While some may still have complained, it would at least have spared us from the having to read the exact same message over and over. I wonder how long it will be before @Jensense replies will be back to normal?

In actual fact, I never questioned the competition itself — great idea. It’s the method of promotion that is alienating a lot of people and, unfortunately, by association the event itself has the potential to be tainted.

I would love to help you promote your workshop – I just don’t think repeating the same Tweet over and over is going to be a good way to do it. Twitter users seem to have a low threshold for duplicate content.

I have often considered posting that if you aren’t willing to read Tweet’s about someone else’s business or event why should you think anyone would read yours.

More tolerance would be a very good thing. For now it might be best to be more creative in how we get the word out.

What I do know is: This is a super opportunity for search app developers and startups to showcase their apps in front of a who’s who of search.

Think about it guys: Chitika could have spent these tens of thousands of dollars that we are spending on this workshop on some self-serving demo or workshop. Instead we thought it would be better to let app developers showcase their apps — and hopefully get some recognition/business in front of a key audience.