I mention the exact same thing in my ‘Internet is the new LSD’ presentation.

So you might wonder by now: why is he talking about fanboxes and all that then? Well, it’s because I they think they can help in making a difference.

For example: my goal is to get as many people possible hooked on blogging. Since it’s a great way to sharpen yourself and sharing your knowledge with the world. If I want to make a good first impression, it helps when people see a large number of twitter contacts and RSS readers. Like I wrote: ,,Wow, all these people are fans? I better read this stuff then!”

Then, hopefully, they’ll continue with reading and might get convinced to start a blog as well.