Lazy ubiquitous everywhereiness

robwatts — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:23:50 +0000

No I think its related Sarah, its at least orbital

I cant comment on what Scott’s view is of course, but what i would say is that, some of us , especially some of the more number centric amongst us equate big numbers with popularity. If its popular, then the inference is it must be good, if its good then share it and flag it up….yet as you say, the reality is that this isn’t always necessarily borne out in fact, as in many ways, like you point out, some of the numbers and figures are arrived at via friend ‘whoring’.

How to differentiate between general community interest and otherwise is an interesting challenge. Im sure there is a programmitc solution somewhere, maybe you’ve planted a seed that helps that solution germinate.

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Sarah — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:38:08 +0000

@ Scott

Thanks for that, we are going a little off Rob’s subject here, but I just wanted to add, I can understand you can hide from that sort of promotion, when I was there my admire list was larger than my friends list.

However, you in my view are promoting friend whoring, as they call it. The reason I say this is that your ‘hot members or blogs’ are always it seems to me,(but correct me if I am wrong) given to members that have added over a hundred members or added over a 100 blogs to there profiles.

The day mybloglog puts a member on the hotlist due to the quality of the website they provide, is the day I come back.

I just think your making a rod for your own back, as by doing this hotlist the way you are you are just promoting this sort of activity.

Ok had my say – sorry Rob I realy took this off subject .. :0)

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Scott Rafer — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:11:24 +0000

@ Sarah
We’re working make it easy to hide from that sort of promotion if you want (and see it if you like it). We’d love it if you give us a try again when you are ready.

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Sarah — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:45:05 +0000

Say’s everything why I left myblogblog. If I am here and if I respond to your posts is because I want to and I find it interesting.

I found mybloglog a place full of people friend whoring.

I left :0)

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robwatts — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:14:11 +0000

Well, hear that Mark, but the reality is that loopholes and work arounds can and do reap dividends. It must be pretty tough to build and devise an application from scratch that is spammer proof. Must put hours and hours on development times, not to mention create all manner of headaches.

I’m with you on your bigger point though. The long term game is far more fruitful and productive. Not just from any ooh I made a few bucks sense, but more a self satisfaction thing too. Its a great feeling to build something of value that people like and use and praise. How can anyone look at some of the shit that is out there (splogs spam gens hack tools etc) and say with any sense of pride, cool I made that it makes the world a slightly better place to live in.

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Mark from Bloglyne.com — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:00:45 +0000

Now here is a something which I do not mind being called naive.

It amazes me the energy and effort expended on trying to “beat the system” instead of just getting out there and doing the things which are proven to legitimately create value which drive traffic.

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robwatts — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:17:50 +0000

Hi Scott, thanks for stopping by and clarifying that, I’m sure people will feel assured for the knowledge!

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Scott Rafer — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:12:09 +0000

Hi, To the extent we know, we’re safeguarded against that kind of attack. We don’t publish the exact nature of the safeguards but they aren’t radically different than what you suggest.

Michael has put up and taken down the widget 3 or 4 time since this particular incident.