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3 weeks ago
in Top 4 Reasons Why Gary Vaynerchuck is Incredibly Persuasive on Persuasive.net
Why do I suddenly have a hankering for a glass of red wine?
1 reply
AJ Kumar
Gerald, you and me both. I actually ended up grabbing a glass after I wrote this ;)
1 month ago
in How I got my blog post retweeted by @problogger, @GuyKawasaki and 250 more on How To Make My Blog
You're still missing the point.
I am personal friends with
@phaoloo
@zaibatsu
@mayhemstudios
and a few others you have mentioned above.
These guys retweet my stuff regularly and I retweet theirs as well. It's not because we expect one another to tweet each others stuff. It's partly because we are friends yes and it's partly because we enjoy each others tweets and content. It's a mutual relationship/friendship.
I'm not suggesting you should always just do everything someone asks you. Your still missing the point here.
You're clearly stating in your post that part of your strategy is to ask others to tweet your posts, yet you have such high quality control standards that it's a rare occasion and unlikely that you will ever return the favor.
Let me give you a real life example. You had post a while back that was submitted to digg. You asked me for help which I was glad to go out of my way to help you via shouting the story and spreading the word about your story among the digg community. Not saying I did it single handedly but the story did hit the digg home page briefly. The next day I ran a couple of things by you that you refused to tweet. Now I don't expect you or anyone to tweet something on demand but when someone goes out of their way to help you it would be nice (polite) to show some appreciation.
Your position is that you have such "high quality control standards" that it's unlikely that you will ever return a favor. I know you are a nice guy and your intentions are good but frankly this does sound kind of snobish.
I am personal friends with
@phaoloo
@zaibatsu
@mayhemstudios
and a few others you have mentioned above.
These guys retweet my stuff regularly and I retweet theirs as well. It's not because we expect one another to tweet each others stuff. It's partly because we are friends yes and it's partly because we enjoy each others tweets and content. It's a mutual relationship/friendship.
I'm not suggesting you should always just do everything someone asks you. Your still missing the point here.
You're clearly stating in your post that part of your strategy is to ask others to tweet your posts, yet you have such high quality control standards that it's a rare occasion and unlikely that you will ever return the favor.
Let me give you a real life example. You had post a while back that was submitted to digg. You asked me for help which I was glad to go out of my way to help you via shouting the story and spreading the word about your story among the digg community. Not saying I did it single handedly but the story did hit the digg home page briefly. The next day I ran a couple of things by you that you refused to tweet. Now I don't expect you or anyone to tweet something on demand but when someone goes out of their way to help you it would be nice (polite) to show some appreciation.
Your position is that you have such "high quality control standards" that it's unlikely that you will ever return a favor. I know you are a nice guy and your intentions are good but frankly this does sound kind of snobish.
1 reply
Marko Saric
@Gerald Weber - There is a bit more to the story than that as you know. I did decline two of your guest posts etc. And you kept pushing. I have emails / stumble messages / gtalk messages from you in three digit figures. You sent them every day, several times a day for a long period of time: please RT this, please stumble this, please digg this, please reddit this... I was very nice to you and patient always responding to you. But I can only take a certain amount of it. That's why I told you about my quality control. Then you stopped messaging me for some time and now you're back again tweeting my stuff and commenting on my blog. And saying that you have problems because I do not retweet your stuff? It doesn't make sense. You cannot force anyone to share your stories, no matter how many times you push it...
1 month ago
in How I got my blog post retweeted by @problogger, @GuyKawasaki and 250 more on How To Make My Blog
I use please RT from time to time also it does seem to help get retweets. My point is not about putting please RT, it's regarding directly asking others to tweet your content. There is nothing wrong with asking others to tweet you stuff. People ask me for tweets all the time and I usually agree as long as I like the person that is asking and the content is decent.
Sending a DM with a message that says. "I thought you might find this interesting" is a polite way of asking for a tweet. There is nothing wrong with asking someone to tweet your post or content but if you are going to ask others for a favor it would be nice (some might even say polite) to return the favor occasionally. Reciprocity is the handshake that is the cornerstone of social media friendship.
