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People are saying effective participation in sites such as StumbleUpon, Facebook and del.icio.us can lead to increased traffic, more customers and a stronger online reputation for you.

But what if you don’t want these things? Here are a few tips guaranteed to help you alienate potential customers, damage your online reputation and annoy community members at any site you join.
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from SpostareDuro 629 Days ago #
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a thorough and funny how NOT to in social media. :-)

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from torka 629 Days ago #
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Thanks! I thought about submitting it myself everywhere, just to prove the techniques work, but Gyutae beat me to it over here, darn it. :)  Oh, well, there’s always the next article...

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from yojpotter2 628 Days ago #
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Great find gyutae..^^ I really enjoyed reading this post..now I have to keep in mind not to do any of these tactics to prevent myself from flanking on my social sites..^^

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