Topic: Open letter to Russell Brand, asking him to join the bitcoin revolution (Read 8162 times)
November 09, 2013, 02:52:41 PM
This is a great idea although he has been mocked across the media. Whilst it would be great to get some publicity he may be the wrong median.
November 09, 2013, 02:51:46 PM
Please visit this thread and just say "w00t" or something so that people end up seeing the thread
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-on-facebook-329338
I promise Social media is more important to Bitcoin than everyone thinks.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-on-facebook-329338
I promise Social media is more important to Bitcoin than everyone thinks.
November 04, 2013, 10:23:38 AM
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Spokesperson should be instantly recognizable by face, name, or voice.
Want to see my bank? This guy! You'll learn the significance of the first sentence toward the end of the linked 5:12m video.
~TMIBITW
November 04, 2013, 07:51:16 AM
The Tea Party? You mean the guys that shut down the government because of their ideological insanity? No thank. Russel Brand all the way if that the choice I have.
The government shut itself down. If it were running appropriately, we wouldn't have any of these issues.
Someone seriously suggested Miley Cyrus? You guys may as well find a dirty diaper and use it as a bitcoin mascot, it would get more positive coverage than she is.
What you need is a well-known and respected individual, one who has more respect among the citizens than among the top tier in life--regardless of their personal views, sexual choices, music choices, etc. They need to be as pallatable to the majority as possible while still commanding authority.
You guys are just choosing random celebs and some political folk--at this rate the dirty diaper would do better. Even if a celeb was the best choice (which, they aren't), they wouldn't back something unless it's something they personally loved--and could get paid for the advertisement.
November 04, 2013, 12:46:16 AM
Why should a celebrity who made their wealth without bitcoin put their reputation on the line to promote something they know little about? What's wrong with Roger Ver? He's very photogenic and articulate, and has enough knowledge about bitcoin to not make a fool of himself on TV. He's already a celebrity in the financial realm. And he doesn't carry the baggage the proposed candidates have.
True, except I don't know anyone that fits that description
I have heard Ashton Kutcher promote his investment in Bitcoin at a conference about 6 months ago, but he is not promoting it full bore... yet.
November 04, 2013, 12:41:01 AM
OK... OK.... you guys have a point.
Cross Sean Parker and Mark Zuckerberg off the list for being full of themselves.
I am willing to overlook Mr. Eddie Murphy's improprieties because he is such a genuinely funny man.
Charlie Sheen has a tendency to alternate between douchey and ultra cool, so that's a hard call.
Miley Cyrus gets in because she is getting the publicity, one way or another. In other words, she has the X factor.
Franky, I don't know if anyone is going to be able to change "the whole government scheme." Things like that are not really up to individuals. I think the best thing to compare it to is medical marijuana legislation.
I think the best angle is to get spokespeople to help bring popular support to Bitcoin and help expand the user base.
Yes, "lobbyists" are needed, but at this point I think Bitcoin has already "gone over the hump" so to speak. If the US govt didn't want Bitcoin being used right now, I'm pretty sure they would be successful in blocking it / manipulating it in some shape or form.
Sorry, never heard of Mark Duplass. Spokesperson should be instantly recognizable by face, name, or voice.
Cross Sean Parker and Mark Zuckerberg off the list for being full of themselves.
I am willing to overlook Mr. Eddie Murphy's improprieties because he is such a genuinely funny man.
Charlie Sheen has a tendency to alternate between douchey and ultra cool, so that's a hard call.
Miley Cyrus gets in because she is getting the publicity, one way or another. In other words, she has the X factor.
Franky, I don't know if anyone is going to be able to change "the whole government scheme." Things like that are not really up to individuals. I think the best thing to compare it to is medical marijuana legislation.
I think the best angle is to get spokespeople to help bring popular support to Bitcoin and help expand the user base.
Yes, "lobbyists" are needed, but at this point I think Bitcoin has already "gone over the hump" so to speak. If the US govt didn't want Bitcoin being used right now, I'm pretty sure they would be successful in blocking it / manipulating it in some shape or form.
