Comments on: Social Pollution on the Internet http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet The Making of a Marc Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:35:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: mberry http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-593 mberry Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:41:28 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-593 I suspect that virtually anybody who is active in social networks is guilty of it, at least to some degree. If you have an active network, the sheer amount of submissions can be overwhelming, so the temptation to just vote and run can be irresistible. For myself, I have scaled back my social activities for just this reason. If I don't have the time to actually read an article, I don't vote on it. We each must make our own choices for how much is too much, and set the example that (hopefully) will show the greedy that their "strategies" are short term, and will ultimately end up causing more harm to them than anything else. Well, I can hope, anyway... :-) Thanks for dropping by, Sarah I suspect that virtually anybody who is active in social networks is guilty of it, at least to some degree. If you have an active network, the sheer amount of submissions can be overwhelming, so the temptation to just vote and run can be irresistible. For myself, I have scaled back my social activities for just this reason. If I don’t have the time to actually read an article, I don’t vote on it.

We each must make our own choices for how much is too much, and set the example that (hopefully) will show the greedy that their “strategies” are short term, and will ultimately end up causing more harm to them than anything else. Well, I can hope, anyway… :-)
Thanks for dropping by, Sarah

]]> By: Sarah http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-592 Sarah Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:49:44 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-592 I totally agree with you. I too am guilty of voting on a lot of crap to help some friends out. However in the last couple of months I have come to many new conclusions on social marketing,and the larger picture. As always content is king. It always has been and always will be. Quality information is way more important than the number of diggs, or votes. Also if you are not reading, and commenting on the article and just voting then I personally think you are not....a good social networking friend. I want people to vote on my work but, I also want them to read what I have to say. We put a lot of time, and effort into not only our blog, or sites to give good information. If people think they are doing me a favor by voting for it without reading what I have to say, I would rather they didn't vote on it in the first place. We have seen this happen a few times now by greedy marketers, that are more interested in teaching people how to abuse the system, rather than to use it to the benefit of all. I totally agree with you. I too am guilty of voting on a lot of crap to help some friends out. However in the last couple of months I have come to many new conclusions on social marketing,and the larger picture.
As always content is king. It always has been and always will be. Quality information is way more important than the number of diggs, or votes.
Also if you are not reading, and commenting on the article and just voting then I personally think you are not….a good social networking friend. I want people to vote on my work but, I also want them to read what I have to say. We put a lot of time, and effort into not only our blog, or sites to give good information. If people think they are doing me a favor by voting for it without reading what I have to say, I would rather they didn’t vote on it in the first place. We have seen this happen a few times now by greedy marketers, that are more interested in teaching people how to abuse the system, rather than to use it to the benefit of all.

]]> By: mberry http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-745 mberry Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:41:28 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-745 I suspect that virtually anybody who is active in social networks is guilty of it, at least to some degree. If you have an active network, the sheer amount of submissions can be overwhelming, so the temptation to just vote and run can be irresistible. For myself, I have scaled back my social activities for just this reason. If I don\'t have the time to actually read an article, I don\'t vote on it. We each must make our own choices for how much is too much, and set the example that (hopefully) will show the greedy that their \"strategies\" are short term, and will ultimately end up causing more harm to them than anything else. Well, I can hope, anyway... :-) Thanks for dropping by, Sarah I suspect that virtually anybody who is active in social networks is guilty of it, at least to some degree. If you have an active network, the sheer amount of submissions can be overwhelming, so the temptation to just vote and run can be irresistible. For myself, I have scaled back my social activities for just this reason. If I don\'t have the time to actually read an article, I don\'t vote on it. We each must make our own choices for how much is too much, and set the example that (hopefully) will show the greedy that their \"strategies\" are short term, and will ultimately end up causing more harm to them than anything else. Well, I can hope, anyway… :-) Thanks for dropping by, Sarah

