tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57186007101177140362011-04-21T14:52:18.952-07:00Peter Corlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404965919549080512noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718600710117714036.post-19425627965535957392009-03-09T11:31:00.000-07:002009-03-09T11:36:19.755-07:00An <span style="font-weight: bold;">Attention Span Ponzi Scheme</span> is a system of recruitment of people to pay attention to a topic. People recruited to the topic are then encouraged to drag in the attention spans of others.<br /><br />The entire system collapses when everyone realizes that the topic is bankrupt of value to be discussed in the first place.<br /><br />Examples of Attention Span Ponzi Schemes include <a href="http://www.snopes.com/luck/chain.asp">chain letters</a>, <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Wasting-Time-on-Facebook">time-wasting Facebook applications</a>, and any social reference group that is based on recruiting others to participate or play for the subject to have sustained interest.<br /><br />For Staci D. Who was tickled by the term.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5718600710117714036-1942562796553595739?l=attentionspanponzischeme.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Corlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03404965919549080512noreply@blogger.com0