Who, Me?
I've just been invited to be included in the 2010 edition of Who's Who in America, which, according to their blurb "continues to be recognized globally as the premier biographical data source pertaining to living Americans of notable achievement from every significant field of endeavor." Lord knows I'm very significant and notable, but I ignored the first invitation email thinking it was more or less a scam. Now I've gotten another invitation email, and I'm beginning to wonder whether it really is a scam. It seems to me that being included in the Who's Who books was meaningful 75 years ago, but not really anymore. Who thinks what?
posted by SJB at 10:37 AM
4 Comments:
This is definitely a relic of the pre-internet age. It might still be useful for journalists, biographers, and librarians but between Google, Wikipedia, and LexisNexis, it seems like all of the information that anyone really wants is pretty readily available.
Also, if you can pay them to get your name in, it doesn't seem all that selective.
I don't know if you can pay them or not, but you're right about the info being available elsewhere.
I support both #2 and #4.
I'm the only person who voted unambiguously for "yes." *The* Who's Who is a real thing. I think.
"Who's Who Among Metro-Accessible Dentists" is less impressive.
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