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It wasn't a revolt so much as an attack against one member who happens to be very good at what he does.
But surely there's a little more to it than just following the Twitter bandwagon?
For extra effect, hold your mouse pointer over the image to read the alt-text, as inspired by xkcd...
I like this post title, reminds me of a classic Stan Lee story title. :
Story: Rebuilding Your Blog Groove
I had also heard that comments were somehow figuring into the Digg promotion algo.
My own limited experience seems to indicate that a good disagreement or fight, plus some trash talk (not from the poster!) seems to help on Digg. Which is a bit discouraging, but it's real, I guess.
@chriswinfield - don't disagree. I've noticed, however, on the few stories that I have hit FP, that there were some lively conversations happening between other people in the comments. I'm not a fight picker, personally.
Morgan Bateson, 'cause he was played by Kelsey Grammer and because he didn't screw anything up in his 2 minutes on screen.
But I think that Janeway was better than some people want to believe.
Jeeb90 - yes, you could certainly argue that Bateson was the most screwed up captain due to circumstance, topped perhaps by Rachel Garrett, but let's not quibble. After all, would someone REALLY make a silly proclamation like I did when the character literally had less than 2 minutes of screen time and did nothing but talk?
My actual answer, Picard, was in the following comment. Bateson was just a joke.
I don't deny that Anderson's got great ideas and is much more knowledgeable about this space than I am, but I still have problems accepting this argument.
I don't think things are becoming "free" as much as they are becoming subtly subsidized. In the end, someone somewhere is paying. Granted, the unit cost to produce many products seems to fall endlessly towards zero, but there is almost always a huge cost on the backend to bring costs/unit down so drastically. Although the current cost/unit to produce an item may be close to zero, it may look different if the costs (ALL of the costs) are averaged across the product's lifecycle.
"Free" could also become a staggering barrier to entry for new businesses if players with deeper pockets are jumping on the bandwagon.
As a consumer, I love free and I willingly admit that. This is a multi-faceted business concept that I'm oversimplying in this article and "free" certainly does have the potential to provide many win-win scenarios. I'm just concerned that there's a fair amount of "smoke and mirrors" going on with this concept. I'll keep reading and hope to be proved wrong.
The original idea behind Friends in Facebook, IMHO, was to list the people who were your friends, buddies, or otherwise people you knew in person.
Friends in social media would be better described as colleagues, contacts, or acquaintances.
For the record, our interview was conducted by E-Mail, so I have never met Lora in person. If SexySEO says she is a woman, who am I to argue? And if this person is really a man... so what?
It's not like I have blue skin and a green glowing brain in real life. :)
SpostareDuro provides a passionate post that encourages bloggers at all levels of experience and reputation to remember to be the best that they can be. Don't worry about currying favor with whoever is currently deemed to be on top. Treat other people with respect, including yourself.
Shana's point about embedding your Website link w/ HTML is just what I was looking for. Good Sphinn and great article.
@onreact - I always wondered why you wore a sombrero....
Story: Digg Users Revolt, The Digg Controversy, and The Responses