Sorry, never heard of Mark Duplass. Spokesperson should be instantly recognizable by face, name, or voice.
November 03, 2013, 11:11:16 PM
Why should a celebrity who made their wealth without bitcoin put their reputation on the line to promote something they know little about? What's wrong with Roger Ver? He's very photogenic and articulate, and has enough knowledge about bitcoin to not make a fool of himself on TV. He's already a celebrity in the financial realm. And he doesn't carry the baggage the proposed candidates have.
November 03, 2013, 06:53:49 PM
Seriously post!
Fed Not Guaranteed, hence this guy: Mark Duplass.
Does he pass muster?
havnt seen much of his work , had to look him up, not much listed about any passion for political change, or being big and famous enough to motivate crowds of people into signing petitions or organising their own protests...
i got nothing against this suggested person. but theres nothing really about him that shows he would make a great motivator for change, when thinking of this guy, i start to compare him to for instance the three main actors from the TV series "Lost"... which is a bit more publicly known to many people.. and i think that those 3 would be higher on my list then Mark Duplass..
for now, though im sticking with Schwarzenegger for USA and Brand for UK as my personal choices, untill someone comes up with a better motivator. atleast these 2 guys already have a "foot in the door" of politics to know how things work and how to get things to change. and famous enough to get stuff printed on front pages of media.
November 03, 2013, 06:38:50 PM
Fed Not Guaranteed, hence this guy: Mark Duplass.
Does he pass muster?
Does he pass muster?
Not sure.
Does he like to tea party while remaining faithful to his one and only love?
November 03, 2013, 06:22:46 PM
i know your only trolling, and i love the comedical responses but lets try being serious and look at ur list
i think you are imagining some kind of TV advert much like mastercard, purely to have a well known face saying how great the payment processing is. because i cannot honestly see theses people you mentioned being the motivators for a revolution to change the whole government scheme
Sean Parker (still influential),
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
lol the sell out that advocated that selling peoples private info to corporations and government was the way zuckerburg should take facebook...
Mark Zuckerberg,
same reason as sean parker
Eddie Murphy,
your own rules:
1) Cannot have had an extramarital affair.
3) Cannot be full of themselves.
Charlie Sheen (winning!)
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
Miley Cyrus
only influential to the teenagers and to advertise cam4BTC
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
lol the sell out that advocated that selling peoples private info to corporations and government was the way zuckerburg should take facebook...
Mark Zuckerberg,
same reason as sean parker
Eddie Murphy,
your own rules:
1) Cannot have had an extramarital affair.
3) Cannot be full of themselves.
Charlie Sheen (winning!)
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
Miley Cyrus
only influential to the teenagers and to advertise cam4BTC
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
i think you are imagining some kind of TV advert much like mastercard, purely to have a well known face saying how great the payment processing is. because i cannot honestly see theses people you mentioned being the motivators for a revolution to change the whole government scheme
Seriously post!
Fed Not Guaranteed, hence this guy: Mark Duplass.
Does he pass muster?
November 03, 2013, 10:30:05 AM
i know your only trolling, and i love the comedical responses but lets try being serious and look at ur list
i think you are imagining some kind of TV advert much like mastercard, purely to have a well known face saying how great the payment processing is. because i cannot honestly see theses people you mentioned being the motivators for a revolution to change the whole government scheme
Sean Parker (still influential),
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
lol the sell out that advocated that selling peoples private info to corporations and government was the way zuckerburg should take facebook...
Mark Zuckerberg,
same reason as sean parker
Eddie Murphy,
your own rules:
1) Cannot have had an extramarital affair.
3) Cannot be full of themselves.
Charlie Sheen (winning!)
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
Miley Cyrus
only influential to the teenagers and to advertise cam4BTC
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
lol the sell out that advocated that selling peoples private info to corporations and government was the way zuckerburg should take facebook...
