Comments on: A Hardcore Spanking, Web 2.0 Style

By: Static Brain

Static Brain — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:27:37 +0000

I almost got into the “Pay Per Post debacle”, and I am so glad I didn’t. A lot of my friends have horror stories to tell, much like yours, of lost page rank. I know a girl who went from a rank 7 to a 1. My sympathy is with you.

By: Todd Wetzelberger

Todd Wetzelberger — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:54:41 +0000

Andrew,
I think it’s all about comfort zone and how far you’re willing to lay your balls out to get stepped on. Personally, if I feel I’m coming from right place w/ intent, and trying to provide good content to share that will enrich others, I’m ok w/ early adoption/ promotion.

I almost consider it my duty if I think the information is important to get in front of the right eyeballs.

It’s all about risk tolerance. I have high tolerance so will take risk. it’s just how I’m wired. different strokes.

By: Ted Murphy

Ted Murphy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:25:22 +0000

Its all very high school, imo.

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:13:22 +0000

I’m with you guys. Sometimes early adopters get the worm . . . sometimes they simply get a hunk of dirt. As someone banned from Reddit for sharing some of our site’s top articles, I know how it feels.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:02:45 +0000

Yikes! I just recently got banned from Digg myself. Fortunately, I just started using the site and lost only a few integral sites.

By: Abraham

Abraham — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:47:04 +0000

I feel your pain. I got banned from wikipedia. Complete accident on my part and quite embarrassing. Didn’t read the rules before I made changes.

I think they’ve let me back by now. But I still sign in with great trepidation.

By: Jeff B

Jeff B — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:41:20 +0000

Andrew,

I thought there was some magic followING to followER ratio that had to be met. In other words, more followERs wouldn’t limit you to 2000 followING. There are many examples of people on Twitter following 10 to 20 thousand people. They usually have a ton of followers too.

By: Jeffro2pt0

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:16:14 +0000

Hey man, if you’re going to be an early adopter, you have to bite the bullet. As for myself, I’m never an early adopter. I tend to use the wait and see approach and that has worked out well. I also don’t do anything outside the norm so I’m right there with you with regards to letting others be the guinea pigs. Wouldn’t be better for people to sit back and laugh at those guys rather than laugh at you because you’re the example?