Sponsored Convo Twitter-style

So, as my Social Networking & Business class is over I am definitely not posting much these days. I'm hoping to be live with a new site/blog within the next month or two.

But in the meantime, here's a follow-up on my post on sponsored conversation: sponsored tweets.

Izea is planning a launch of a new ad platform called "Sponsored Tweets." And just like it sounds, this new spinoff will pay people to tweet.

Groan.

In my post on sponsored conversation I really tried to be open-minded about the whole concept and to respect Chris Brogan's argument that it's important to experiment with ways to monetize blogs. But I fear that the desperate throng of people and businesses focused purely on monetizing the social web may destroy the norm of authenticity which has helped make it so great in the first place.

Class is over

My Social Networking & Business class is over now, so it's unclear whether or not I'll be updating this blog with any frequency.

I'm planning to launch a new blog in the near future, focused on the internet and the public sphere. In the meantime, while that is in the works, I may post intermittently here. Or you can follow me on Twitter @wfrick, though I am not a particularly prolific Twitterer.

Re: my previous post - Second Life was absolutely fascinating/insane. It was like World of Warcraft + The Sims + a chat room. I don't know that I really found it all that enjoyable, but I am going to try to make time to log in again soon and explore a little more to try to make sense out of the whole thing.

Blogging for this class has been a lot of fun and I appreciate all those who have come by the site and especially those who have left comments.