Atten.tv – Watching What You Watch and Getting Watched Too

Atten.tvFrom Attention Trust founder Seth Goldstein comes AttenTV, a somewhat bizarre, yet very of the times and zeitgeisty, Big Brother-esque site that gratifies our voyeuristic tendencies. AttenTV´s content comes from you, yes, it´s truly original programming, as the site so boldly boasts.

It´s not as some might venture to think, a channel dedicated to your exploits with bouncing balls or bears; rather each AttenTV channel is tuned to what you watch—it´s a broadcast of you as you browse the internet. So anyone, whether it be the fanatic voyeur or the simple reality show fan, can see what you see. Here´s an interesting twist, AttenTV´s ‘Attentron´ app is strictly for Mac users, (they´re more fun to watch anyways, right?). If you´re down with the Attention Economy and aren´t inveigled by Goldsteins´ neologisms, AttenTV is an interesting concept.

Atten.tv In Their Own Words

“As you spend more time online, your clicktream (the record of where you visit online) increasingly represents who you are and what you are interested in. AttenTV turns one person´s or group´s clickstream data into another person´s entertainment.

Why Atten.tv It Might Be A Killer

AttenTV taps into society´s current obsession with reality based programming and living vicariously through the entertaining exploits of others. It´s a novel concept that may interest advertisers and media researchers.

Some Questions About Atten.tv

Who wants to watch someone wasting all their spare time looking at clickstreams? Have we become so starved for attention that we´d like to broadcast ourselves at every possible opportunity? Will anyone pay attention? Will AttenTV pay off? Atten.tv

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