Ustream is bringing our economy down
Posted 28 March 2008 @ 3am | Tagged thoughts, ustream
Check this out. There are currently 2500 people viewing Chris Pirillo’s ustream right now. He’s sitting there typing on his computer, checking his email, and making occasional comments. That’s 2500 people, at an average salary of say $30/hour, wasting a collective $1250 per minute, or $75,000 every hour on watching Chris and or chatting about mostly nothing. Maybe I’m going to be proven wrong — like early detractors of email who said it was going to be a waste of time. Live streams can be useful and a great way to do informative talks and conferences, but thousands of people watching someone check their email is just ridiculous. Go do something useful people!
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