Mark Zuckerberg,
same reason as sean parker
Eddie Murphy,
your own rules:
1) Cannot have had an extramarital affair.
3) Cannot be full of themselves.
Charlie Sheen (winning!)
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
Miley Cyrus
only influential to the teenagers and to advertise cam4BTC
your own rules: 3) Cannot be full of themselves.
i think you are imagining some kind of TV advert much like mastercard, purely to have a well known face saying how great the payment processing is. because i cannot honestly see theses people you mentioned being the motivators for a revolution to change the whole government scheme
November 03, 2013, 07:32:23 AM
People who would actually help Bitcoins image:
Alex Jones - Are you kidding? Tinfoil master of the world.
Charlie Sheen - Probably the biggest celebrity douchebag on the planet. Threatened his ex with a knife, coked out of his mind, pays for sex with drugged pornstars. Yeah, great spokes person.
Miley Cyrus - twerk, twerk.
November 03, 2013, 06:23:03 AM
hi my name is andrewWilliams i cannot think of a positive way to expand bitcoin, nor am i socially accepted in real life to ever meet or know anyone good enough to promote bitcoin. thus i will just troll the forum thread and not actually contribute.
i dont know any famous people but i will insult any name others suggest for the pure hell of it
i dont know any famous people but i will insult any name others suggest for the pure hell of it
maybe me editing the above will show the true meaning of your replies (pure waffle) and might make you answer properly:
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE GUYS MENTIONED, THEN TELL US WHO YOU HAVE IN MIND THATS BETTER
Sorry franky1, mate, but your suggestions are utterly deplorable! Save the putdowns for your therapist!
Now sit and learn.
People who would actually help Bitcoins image:
Sean Parker (still influential), Mark Zuckerberg, Seth McFarlane (Stewie voice please!), Michael Savage (yeah!), Alex Jones
Greg Gutfeld (Fox News), Harrison Ford, Lil Wayne, Eddie Murphy, Charlie Sheen (winning!)
As a collective: The Tea Party
Miley Cyrus
The Tea Party? You mean the guys that shut down the government because of their ideological insanity? No thank. Russel Brand all the way if that the choice I have.
November 03, 2013, 02:32:28 AM
hi my name is andrewWilliams i cannot think of a positive way to expand bitcoin, nor am i socially accepted in real life to ever meet or know anyone good enough to promote bitcoin. thus i will just troll the forum thread and not actually contribute.
i dont know any famous people but i will insult any name others suggest for the pure hell of it
i dont know any famous people but i will insult any name others suggest for the pure hell of it
maybe me editing the above will show the true meaning of your replies (pure waffle) and might make you answer properly:
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE GUYS MENTIONED, THEN TELL US WHO YOU HAVE IN MIND THATS BETTER
Sorry franky1, mate, but your suggestions are utterly deplorable! Save the putdowns for your therapist!
Now sit and learn.
People who would actually help Bitcoins image:
Sean Parker (still influential), Mark Zuckerberg, Seth McFarlane (Stewie voice please!), Michael Savage (yeah!), Alex Jones
Greg Gutfeld (Fox News), Harrison Ford, Lil Wayne, Eddie Murphy, Charlie Sheen (winning!)
As a collective: The Tea Party
Miley Cyrus
November 03, 2013, 02:11:47 AM
hi my name is andrewWilliams i cannot think of a positive way to expand bitcoin, nor am i socially accepted in real life to ever meet or know anyone good enough to promote bitcoin. thus i will just troll the forum thread and not actually contribute.
i dont know any famous people but i will insult any name others suggest for the pure hell of it
i dont know any famous people but i will insult any name others suggest for the pure hell of it
maybe me editing the above will show the true meaning of your replies (pure waffle) and might make you answer properly:
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE GUYS MENTIONED, THEN TELL US WHO YOU HAVE IN MIND THATS BETTER
November 03, 2013, 12:30:26 AM
what does having an extra-marital affair have to do with anything.. i thought that was just a rule limited to christians, because in the real world it happens with real people more often then you think..
