openswitch

I first read about Shyfter on Read Write Web. I followed a bunch of the links and read what people had to say about this whole thing and I’ve come to a conclusion: you should feel free to steal my content.

So, from what I can gather, Shyfter is a web app that takes people’s content, posts it on their site and then lets people comment on it. Seems to me like it’s more of a really cool feed reader on steroids.

Some people are complaining and getting some attention for it. Squeaky wheels and all that. But after reading their points of view the major objection to Shyfter and content theft in general I’ve realized that it all comes down to one thing: money. Those who are whining the loudest are the ones who have the BS job of “professional blogger.” And if they’re not “professional bloggers” then they’re aspiring “professional bloggers.”

Makes my twitch.

Frankly, I’m with Scoble, realizing that the era of blogger’s control over their content is over. As a matter of fact, I’ve believed this to be true for some time now, hence the Creative Commons Licensing of my site.

Y’all need to quit your whining and focus on creating something new and interesting. If you do that you’ll never need to worry about people riding your coat tails, you’ll be wearing the coat.