on several occasions for what he says is a parasitic attitude towards mainstream media.

Yesterday, Thomson repeated his attacks - telling Google vice president Marissa Meyer that she encouraged a loose relationship between media companies and consumers.

"Marissa unintentionally encourages promiscuity," he said. "The whole Google model is based on digital disloyalty – about disloyalty to creators."

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