i do agree about the alien and other tinfoil hat people though.
but to those dissing RBrand. im still awaiting your recommendations for someone with enough fame to get the message out there, enough passion to want politics changed and of course a level head (honest and open personality people will believe) to get the ball running.
no one is asking for a "leader" but atleast someone that can motivate and inform the masses.
so lets hear them names roll in
ok ill start
Ron Paul
i do agree about the alien and other tinfoil hat people though.
but to those dissing RBrand. im still awaiting your recommendations for someone with enough fame to get the message out there, enough passion to want politics changed and of course a level head (honest and open personality people will believe) to get the ball running.
no one is asking for a "leader" but atleast someone that can motivate and inform the masses.
so lets hear them names roll in
ok ill start
Ron Paul
Contradiction ROFL.
Ron Paul = tinfoil hat person.
November 02, 2013, 07:58:14 PM
what does having an extra-marital affair have to do with anything.. i thought that was just a rule limited to christians, because in the real world it happens with real people more often then you think..
i do agree about the alien and other tinfoil hat people though.
but to those dissing RBrand. im still awaiting your recommendations for someone with enough fame to get the message out there, enough passion to want politics changed and of course a level head (honest and open personality people will believe) to get the ball running.
no one is asking for a "leader" but atleast someone that can motivate and inform the masses.
so lets hear them names roll in
ok ill start
Ron Paul
i do agree about the alien and other tinfoil hat people though.
but to those dissing RBrand. im still awaiting your recommendations for someone with enough fame to get the message out there, enough passion to want politics changed and of course a level head (honest and open personality people will believe) to get the ball running.
no one is asking for a "leader" but atleast someone that can motivate and inform the masses.
so lets hear them names roll in
ok ill start
Ron Paul
November 02, 2013, 07:11:14 PM
Out of curiosity, why do we need Russell Brand on board?
Because we need everyone on board?
Douche.... bag..... overload!!!!!
Requirements to be semi-official spokesman of Bitcoin:
1) Cannot have had an extramarital affair.
2) Cannot be an outspoken critic about aliens or other weird crap.
(remember, the spokesperson is supposed to bring credibility to Bitcoin in the public's eyes, not scare them away!)
3) Cannot be full of themselves.
There!
Requirements to be semi-official spokesman of Bitcoin:
1) Cannot have had an extramarital affair.
2) Cannot be an outspoken critic about aliens or other weird crap.
(remember, the spokesperson is supposed to bring credibility to Bitcoin in the public's eyes, not scare them away!)
3) Cannot be full of themselves.
There!
Wow. Just wow. That's the best defnition of not being a douchebag I ever saw.
Thank you, Andrew, we'll never again get a shady spokesman, thanks to you.
this is relevant i think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STUU3M4U3Y
Yes, and this will probably hit him up before the open letter, which, nevertheless, was a good move, imho.
November 02, 2013, 06:44:25 PM
Out of curiosity, why do we need Russell Brand on board?
November 02, 2013, 12:46:17 PM
Russell Brand, Andrew Dice Clay, Jesse Ventura, Schwarzenegger......
Douche.... bag..... overload!!!!!
*ahem*
Let's try again.
Requirements to be semi-official spokesman of Bitcoin:
1) Cannot have had an extramarital affair.
2) Cannot be an outspoken critic about aliens or other weird crap.
(remember, the spokesperson is supposed to bring credibility to Bitcoin in the public's eyes, not scare them away!)
3) Cannot be full of themselves.
There!
Douche.... bag..... overload!!!!!
*ahem*
Let's try again.
Requirements to be semi-official spokesman of Bitcoin:
1) Cannot have had an extramarital affair.
2) Cannot be an outspoken critic about aliens or other weird crap.
(remember, the spokesperson is supposed to bring credibility to Bitcoin in the public's eyes, not scare them away!)
3) Cannot be full of themselves.
There!
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