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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

Taipei, Taiwan
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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 20 Nov 2013

    FWIW, I don’t know a single MSFT employee who isn’t mortified by the whole Scroogled campaign. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/Scroogled/categoryID.67575900 …

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      2. kathykam‏ @kathykam 20 Nov 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Should I send you a T-Shirt?

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 20 Nov 2013
        Replying to @kathykam

        @kathykam ha! I’ll take a mug, thanks ;)

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      2. Chris or Get Off the Pot‏ @_chris_sutton 20 Nov 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent not being snide, but what *is* that worth? It means they have employees w/ some degree of taste, but a higher degree of apathy?

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 20 Nov 2013
        Replying to @_chris_sutton

        @sutterbomb life isn’t so simple, particularly in a big company...

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      4. Chris or Get Off the Pot‏ @_chris_sutton 20 Nov 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent yea that's fair. If mortified is an accurate representation, apathetic was prob wrong word. Still curious what that is worth tho

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      2. Amber Weinberg‏ @amberweinberg 21 Nov 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent @adamauden I don't see anything? What is it?

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 21 Nov 2013
        Replying to @amberweinberg

        @amberweinberg @adamauden link doesn’t work on mobile, which kind of says it all

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      4. Amber Weinberg‏ @amberweinberg 21 Nov 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent @adamauden ugh I see it now...

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      1. James Senior‏ @jsenior 20 Nov 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Amen

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      1. Pedro Figueiredo‏ @pfig 21 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent @adamauden What...? I don't even...

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      1. Ron Hites‏ @ron_hites 20 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent I honestly have to say I like the mug… (mainly because it’s true)

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      1. Neal Tillery‏ @tillery 20 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent Let’s not forget that Microsoft has an advertising division as well, so it’s in their interest to sell your browsing habits too.

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      1. Mark Denford‏ @markdenford 20 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent the irony is they’re attacking THE web company by rolling out yet another colossal online marketing failure

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      1. AAPL Tree‏ @AAPLTree 20 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent Ah, http://scroogled.com  puts this in much better context. The stuff _there_ is pretty effective IMHO. Didn't know it was there

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      1. Michael‏ @dwntempo 20 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent @reneritchie Holy crap I didn’t realize it was real this morning. What does MSFT do next? Pull Google’s hair and call it names?

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      1. Brendan Shanks‏ @realmrpippy 20 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent If there’s one thing we can hope for in Ballmer’s replacement, it’s a corporate sense of taste. Steve Jobs said it best…

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      1. David Damore‏ @Admore 20 Nov 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent The "Scroogled Keep Calm Mug" looks cool. Sad that it's out of stock. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Scroogled-Keep-Calm-Mug/productID.291428700 … *Just 7.99. Free shipping too.

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      1. AAPL Tree‏ @AAPLTree 20 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent It's the second coming of Fly on the Wall in Cupertino, Mountain View Edition. It's stunning that Microsoft is "redoing" this

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      1. Trevor Hutchison‏ @trevhutch 20 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent How does that stuff get through? Are they THAT insular?

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