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Commentary
Giving Thanks To Our Broken Industry
by Maarten Albarda
, Featured Contributor,
November 21, 2016
It is Thanksgiving this week, and it is customary to share what you’re thankful for. So here goes:
I am thankful that Joseph Jaffe and myself got it right when we predicted in late
2013 that the zero-paid media model (using the "marketing real estate" you control, including your social …
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Ari Rosenberg from Performance Pricing Holdings, LLC,
November 21, 2016 at 1:33 p.m.
well played my fellow contributor, well played -- not sure you read today by apparently Sylvestor Stallone died today -- I saw the headline in an ad on Yahoo so it must be true :) -- keep fighting the good fight Maarten we'll get there.
Maarten Albarda from Flock Associates (USA),
November 21, 2016 at 2:36 p.m.
WARNING: (and this is not fake, but based on personal experience) DO NOT click on the fake news sites. Apparently many come riddled with FAKE ransomware pop-ups. Even thought the pop-up will say your computer is infected and that restarting won't help, just restart your computer. If you have a good anti-virus program nothing will happen, just the annoyance of having to restart your computer.
Paula Lynn from Who Else Unlimited,
November 21, 2016 at 3:56 p.m.
Yes, we are just human animals who have evolved from the amoeba, but at least they know who their true selves. Read it on the internet....well, at least half of that statement.
well played my fellow contributor, well played -- not sure you read today by apparently Sylvestor Stallone died today -- I saw the headline in an ad on Yahoo so it must be true :) -- keep fighting the good fight Maarten we'll get there.
Ari
WARNING: (and this is not fake, but based on personal experience) DO NOT click on the fake news sites. Apparently many come riddled with FAKE ransomware pop-ups. Even thought the pop-up will say your computer is infected and that restarting won't help, just restart your computer. If you have a good anti-virus program nothing will happen, just the annoyance of having to restart your computer.
Yes, we are just human animals who have evolved from the amoeba, but at least they know who their true selves. Read it on the internet....well, at least half of that statement.
Always love the pieces you contribute! We try to do what we can, even when we are just a voice crying in the wilderness...