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Posted By: ZakNicola 82 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.huomah.com)
Category: Social Media
David Harry takes a step back and sees the light. What are you doing in social media, and what are "they" doing in return for you?
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from Jill 82 days ago #
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Anyone who wants thanks for participating on social media sites is not going to be too happy.

If you're not just doing it because you love it, then it's definitely a good idea to stop.

from Halfdeck 82 days ago #
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There are times when I don't have enough time to do everything I want to do - when that happens I don't read blogs, I don't post on forums, I don't visit Sphinn. To me Sphinn is less of a marketing/networking tool than it is entertainment when I need a break from work, so it gets shelved pretty frequently. There are only 24 hours in a day so somethings gotta give.

from yourseomentor 82 days ago #
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Dave, we appriciate all the effort and content that you have provided here at Sphinn! You will be missed!

from vangogh 82 days ago #
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Jill I don't think this is about participating with expectations of thanks. Sometimes when easy opportunites to say thanks go by without one it can feel like a slap in the face.

For example I post to a couple of forums often. I don't get much back from it in any kind of marketing sense, at least not enough to justify the time, but I enjoy being able to help people where I can and so I'm happy to participate.

Sometimes a person will start a thread asking a question and I'll give a half hour to an hour composing a long and detailed response. Right after me two or three people will post some quick 'me too' posts echoing something I said. When the OP comes back he might thanks the 'me too' people and not offer any thanks to me.

Now I didn't post an answer in order to be thanked. I wasn't expecting it and it wasn't required at all. But when you give a lot of your time only to see someone else who didn't get thanked it  feels like a slap in the face. It certainly doesn't make me want to help that person again, because it comes across as not being appeciated.

It's not about expecting or needing thanks. But there are times when thanks could easily be given and isn't. I think that's more where Dave is coming from. I don't think he needs the thanks, but I think he's seeing opportunites where it could have been given go by which makes him question whether or not his participation is appreciated.

from ZakNicola 82 days ago #
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This isn't solely about David, nor is it only about getting thanks. Digg and the way it treats the users that participate most is a great example, as is Twitter and its seemingly endless problems with what feels like little to no concern for the user.

If every site gave out smiley faces, gold stars, or chocolate chip cookies as a way of saying thanks for participation we would all be worse off than we are now. All the man wants is a bit of respect, and who doesn't.

from LtDraper 82 days ago #
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I post to forums and social media for a number of reasons, not the least of which is karma.  A lot of times when I'm looking for a solution to a problem I find it because someone took the time to post it somewhere.  So doing the same is like seeding the commons.

from hugoguzman 82 days ago #
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This has gone on well before the days of "Social Media".

Wikipedia is another mega site that does not "thank" its users or editors in any specific way (at least not that I know of) and DMOZ never did either.

from Halfdeck 82 days ago #
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At least Google sends out T shirts and a thank you card if you participate on GG Webmaster Help.

What I don't get is what exactly was Dave looking to get out of Sphinn? Fame? More clients?  More traffic? Better SERP positions? Business partnerships? Similar to what Jill said, if you don't enjoy doing something why do it? There's nothing worse than hauling your ass doing stuff you don't like just to get paid.

from yojpotter2 81 days ago # - show/hide this comment
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Social media sites' are made mainly for interaction, adevrtising your stuff is only second or probably last thing.

from incrediblehelp 75 days ago #
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Way before social medai websites as Hugo has pointed out.  Mods at millions of forums spend countless hours for nothing more than the label of Mod.  To them that is thanks enough and the leads they get are not bad either.


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