How Persuasive Is Micro Persuasion?

Maybe Steve Rubel didn't intend to set things up this way ...

But when the uber-blogger posted this challenge on his Micro Persuasion blog, I just had to find out how influential this micro-media can be.

According to a CNBC poll Steve tapped sometime before 4:30 pm (EST) on Tuesday, November 15; 70% of those responding said Podcasting is "a passing fad." A total of 163 votes had been cast.

At least five hours later, the margin of victory for the "Passing Fad" party has become nearly Al Gore-like, with only 51% of the vote - meaning "Important New Business Tool" wins on the electoral vote count!

Actually, from a statistical point of view, the margin for error on this thing is off the charts. More to the point, more than five hours after Steve put out his clarion call to all of us bloggers to rally to the cause of Podcasting, a whole 79 more votes had been cast.

Okay, so maybe the topic for the poll didn't really raise the bloggin masses into a froth the way Dan Rather's hatchet job on President Bush or the scratchy screen problem on the iPod Nano might. But I think it does tend to demonstrate one unique feature of "social" media ... not every issue is part of the "in" crowd.

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