A Different Troll: The New Media Douchebag

Posted by on Nov 12, 2009 in blog, Business Tips, Videos | 10 comments

I Tweeted about Seth Godin’s blog post on “Trolls” earlier and now, this video regarding new media douchebags has me laughing.

Know people like this? I do. The creator of this video, who can be found at Cinnamon Pants, has a few of these “in Plain English” videos and I love them. A lot. I also love Seth’s post (link above) a lot. These are simple ways to get a powerful message across without trolling or being a “new media douchebag.”

Why do you think the Internet breeds this sort of activity?

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  • http://twitter.com/paulcopcutt Paul Copcutt-Sqr.Peg

    Erin – I loved this one too – and wrote an angry post You Can't Handle The Truth About Personal Branding associated with it – http://tinyurl.com/y8bzmow – see I am part of the problem now – and that makes me angry too! Seriously though for me it comes a point of frustration, but I feel there might be three reasons:1. Now that what I have been working hard at doing for over 5 years has become more popular there are numerous pretenders claiming to be the perfect solution. I am sure with your success you have seen the same thing. Yes, it's competition, and that is healthy, but it gets harder to be heard – so sometimes we have to shout a bit louder. 2. Another reason I believe might well be the frustration with the general way the economy, business and leadership (or lack thereof) is heading. In the infamous words of Peter Finch “I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore”. I was surprised not to see rioting in the streets of some western countries this summer. Social media has allowed everyone to have a very public voice on the matter. 3. Finally many social media douchebags are telling you to be heard you have to 'upset the apple cart' , be contrarian and stand out – BUT MAKE SURE YOU ARE SHOUTING. For some it works, but for most they just look like docuhebags too! Just my toonies worth.

  • http://twitter.com/paulcopcutt Paul Copcutt-Sqr.Peg

    Erin – I loved this one too – and wrote an angry post You Can't Handle The Truth About Personal Branding associated with it – http://tinyurl.com/y8bzmow
    – see I am part of the problem now – and that makes me angry too!

    Seriously though for me it comes a point of frustration, but I feel there might be three reasons:

    1. Now that what I have been working hard at doing for over 5 years has become more popular there are numerous pretenders claiming to be the perfect solution. I am sure with your success you have seen the same thing. Yes, it's competition, and that is healthy, but it gets harder to be heard – so sometimes we have to shout a bit louder.

    2. Another reason I believe might well be the frustration with the general way the economy, business and leadership (or lack thereof) is heading. In the infamous words of Peter Finch “I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore”. I was surprised not to see rioting in the streets of some western countries this summer. Social media has allowed everyone to have a very public voice on the matter.

    3. Finally many social media douchebags are telling you to be heard you have to 'upset the apple cart' , be contrarian and stand out – BUT MAKE SURE YOU ARE SHOUTING. For some it works, but for most they just look like docuhebags too!

    Just my toonies worth.

  • http://www.adelaidedj.com/ dj adelaide

    i hope no one thinks of me as one of these “new media douchebags” although, it's true, i can be a bit of a douce ;)

  • http://www.adelaidedj.com/ dj adelaide

    i hope no one thinks of me as one of these “new media douchebags” although, it's true, i can be a bit of a douce ;)

  • http://thesavvyva.com/ Kathleen

    Luv it Erin!! LOL I ran into one of these a week or two ago. Get a life New Media Douchebags!

  • http://thesavvyva.com/ Kathleen

    Luv it Erin!! LOL I ran into one of these a week or two ago.

    Get a life New Media Douchebags!

  • http://www.darrenrhill.com/ DarrenRHill

    Thanks for sharing, a great find

  • http://www.darrenrhill.com DarrenRHill

    Thanks for sharing, a great find

  • http://BeSocialWorldwide.com DawnTrenee

    This is truly a great video

  • dawntrenee

    This is truly a great video