Comments on: The Schwag Set http://gigaom.com/2005/01/22/the-schwag-set/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The cost of ethics: Influence peddling in the blogosphere | JD Lasica (new) http://gigaom.com/2005/01/22/the-schwag-set/#comment-100008 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:02:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/01/22/the-schwag-set/#comment-100008 [...] Malik, a blogger, author and tech reporter for Business 2.0 magazine, laid into the Silicon Valley 100 last month when it was disclosed that 100 influential members of the Bay [...]

]]> By: Ross Mayfield's Weblog http://gigaom.com/2005/01/22/the-schwag-set/#comment-100006 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/01/22/the-schwag-set/#comment-100006 Free Crap

I’m honored to be included in The Silicon Valley 100, a group of influentials formed by Auren Hoffman that gets free crap.

COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Joi Ito

om, you make some good points, but “I am going to selectively monitor and remove the feeds of some of bloggers-among-the-Schwag-set”…? Are you serious?

COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Om Malik

Well maybe not you Joi or Ross, because I have a certain amount of trust in your stuff. but there is a lot of people who i don’t know, and only trust what they write, and if i am wondering about what they are saying is not result of some schwag, well then why not be on guard… it is after all a “relationship”

COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Nouveau – Interesting New Stuff

Er… sorry fella, but a bidet is *not* a shitter. Shitting in your bidet is a bit like shitting in your sink.

]]> By: SFist http://gigaom.com/2005/01/22/the-schwag-set/#comment-100007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/01/22/the-schwag-set/#comment-100007 Ballin’ Bay Bloggers to be Beset with Bling

The ghost of Malcolm Gladwell has come to haunt Silicon Valley tastemakers. You know those schwag-bags you’re always hearing about on Defamer? It’s all part of massaging the ‘Connectors,’ the folks of style and influence who supposedly have more to…

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