Sending a DM with a message that says. "I thought you might find this interesting" is a polite way of asking for a tweet. There is nothing wrong with asking someone to tweet your post or content but if you are going to ask others for a favor it would be nice (some might even say polite) to return the favor occasionally. Reciprocity is the handshake that is the cornerstone of social media friendship.
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Marko Saric
@Gerald Weber - Of course it is polite to "pay back" and tweet / link something from someone who has done it for you. But I have already explained you my strict quality control for guest posts, tweets etc. I really cannot retweet / link / post everything people ask me to. So what I do is I share only the stuff that I find useful, be it from a person who retweets me every day or from a person who has never heard of me. It works best for me and I am sure my blog would not be where it is right now if I just did whatever people asked me to do.
1 month ago
in How I got my blog post retweeted by @problogger, @GuyKawasaki and 250 more on How To Make My Blog
"Ask for a tweet
Don’t be passive, ask people for a retweet. Either include a “please RT” call to action in your tweet or direct message people you have a good relationship with and that might be interested in the topic of the post.
You don’t have to spam everyone. In my case I only direct messaged 5 people that I know have influence and have interest in what I wrote about."
You clearly stated here that part of your strategy is that you DM a few people you have close contacts with and ask them for a tweet.
So you ask others to tweet your stuff but you are not willing to tweets others stuff in return? This is my point this creates a one sided take relationship if you are willing to ask but not willing to reciprocate.
You have some great knowledge and skills when it comes to blogging but you do fall a bit short when it comes to the world of social media. Social media IS about hand shaking and reciprocation. Not saying you should always tweet something just because it is a friend of yours but I find it very interesting that you are willing to ask others for tweets but when asked yourself you refuse.
Don’t be passive, ask people for a retweet. Either include a “please RT” call to action in your tweet or direct message people you have a good relationship with and that might be interested in the topic of the post.
You don’t have to spam everyone. In my case I only direct messaged 5 people that I know have influence and have interest in what I wrote about."
You clearly stated here that part of your strategy is that you DM a few people you have close contacts with and ask them for a tweet.
So you ask others to tweet your stuff but you are not willing to tweets others stuff in return? This is my point this creates a one sided take relationship if you are willing to ask but not willing to reciprocate.
You have some great knowledge and skills when it comes to blogging but you do fall a bit short when it comes to the world of social media. Social media IS about hand shaking and reciprocation. Not saying you should always tweet something just because it is a friend of yours but I find it very interesting that you are willing to ask others for tweets but when asked yourself you refuse.
1 reply
Marko Saric
@Gerald Weber - Research from http://danzarrella.com has shown that tweets with "please RT" get more RT's than those without. Even though I do not use it personally I have included it as it has been proven to work the best. I just give a heads-up to couple people, I do not ask for the tweet, just inform them that the article might be useful to them. No strings attached. These guys want to be the most retweeted and they like when they can tweet a good article and get 10 RT's, and that is why some of my stuff is useful to them.
1 month ago
in How I got my blog post retweeted by @problogger, @GuyKawasaki and 250 more on How To Make My Blog
Mostly good advice, however a point I might add is that you have to be willing to give to receive. It's a basic fundamental aspect of social media. I have tweeted your stuff many many times and the one or two times I asked you for a tweet you refused. Just saying sometimes it's a good idea and good manners to reciprocate.
1 reply
Marko Saric
@Gerald Weber - I am not really into reciprocal linking. I believe that if I write good content people will tweet it, link to it. I tweet many links to posts that I have found useful every day and I don't do that because I want the owners of those sites to tweet my stuff, I do it because it provided value to me and I think it might provide value to people who follow me. And if I find a post that I like from you, I will tweet it even without you asking for a tweet. I cannot just tweet reciprocal links from you to my followers, just because you found my stuff useful enough to tweet about it yourself. About SuperCache, yeah I know as I wrote in comment above, but it was nice to turn it on in hope that it may be useful.
1 month ago
in Reddit Is Deceiving Banned Users on Benjamin Teo
PS:
"Blogs are dictatorial. “I talk, you listen.”
Blogs are not so much a one way conversation I talk you listen. We are talking back and forth right now and have a very much two way conversation.
"You’ve got your own little army. You’ve got power over your minions"
I believe it pretty much the same way on reddit only most the bloggers I know don't love the four letter words and personal attacks as much as most redditors.
