Comments on: Trent Reznor on social networking: I'm out

The Nine Inch Nails front man and Webby award winner says on his blog that he's tuning out of social networking because it does more harm than good.

[kcotham]

Question: Who cares what Trent Reznor thinks? Seriously, is he some sort of authority on social networking? Why should we give a rat's behind what one musician thinks?

[The_happy_switcher]

I don't think he's claiming he's an authority--just that it attracts a lot of obsessed crack-pots who need to get a life.

[kcotham]

As are you wangbang and so is Trent Reznor, that's my point. Nitwit.

[Everlovin G]

"It is better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt"     ~Abraham Lincoln

Oops, too late.

[Sam Papelbon]

so if you don't care about anybody's opinion, why are you reading blogs? just to keep up to date on the things you don't care about as told by people you don't care about?

[christo90210]

If you take a look at what Trent Reznor has done with web 2.0, solcial networking etc., you will see that he is at the bleeding edge with it. Take a look.

[kcotham]

The "bleeding edge of social networking" is the bleeding edge of the end of culture.

[odubtaig]

So Reznor's opinion, as a hugely successful musician with a fair amount of business nous, is null and void while yours is entirely valid?

Judge what is said on what is said, not on who said it. You fail at critical analysis.

[odubtaig]

That is, unless you can actually contradict him on any given point.

[doopdoopdoop]

It seems I got here just in time. You sir are correct and everybody else is not. Trent should leave the webernets, they are a bit to tricky for him. I thought I had a hard time with webs, but Mrs.Trent can remove his rag now. He should be trolled away if he indeed decides to stay on.

If him calling a fatty a fatty was enough to make him run, just imagine when he is feeding our young trolls for months. I can see his fatty ass whining to MTqueef and VommitH1 about it. We are the internet hate machine you fat wash up of a ****, NOT you mrs.Trent. We are not going to share. **** and **** you lulzy **** :)

[mishmash0101]

Social networking is done. Put a fork in it.

[jbcahill]

He may not be an authority, but he's called it the way it is. Spend any amount of time on Digg and you will experience the internet idiots.

[Pete Bardo]

I actually agree with Trent this time. Most comments I've seen on blogs and such are posted by seemingly narrow-minded folks with a strict agenda. And, yes, Trent fits into that category very well.

[Police_States_of_America]

his whole post is worth reading, its very lolworthy

[nic.disassembly]

ah...but you forgot "The Slip"...the chronology of social networking would end with "The Slip"...hmmm...

[Archus]

I agree, but then again so do most philosophers. To paraphrase - because I can't find the quote - a single person may be smart, but a group of people are always stupid. It's happened this way for as long as people have been getting together to feed of each other. Social networks just make it easier.

[Timetogetill7]

"We're in a world where the mainstream social networks want any and all people to boost user numbers for the big selloff and are not concerned with the quality of experience."

I completely agree with him on that.

Myspace was first the big example, but after trying Facebook and some others it's become mainstream for some people to just add as many people as they want. They really aren't "friends".

[aj37viggen]

Maybe the problem is simply that Nine Inch Nails in particular, or celebrity-driven networking in general, attracts a lot of obsessed crack-pots who need to get a life.

In fact, maybe it's our whole concept of "celebrity" that brings out the moron in people. Of course, it's a concept that has made Trent rich and influential -- so if that IS the root cause, he probably doesn't want to deal with it.

[fcz1]

Sorry if this comes across as online hate diatribe, but does Trent look a little chunky in that photo?

[papsc]

Seriously? that is all the intelligent things you have to say? go to nin.com and say it and just prove him right

[fcz1]

No, not seriously. That's what called a joke. I know NIN fans tend to struggle with those.

[cvaldes1831]

I understand how he feels.

On my YouTube account, I get some utterly retarded comments (like "first post"), I know that I am getting nothing as bad as some of the garbage that a celebrity like Trent Reznor gets.

For me, it's easy to delete the asinine comments, but for someone with a really high-profile, it's probably impossible to keep up, and then you start fielding questions like "Why did you delete my comment?"

In many ways, Web 2.0 sucks harder than Web 1.0, since so many more people are contributing to the suckage.

[jessepluna]

I think Trent is just experiencing some social media burn out, which is very common, .....only he has 600K people watching his every move. He definitely understands the medium but haters and locos take up a lot of energy.~@jesseluna

[brian72975]

Didn't Trent just use Twitter to raise a ******** of cash for the dude needing the transplant? Gotta take the good with the bad, homes.

[Inconnux]

he did and was then accused by some crackpot of doing it for publicity. He has a good point.

[woganmay]

Reznor should have hired a PR firm to deal with his social networking.

Or he should just have stuck to a non-comment blog. Either way, when it comes to entertainment, the majority of your audience is likely to be idiots.

[G|Net]

I agree. These kind of fans have likely have been in love/infatuated/obsessed with Reznor from day one, but today the simple and convenient means to follow him online and let him know are easier than ever before, that's all. He just doesn't want to deal with them. I agree that he should just pay someone to be his official voice on the net so he can worry about his music....?

[C0mmanderB0nd]

What does he expect from his fanbase, these are the same people that repeatedly paid $15 a CD to hear him screech about how stupid they are.

And now they pay a premium for his limited edition box sets on his direct website. While the internet is a bastion for a high amount of stupidity and insensitivity, I would have to imagine the types that gravitate to his social places would be the top of the miserable whining pile.

[odubtaig]

Did he just, not use the internet until last year or something? It's like a Mecca for the disenfranchised moron contingent. I gave up years ago trying to be reasonable with people on message boards (except some of the more heavily moderated ones), these numpties don't care about what's true, they just want the world to form itself in their own image and the truth can go hang.

Bit like trying to reason with this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps

[sanjayb]

Another example of crazy people using Social Networking are the CNET blogs with all the fanboi rants. I swear it's pretty hard to gleem anything usueful on the CNET posts since 80% is littered with stupid fanboi rants by alot of people who need a life or need to chill.

[pentest]

1. No such thing as "web 2.0", it is a meaningless marketing term.

2. He just needs a more restrictive 2-way communication. I have loved getting the few emails from his mailing list, but any communication should be kept within polls.

Hopefully, he will continue to use his distribution model and forget about the fact that 90% of the world is comprised of not only ignorant people, but proudly ignorant.

[wruckrother]

You guys are the prime example of why Trent Reznor is done with social networking. NO ONE CARES WHAT ANYONE THINKS! Everytime someone posts something, little dipstick trolls like you seem to just swarm like flies & pick at everything. It's the most annoying thing in the world because it happens everywhere you turn. I really hope all of you stop and think for a moment before you really beat it one too many times...you know your ***** can't handle that much pressure...from now on...go bate in the bathroom, where we can't see you!

[wruckrother]

I can't believe we can't say pe nis...that's a ******* scientific name!