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Why TheNextWeb.org matters…

Written on 27th October 2008 21 COMMENTS
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur

Robin Wauters recently moved from being a blogger for TheNextWeb.org to blogging for Techcrunch.com. Yesterday he published a post about MySpace leaving The Netherlands. This is the first comment on that post:

I know, it is JUST one comment but I showed it to Ernst-Jan and said “That is why TheNextWeb.org matters”. Techcrunch.com has 1 million+ RSS subscribers and a large part of those readers have no interest in the rest of the world.

We are here to serve those that ARE interested.

Are YOU interested in the rest of the world?

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By Jerry Houtman on Oct 27, 2008

Hell yeah I am, so just keep on feeding us with news, scoops & insights from ‘the rest of the world’!

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By Joop on Oct 27, 2008

I’d say thenextweb.org has more chance to expand operations to the post US Internet era. Beijng, Israel, Shanghai, Berlin; First hand. Complete the exchange of Mr. Wauters by getting M. Butcher on board. (everyone has their price)

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By Marijn on Oct 27, 2008

It’s because we don’t have oil…..

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By Jelle Kaat on Oct 27, 2008

Yes I am interested! And to Chris: we might look small, but we’re capable of doing great things!!
Don’t think he will read this because of his comment, but who knows…
Keep it going The Next Web!! Good work.

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By dennis on Oct 27, 2008

sure most people care.
it reminds me a bit about a video I recently saw about how Americans percieve the world via the news.
It’s somewhat worrying.

http://www.rechthoek.nl/conten.....t-the-news

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By Luca F. on Oct 27, 2008

I actually took/wasted time and read the other comments this “Chris” dude left…

what a poor idiot, we should buy him a ticket to get out of his cave…

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By Igor on Oct 27, 2008

I know I’m not the only one who doesn’t give a damn about the US.

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By drivingsouth on October 27th, 2008:
yep

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By Cecilia on Oct 27, 2008

I am! And I think it’s great that you point this out. That one comment was pointless and offensive, and I think it speaks greatly of you to have spoken against it.
Thank you!

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By European on Oct 27, 2008

NL is about as important as Oregon, so no, I don’t care that much.. A little bit, but not much. It’s not “the rest of the world” (the rest apart from what, btw?).

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By Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten on October 27th, 2008:
That comment only shows how little you know about the rest of the world.

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By European on October 30th, 2008:
That doesn’t even mean anything.. My point is we’re just not very important, and that’s OUR failure, not “their” ignorance. We’re not good enough at this game to be important, and that has to change. This blog, although a bit amateurish, is part of a drive for that change, and I applaud that, but it’s far from enough. It’s very much a problem of attitude and culture, which is really hard to change.

We should stop whining and start doing things that matter and get noticed. Those ignorant Americans are much, much better at this than us.

(Oh, and MySpace NL.. Seriously, who cares?)

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By Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten on October 30th, 2008:
I agree with your point just not with your way of getting there. Saying that nothing we do matters won’t get us anywhere. Acknowledging that we are actually doing cool stuff too is a good start…

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By European on October 30th, 2008:
I agree completely, although I’m not sure I would classify MySpace as “cool stuff” ;)

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By David Petherick on Oct 27, 2008

I care – and that’s why I contribute here.

I’m more and more aware of the fact that, as an English, Spanish and Russian speaker, and someone who has travelled a great deal more in Europe than elsewhere in the world, I am seeing a cultural and technological sea-change take place which it’s very difficult to interest and educate US-centric people about.

However, economics will change the status of global ignorance about countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China, as well as US knowledge and attitudes regarding Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

That recent ‘banking crisis’ has changed the balance of power – and we’ll see that more and more in the next few years – and I’m sure that thenextweb.org will matter even more.

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By Aleksandra Biolik on Oct 27, 2008

I care! So I guess the Next Web is becoming a blog for the rest of us:)

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By Mircea on Oct 27, 2008

Last week, if I remember well, it was a discussion on Techcrunch about an israeli statup which dealt with soccer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....data-play/

Some of the readers there also didn’t give a damn about soccer because wasn’t american (although it’s the most popular sport in the rest of the world).

There was some flames in those discussions regarding this…

Yes, TheNextWeb matters!

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By dolce on Oct 27, 2008

as I read thenexweb the first time I wondered why this blog is so freshening. some days later I recognized that the authors are “Muschelschubser” (I try to translate: shell nudger) ;-) That’s why! theNExtWeb rocks! greetz from munich

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By Wold on Oct 28, 2008

As an American living in Amsterdam, my apologies. Americans can sometimes have a narrow view and speak without thinking. Doesn’t speak for all of us however.

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By Tinus on Nov 2, 2008

I know I am interested in the rest of the world. Half my annual income is coming from across the border.

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