DISQUS

Loved this post and totally agree. You have to put yourself out there. I feel like I'm in such a good place right now that it's time to push further and take some more risks. Thanks for the timely post!

It's not about you... and yet your previous post was about why *you* deleted *your* page. (That was your response to commenters). If it's all about the community, and not about you, why not give people useful and valuable information?

This follow-up post is again about you, not on what's useful for your community. It's your blog and you're free to write about whatever you want, but don't posit that it's not all about you when it so very clearly is, at least in this instance.

There's a difference between "It's not about me," and "It's about you."

A better action and subsequent title would have been "How I created value and community on my Facebook fan page."

Because I've seen people and companies that are able to do that.

I voted for Bing 3 out of the 4 searches. They had the most relevant results higher up for each of my searches... interesting!

I love Eat, Pray, Love and didn't read it right away either. When I read it, I too felt like it was perfect timing. Isn't that weird how things like that work out? Fun post.

The age of virture - I like it! Thanks for the great round up and including me.

I actually don't have much of a problem with forgiveness... weird, I know. All I can say is that we all mistakes, and I hope that others forgive my imperfections, so the least I can do is forgive theirs. Really great post.

I voted! :)

Grace, have you read the research from Daniel Gilbert? I love this quote from him:

“When our ambition is bounded it leads us to work joyfully."

If you don't want to wait to get his book, check out this TED video here - http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dan_gilbert_...

ESPN is so behind in what a great sports site should be anyway. They'll get away with it for a time because they're the big player in the space right now, but there's so much opportunity for a new site to do sports a lot better. This might be the push that's needed to get it up. That's what I hear from my guy friends at least :)

I like humility. I think Ryan has a quiet confidence that is extremely attractive and intriguing. But I also think that we shouldn't underestimate confidence and put it down. Certainly, we don't want to be around arrogant jerks, but it seems - especially in the blogosphere - that we reward vulnerability, but not confidence. Too often, I can say I'm wrong and learning and be humble and will endear people to me, but confidence provokes the opposite reaction. That person thinks she's right? How dare she?!

It's a fine line to walk. And difficult.

It also reminds me of this thing I have about doctors. And that they're mostly cocky and annoying. Neurosurgeons are the worst (my best friend is engaged to one)... but then, if someone is going to touch my brain, I want them to cocky as hell. You know?

This is timely, because much of the above is in some writing I did recently... funny how we often seem to be thinking in parallel :)

This is great, Chris. I think this is an exciting time for companies and individuals - the fact that we're entering into conversations in a completely different way is bound to bring up difficulties and challenges along the way. But working through those items is often the most fun part of the process. I've never been anything but impressed with Ted and IZEA. We all make mistakes, but it's ultimately the spirit of collaboration that will define how grand social media will be.

Those are exactly the types of things I'm talking about... and also getting involved in local politics, caring about your local lake, the kids in the community, etc. Doing stuff, you know.

Ruby Ku's post on Akhilah's blog is really what sparked my thoughts and I've been mulling it over about why Gen Y might not actually commit to a place because it's not in our nature (quasi-anonymous and all that). There's all these things that influence us and while we choose a place to live first, work second, do we do anything to keep it great? I'm not so sure.

Great post - I think location matters so much. I still need to read Who's Your City by Florida.

Here's what I've been pondering though lately and would love your thoughts on. We choose a place to live, but do we commit and give back to that place? In other words, will Gen Y ruin local community?

Akirah says she is committted to giving back to Pittsburgh, but I don't see this often in real life... what do you think?

When I referenced personal attacks, I was talking about all the people who attack others, not P's post.

I'm going to paste my comment from Matt's post since some of the same issues are coming up.

I agree that some things are morally right and wrong.

In this case, I think David was the example Penelope used. I don’t think it was personal. She used David as the face for all the other individuals who make such statements. David = jerks. It’s easier to identify with a specific case or person than large sweeping generalizations.

Nonprofits, as I’m sure you know, do this all the time to plead their case. Instead of saying donate food for the hungry, they introduce you to Sara who has a daughter and just got laid off.

Penelope attacked his opinions, not the man himself. And in the meantime, she also laid out quite honestly the struggle we all feel when we’re attacked ourselves. I think that’s scary for a lot of us to see that because we wish we were all better, but it doesn’t get better unless you talk about it and engage in dialogue and put yourself out there.

People like Penelope because she makes them think - it doesn’t mean you have to agree with her, her thoughts, OR her actions. Just accept that she does a great job at her job - pushing others to think differently, learn about their own values, form opinions, and create dialogue.

Like I said in my social media post, I don’t agree with Scott Monty, but I respect what he does. I don’t agree with Ann Coulter either. But you have to admit, she’s good at helping others learn about themselves through voicing her own opinions.

You’ve only been blogging a few months. Wait until you write something a little controversial, and then do that over and over again, and get slammed over and over again. Penelope is one of the best people I know at taking criticism. She has taken and dealt with immense amounts that none of us will probably ever know.

But not when it’s a personal attack. Should we have to deal with that kind of abuse as a blogger? If so, I don’t want to blog.

That’s my two cents. Thanks for the post and opinion!

I had a light bulb moment a couple years ago when I realized that companies weren't monolithic and were instead actually made up of people, and those people were doing the best they could in the circumstances given.

Should companies or people not be challenged? No. Dialogue is essential. Both the good and the bad. And the good needs to be said several times over because most people don't pay attention to the good the first time.

I have been wanting to write a post on Gen Y and religion for just about forever... aargh. Maybe this post will give me the motivation I need. I do agree that Gen Yers seemingly don't care as much as previous generations, at least for organized religions. Although I always have in my head my mother who warned me about my boyfriend in high school who was a bit of rebel and whose parents were deeply religious. He will turn into his parents someday, she said. I wonder if it's just because we're young that we're not religious yet...

Oh, I wish I had thought of doing this - great post! Dan is the man!

Love this! Nike is always good.

Ah, Steve Jobs. I didn't recognize this quote right away and it reminded me of a poem from Shel Silverstein. I'll try to find it when I go home.

Ah, I love Cool People Care!

Here are my ideas/tips:

Until January, I didn't have a car and used CommunityCar.com in my city if I needed a car for some reason, but otherwise I walked. It was great because I live downtown and am close to all the amenities and entertainment. I also worked downtown at the time. I definitely recommend other cities implement similar businesses and individuals implement similar behavior!

In January, I started a new job that was twelve miles from where I live and since we don't have light rail (yet!) in Madison, I bought a car. It was my first car and it had to be a hybrid. I LOVE my hybrid. It gets the best gas mileage and runs great. I highly recommend it.

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Love this, thanks for sharing!

Love this, she has a dynamic personality and it was great they showed both sides.