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Macrumors members quoted in CIO Today
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they should have at least contacted an adminstrator, or arn imo. That was pretty funny, but that guy is right but i know i'll be one of the ones to actually pay the fee, like most out there that have a pre-n router.
It's easier than randomly interviewing people in the street to see if any care about this?
No need. This is exactly the kind of usage that fair dealing/fair use is there to protect.
With all due respect to MR, quoting us is not necessarily good journalism, apart from using the material in the context of consumer reactions/opinions.
You don't even hear much more popular forums getting quoted by news outlets - they prefer blogs, especially considering how silly many of our handles sound in a serious context.
You don't even hear much more popular forums getting quoted by news outlets - they prefer blogs, especially considering how silly many of our handles sound in a serious context.
Granted a quick search could reveal this thread to the author of this article, but maybe the author is a fellow MacRumors user!!
With all due respect to MR, quoting us is not necessarily good journalism, apart from using the material in the context of consumer reactions/opinions.
You don't even hear much more popular forums getting quoted by news outlets - they prefer blogs, especially considering how silly many of our handles sound in a serious context.
But you need to find out people's reactions to news regarding an Apple product that very few people know anything about. Where are they going to find numerous people who know about the very latest Apple news and rumours. Standing outside an Apple Store won't work because you're not really going to get the most knowledgeable people answering the question.
In some ways, going to a board like MacRumours is a great decision on their part.
Exactly.
Even people who are grabbed on the street for an opinion offer some pretty stupid "insights" sometimes. Quoting a forum, where anybody can say just about anything, is very poor "journalism".
If they wanted to "quote" people in the aggregate, such as, "Reactions to the iPhone at Macrumors.com forums were highly positive," that's a different story.
In other news, the iPod is destined to be a colossal failure.
Vox populi is a medical term for what's commonly called "lazy journalist's disease."