WTF?! ...or AT&T can kiss my rss

AT&T is using:

photo courtesy of Brian at Weblogs Work

I'm not even going to START with my this gets my blood boiling...okay...maybe I'll start.

#1 - I blogged about AT&T lame-o campaign a little while back and one of their lackey advertising dorks left a nasty comment on my blog. Something about how a Web 2.0 blogger shouldn't be commenting on his brilliant advertising campaign. Ha! First of all, if they knew their asses from the blogosphere, they would know that my background is in advertising and marketing and that their campaign sux rss.

#2 - Speaking of knowing their asses from the blogosphere, does AT&T have a blog? Actually, I take that back. They do. (that's with a rev="vote-against") Link out ever? Reading blogs regularly would be a good thing. Obviously, they now have trolls doing their vanity searches....not the same thing.

#3 - So, now because they can afford a craptastic billboard, they somehow bring the world blogging. Ya. Right. Hello Winer?! Hello Ev?! Hello every flippin' person who has fought and worked hard to create a beautiful space where citizen media can exist?! No, that's right. You guys don't have billboards, so eff you. It's all about AT&T The people will be thanking heaven that they finally have AT&T to deliver them blogging.

#4 - Co-optation is the best way to bring any revolution to its knees. Is size of the billboard relative to the volume of the death groan? Let's listen closely.

#5 - Fuck you* AT&T and your billion dollar ad budget. Fuck you*. There will come a day when the community owns broadband and all forms of communication pulse through it. While you are crying in your ivory towers, you will wish you saved that money.

*sorry, mom.

Okay...that's just me started.

:: Robert puts his 2 cents nicely here.

:: and no, this is not the case where any buzz = good buzz

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