{"id":7044,"date":"2009-02-22T19:08:51","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T02:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=7044"},"modified":"2009-02-22T23:25:41","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T06:25:41","slug":"as-the-nar-makes-its-first-forays-into-the-participatory-internet-wired-realtors-must-get-a-handle-on-a-very-difficult-question-how-do-you-get-rid-of-the-boojum-under-the-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7044\/as-the-nar-makes-its-first-forays-into-the-participatory-internet-wired-realtors-must-get-a-handle-on-a-very-difficult-question-how-do-you-get-rid-of-the-boojum-under-the-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"As the NAR makes its first forays into the participatory internet, wired Realtors must get a handle on a very difficult question: How do you get rid of the Boojum under the bed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, so the National Association of Realtors has made a big deal out of its search for a “Social Media Director.” Apparently I’m the only person who finds the terms “social media” and “director” to be inherently self-contradictory, but that doesn’t matter anyway.<\/p>\n

Why? Because the NAR is interested in social media for two reasons only, neither of which will resonate with anyone in our world.<\/p>\n

Their two objectives are these:<\/p>\n

First — and primarily — they want to clamp down on and control everything associated with real estate in the participatory internet. Dinosaur organizations are censorious by their nature, but the NAR is very much like the Mafia in its need to control its message, silencing dissenters and whistle-blowers.<\/p>\n

Second, the NAR wants to turn the Web 2.0 world into yet another distribution channel for treacly, sleazy sales propaganda.<\/p>\n

I never thought of Pinocchio<\/a> as a wise-guy before, but it comes to the same thing. You can’t get too near The Boys without becoming one of them, and if you lend any part of your credibility — your reputation for moral probity — to the NAR, it will turn you into yet another insipid, perpetually-smiling marionette. Dance, puppet, dance!<\/p>\n

I think this might be a three princes fable. If it is, the first prince may well be Todd Carpenter, who for some insane reason actually wants<\/em> this job. At least he had better want it, because he gave me as a character reference and I gave him a glowing review. If the NAR actually understands its world and ours, my recommendation should have worked the other way for Todd. But my impression was that they ate it up.<\/p>\n

Prince number two is NAR CEO Dale Stinton, who has announced that the new Social Media Director has already been chosen<\/a>, but who won’t reveal who is the poor benighted soul who will get to be torn to shreds by both the lady and<\/em> the tiger, never knowing for sure which is which.<\/p>\n

I don’t actually know who the third prince is, but for the moment I’m betting on me. I abhor the whole idea of leadership, but serving as Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, so the National Association of Realtors has made a big deal out of its search for a “Social Media Director.” Apparently I’m the only person who finds the terms “social media” and “director” to be inherently self-contradictory, but that doesn’t matter anyway. Why? 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