Is Outsourcing My Pownce Identity Smart?

Heh. The Pownce identity saga continues - with this post from the Chris Pirillo proxy (who doesn’t appear to be malicious, and raises good points):

Why would anyone be the fake Chris Pirillo? Well, unless you are a Chris Pirillo, Leo Laporte, Robert Scoble or whoever… you will never be able to build up a network of “friends” to spam URL’s to. Ok, just kidding. But, then again…

There are many problems with sites like Twitter, Pownce and Jaiku. The first one I find annoying is how the so called A-listers seem to dominate them. It all ends up the same turning into a silly popularity contest with a bunch of “friends” agreeing to every single thing the A-lister’s say.

I think it would be nice if the “F-listers” of Pownce, Twitter, etc. to be able to have some power from time to time.

Do you ever get sick of people like Robert Scoble or Jason Calacanis crowdsourcing you for their benefit?

Maybe I’m not making sense… if not, I’ll clarify in the replies.

Overall, I think the big problem is the A-Listers don’t give their fans enough credit. How can they give us credit? Well, you could start by plugging us more!

If it weren’t for us readers/listeners you’d be nothing. Why not feature a reader’s blog or something from time to time? Be thankful for your success… and share the love!

First, I do my best to give credit where credit is due - whether in our live chat room, recorded videos, blog posts, etc. Links are all over the place where warranted - but some of us don’t know what you do until you take the time to tell us, without any kind of expectation or pressure of sharing what you’ve done with others. I don’t sign up for every available social network (I still do not have a Pownce account, for example).

I do, however, like the Chris Pirillo proxy’s idea here, and am wondering if we could do something in conjunction with one another (officially) if s/he is willing? Problem is, this Chris Pirillo is not me - he’s someone who I think means well, but may not be going about it the right way (pretending to be someone else can be considered a misdemeanor in some cases).

If this person’s legal name is not Chris Pirillo, and he’s using my trademarked logo to lead others (friends or not) to believe that this is an account controlled by me. I don’t necessarily want to shut this guy down, but I do want to encourage him to state outwardly that he’s not me (perhaps only me by proxy).

What’s perhaps even more shocking (and WHOLLY disappointing) is the extreme lack of action or communication on the part of “Megatechtronium” - so I’m to assume that they’re clueless that this is (a) happening, and (b) a potentially gigantic problem. That would keep me away from Pownce more than anything.

On the crowdsourcing concern, you might note that Lockergnome is currently undergoing a radical transformation that we hope to have ready in time for Gnomedex (though with Subwolf’s stroke, those plans may be suspended). Bottom line is: I’m working on a way that any qualified individual can blog about whatever they like and generate revenue and rank with a minimum amount of effort. Internal beta tests have been VERY promising. More on that soon!