It is a "web log"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

It details our experience with 4 major companies. And it is mostly my own personal experience.

Are you allowed to share their comments with us?

Oh, just for the readers of the article - perhaps a bit more should be explained about Edelman and about how ABT was blacklisted, and how NV does not blacklist sites (after a glitch with one other site a couple years ago).

i wanted to drive home just ONE point. The other 3 companies act ethically with their social media policy. AMD is out of line by not enforcing their policy even though they have PROOF that their employees are posting on tech forums.

There is a link to Edelman using stealth viral marketing in my blog. And there was no need to mention Nvidia again

i would expect that if readers have questions on my blog they will ask them in the comments section.
So far, not a single public comment


If i don't say "who"


"Good analysis" and "Great article man, lotsa work!"

And this is from people that i respect. It may also have much more far reaching consequences in a positive sense for ABT than i ever imagined. In this case i see the outworking of the old proverb:
One door shuts but many others open

Our message is going viral.

http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stock ... of=4&off=1
http://boardreader.com/thread/AMDs_role ... 1bmlr.html

The one at Yahoo is current - and very positive toward our message. And this is just from our forum thread without them seeing today's blog. Apparently they don't like AMD's lack of ethics. i think AMD may see a real backlash unless they are proactive now.

Nobody likes being fooled.

Uh-oh, the stock board! All the more reason for AMD to quickly resolve their ethics (at least enforce it, terminate relations with Edelman, AND reverse the blacklisting of ABT).

That's the ticket. Hit them in their wallets and man o man will you have their attention. If they don't act quickly and honestly, there is a danger of an AMD boycott of their products. Eventually could happen. Viral expansion is a powerful thing. And people seem to be upset over it. Vote with your wallets and holy hell will they listen.

i don't know about a boycott. What i expect is that ANYONE trying to saying positive things about AMD on a (really independent - not a shill-protected safe-house like VC&G) tech forum will get told to StFU as a stealth employee - whether they are or not.

For every action, there is a reaction ... although it is not necessarily in proportion to the action
(sorry, einstein; we are talking about emotions, not physics)


Speaking of the protected safe house of the viral shill forum ....
... they are awfully quiet over there (for a change).

They're in a meeting.

Prepare for the invasion Mark