]]> By: Sarah http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-744 Sarah Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:49:44 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-744 I totally agree with you. I too am guilty of voting on a lot of crap to help some friends out. However in the last couple of months I have come to many new conclusions on social marketing,and the larger picture. <br /> As always content is king. It always has been and always will be. Quality information is way more important than the number of diggs, or votes. <br /> Also if you are not reading, and commenting on the article and just voting then I personally think you are not....a good social networking friend. I want people to vote on my work but, I also want them to read what I have to say. We put a lot of time, and effort into not only our blog, or sites to give good information. If people think they are doing me a favor by voting for it without reading what I have to say, I would rather they didn\'t vote on it in the first place. We have seen this happen a few times now by greedy marketers, that are more interested in teaching people how to abuse the system, rather than to use it to the benefit of all. I totally agree with you. I too am guilty of voting on a lot of crap to help some friends out. However in the last couple of months I have come to many new conclusions on social marketing,and the larger picture.
As always content is king. It always has been and always will be. Quality information is way more important than the number of diggs, or votes.
Also if you are not reading, and commenting on the article and just voting then I personally think you are not….a good social networking friend. I want people to vote on my work but, I also want them to read what I have to say. We put a lot of time, and effort into not only our blog, or sites to give good information. If people think they are doing me a favor by voting for it without reading what I have to say, I would rather they didn\'t vote on it in the first place. We have seen this happen a few times now by greedy marketers, that are more interested in teaching people how to abuse the system, rather than to use it to the benefit of all.

]]> By: mberry http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-590 mberry Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-590 Unfortunately, I don't think that we have seen, nor will ever see the end of the raging, gaming or spamming, it will simply adapt to the new environment. I wish that it weren't so, but people are people, and some of them aren't terribly good. Sad but true... I went through something similar here with my PageRank. It took about a year and a half to get to PR 3, with the understanding that I didn't know what I was doing, and spent some months just messing around in a more or less aimless fashion. I wonder where I would be at, if I had put some focused effort into it? There lies the trap, though: focus too much on results (PR, traffic, money), and we can all too easily find ourselves drifting towards the dark side. Without the support of friends and community, we can lose focus on the important things, those attitudes and behaviours that define us a human beings, rather than greedy "marketers". Thanks for dropping by, Brennan Unfortunately, I don’t think that we have seen, nor will ever see the end of the raging, gaming or spamming, it will simply adapt to the new environment. I wish that it weren’t so, but people are people, and some of them aren’t terribly good. Sad but true…

I went through something similar here with my PageRank. It took about a year and a half to get to PR 3, with the understanding that I didn’t know what I was doing, and spent some months just messing around in a more or less aimless fashion. I wonder where I would be at, if I had put some focused effort into it?

There lies the trap, though: focus too much on results (PR, traffic, money), and we can all too easily find ourselves drifting towards the dark side. Without the support of friends and community, we can lose focus on the important things, those attitudes and behaviours that define us a human beings, rather than greedy “marketers”.

Thanks for dropping by, Brennan

]]> By: Brennan Kingsland http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-589 Brennan Kingsland Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:10:04 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-589 As you know, many of the Social Networking sites have been purchased by larger companies that are experienced in monitoring their demographics and enforcing their TOS. I for one am glad to see the shift away from what was becoming a downright nasty environment. I can only hope that the profanity and futile anonymous raging becomes a thing of the past, right along with the SPAMMING and other nuisances of people trying to game the system. It has taken me months of persistence, trying to supply quality content and inform my readers on my issues to actually get a PageRank, but it was worth the work. Receiving intelligent comments from regular readers makes sifting through all the spammers and would-be-linkers well worth the effort. Brennan Kingsland, RN http://setourteachersfree.com As you know, many of the Social Networking sites have been purchased by larger companies that are experienced in monitoring their demographics and enforcing their TOS. I for one am glad to see the shift away from what was becoming a downright nasty environment. I can only hope that the profanity and futile anonymous raging becomes a thing of the past, right along with the SPAMMING and other nuisances of people trying to game the system.
It has taken me months of persistence, trying to supply quality content and inform my readers on my issues to actually get a PageRank, but it was worth the work. Receiving intelligent comments from regular readers makes sifting through all the spammers and would-be-linkers well worth the effort.

