Robert Scoble and the Egosphere

Posted on May 21, 2008
Filed Under Web 2.0 Kool Aid |

You don’t have to be incredibly perceptive to notice that some of the more popular “personalities” (if you can call them that) in the small world of the technology blogosphere have humorously large egos.

In my opinion, the technology blogosphere is no longer even best described as an echo chamber; it’s best described as a circle jerk.

To a certain extent, I believe that it now serves little purpose beyond stoking the egos of a handful of people who are not only out of touch with reality, but out of touch with their place in it.

Showing off the World Wide Talk Show to Media Bistro

Today I gave a talk which is getting lots of kudos at the Media Bistro Circus here in New York. I showed a ton of stuff including Qik, Asterpix, Seesmic, FriendFeed, Twitter, Twittervision, Dotsub, Fast Company.tv, Snackr, and Twhirl.

Allen Stern at Centernetworks filmed it and said nice things about me, which I greatly appreciate. He said “I captured his entire discussion (~15 minutes) and it’s worth watching.”

This pompous, self-congratulatory and useless blog post is the work of none other than Robert Scoble. Why is this not surprising?

Of course, his post is just a single perfect example of just how childish, swollen-headed and downright narcissistic the technology blogosphere has become.

He might just as well have posted:

Showing off

Today I gave a brilliant lecture which is getting lots of praise at the Media Bistro Circus here in New York. I demonstrated my knowledge of all the coolest Internet services by showing a ton of stuff including Qik, Asterpix, Seesmic, FriendFeed, Twitter, Twittervision, Dotsub, Fast Company.tv, Snackr, and Twhirl.

Allen Stern at Centernetworks filmed it and said nice things about me, which really gives me the external approval I need to feel good as a human being. He said “I captured his entire discussion (~15 minutes) and it’s worth watching.” It really is and I’d encourage you to watch it and send me kudos as well.

This really wouldn’t have been much different than what he did post. They both scream “Look at me!” and on a Freudian level are probably in some way asking, “Are you proud of me now, dad?”

I’m reading far less of the technology blogosphere these days and am actually relying primarily on others to point me in the direction of truly interesting posts because the amount of useful and insightful information seems to have almost completely evaporated.

It has been replaced, in large part, by delusions of grandeur. And contrary to what John Atkinson thinks, the world is not interested.

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9 Responses to “Robert Scoble and the Egosphere”

  1. Brittney Bean on May 21st, 2008 1:05 pm

    Thank you for the mental image of Scoble, et al in a circle jerk. My eyes are burning.

  2. me on May 21st, 2008 5:10 pm

    Love your stuff.

    I’d love for you to do an in-depth report on “Personal Branding”.

  3. Jay on May 22nd, 2008 9:59 pm

    Welcome to Hype 2.0 by Personalities 2.0

  4. Cyndy Aleo-Carreira on May 24th, 2008 6:59 am

    In other words, you are being lazy about generating content for your own posts. ;)

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