Brennan Kingsland, RN
http://setourteachersfree.com

]]> By: mberry http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-588 mberry Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:23:26 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-588 Thanks for dropping by Elan :-) "Attractor Marketing"... I like that, at least on the conceptual level, as it certainly embodies the ideals that I am striving for. It's certainly a concept that I am ardently exploring right now. but, as I am still exploring, Cheers, Marc Thanks for dropping by Elan :-)
“Attractor Marketing”… I like that, at least on the conceptual level, as it certainly embodies the ideals that I am striving for. It’s certainly a concept that I am ardently exploring right now. but, as I am still exploring,

Cheers, Marc

]]> By: mberry http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-743 mberry Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:17:00 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-743 Unfortunately, I don\'t think that we have seen, nor will ever see the end of the raging, gaming or spamming, it will simply adapt to the new environment. I wish that it weren\'t so, but people are people, and some of them aren\'t terribly good. Sad but true... I went through something similar here with my PageRank. It took about a year and a half to get to PR 3, with the understanding that I didn\'t know what I was doing, and spent some months just messing around in a more or less aimless fashion. I wonder where I would be at, if I had put some focused effort into it? There lies the trap, though: focus too much on results (PR, traffic, money), and we can all too easily find ourselves drifting towards the dark side. Without the support of friends and community, we can lose focus on the important things, those attitudes and behaviours that define us a human beings, rather than greedy \"marketers\". Thanks for dropping by, Brennan Unfortunately, I don\'t think that we have seen, nor will ever see the end of the raging, gaming or spamming, it will simply adapt to the new environment. I wish that it weren\'t so, but people are people, and some of them aren\'t terribly good. Sad but true… I went through something similar here with my PageRank. It took about a year and a half to get to PR 3, with the understanding that I didn\'t know what I was doing, and spent some months just messing around in a more or less aimless fashion. I wonder where I would be at, if I had put some focused effort into it? There lies the trap, though: focus too much on results (PR, traffic, money), and we can all too easily find ourselves drifting towards the dark side. Without the support of friends and community, we can lose focus on the important things, those attitudes and behaviours that define us a human beings, rather than greedy \"marketers\". Thanks for dropping by, Brennan

]]> By: Brennan Kingsland http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-742 Brennan Kingsland Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:10:04 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-742 As you know, many of the Social Networking sites have been purchased by larger companies that are experienced in monitoring their demographics and enforcing their TOS. I for one am glad to see the shift away from what was becoming a downright nasty environment. I can only hope that the profanity and futile anonymous raging becomes a thing of the past, right along with the SPAMMING and other nuisances of people trying to game the system.<br /> It has taken me months of persistence, trying to supply quality content and inform my readers on my issues to actually get a PageRank, but it was worth the work. Receiving intelligent comments from regular readers makes sifting through all the spammers and would-be-linkers well worth the effort.<br /><br /> Brennan Kingsland, RN<br /><a href="http://setourteachersfree.com " rel="nofollow">http://setourteachersfree.com </a> As you know, many of the Social Networking sites have been purchased by larger companies that are experienced in monitoring their demographics and enforcing their TOS. I for one am glad to see the shift away from what was becoming a downright nasty environment. I can only hope that the profanity and futile anonymous raging becomes a thing of the past, right along with the SPAMMING and other nuisances of people trying to game the system.
It has taken me months of persistence, trying to supply quality content and inform my readers on my issues to actually get a PageRank, but it was worth the work. Receiving intelligent comments from regular readers makes sifting through all the spammers and would-be-linkers well worth the effort.

Brennan Kingsland, RN
http://setourteachersfree.com

]]> By: mberry http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-741 mberry Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:23:26 +0000 http://www.techne-eikon.com/uncategorized/social-pollution-on-the-internet#comment-741 Thanks for dropping by Elan :-) \"Attractor Marketing\"... I like that, at least on the conceptual level, as it certainly embodies the ideals that I am striving for. It\'s certainly a concept that I am ardently exploring right now. but, as I am still exploring, Cheers, Marc Thanks for dropping by Elan :-) \"Attractor Marketing\"… I like that, at least on the conceptual level, as it certainly embodies the ideals that I am striving for. It\'s certainly a concept that I am ardently exploring right now. but, as I am still exploring, Cheers, Marc

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