Also you complain about ads being on blog. Well Reddit also have sponsored advertising let me remind you. So to suggest that anything that has some kind of ad on it is evil would also be calling reddit evil. Correct?
Just to clarify I'm not saying that EVERYTHING about reddit is bad. It may sound that way because I am reply to personal attack after personal attack from reddit commentators here.
I think there are many positive aspects of reddit for example while perhaps a bit over the top at times I do appreciate the comment participation on reddit.
So I don't think reddit completely sucks just like I don't think any one platform completely rules the world.
However I do think there are some fundamental flaws in the moderation system as I have pointed out clearly in my article.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
"Blogs are dictatorial. “I talk, you listen.”
Blogs are not so much a one way conversation I talk you listen. We are talking back and forth right now and have a very much two way conversation.
"You’ve got your own little army. You’ve got power over your minions"
I believe it pretty much the same way on reddit only most the bloggers I know don't love the four letter words and personal attacks as much as most redditors.
Also you complain about ads being on blog. Well Reddit also have sponsored advertising let me remind you. So to suggest that anything that has some kind of ad on it is evil would also be calling reddit evil. Correct?
Just to clarify I'm not saying that EVERYTHING about reddit is bad. It may sound that way because I am reply to personal attack after personal attack from reddit commentators here.
I think there are many positive aspects of reddit for example while perhaps a bit over the top at times I do appreciate the comment participation on reddit.
So I don't think reddit completely sucks just like I don't think any one platform completely rules the world.
However I do think there are some fundamental flaws in the moderation system as I have pointed out clearly in my article.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
1 reply
Kyle
>Blogs are not so much a one way conversation I talk you listen. We are talking back and forth right now and have a very much two way conversation.
If somebody much more experienced and knowledgeable about a topic, they wouldn't be following you around. They wouldn't be spending their time reading the entirety of your blog every morning. Interaction would be small. Even though me and you are having a conversation right now doesn't mean squat. The topic is set by the blogger. Even if a comment was 20X more correct than the bog post, the topic is still set by the blogger. You almost never see people RT'ing comments. Thus, you have more "power." That's why this system is bunk. I can't have a say unless I have my own blog, and my own network of people who share the same opinions. Even if you whiteflag this long after you originally posted, all your tweets and traffic have already come and gone, so it doesn't even matter anymore. That is why blog comments don't mean squat.
>"You’ve got your own little army. You’ve got power over your minions"
>>I believe it pretty much the same way on reddit only most the bloggers I know don't love the four letter words and personal attacks as much as most redditors.
1. Good lord, learn english, and try using it properly. Isn't it your JOB to write? What the hell.
2. No. Reddit is almost entirely flat-leveled. It's really hard to influence the system, because people act as individuals, and vote stuff that they find favorable. That's not how digg works. And, if you're referring to moderating "power"... it's not even power. They're moderating TOOLS. There's so many checks and balances involved with moderating that you don't have an opportunity to influence the crowd without getting caught in the act.
If somebody much more experienced and knowledgeable about a topic, they wouldn't be following you around. They wouldn't be spending their time reading the entirety of your blog every morning. Interaction would be small. Even though me and you are having a conversation right now doesn't mean squat. The topic is set by the blogger. Even if a comment was 20X more correct than the bog post, the topic is still set by the blogger. You almost never see people RT'ing comments. Thus, you have more "power." That's why this system is bunk. I can't have a say unless I have my own blog, and my own network of people who share the same opinions. Even if you whiteflag this long after you originally posted, all your tweets and traffic have already come and gone, so it doesn't even matter anymore. That is why blog comments don't mean squat.
>"You’ve got your own little army. You’ve got power over your minions"
>>I believe it pretty much the same way on reddit only most the bloggers I know don't love the four letter words and personal attacks as much as most redditors.
1. Good lord, learn english, and try using it properly. Isn't it your JOB to write? What the hell.
2. No. Reddit is almost entirely flat-leveled. It's really hard to influence the system, because people act as individuals, and vote stuff that they find favorable. That's not how digg works. And, if you're referring to moderating "power"... it's not even power. They're moderating TOOLS. There's so many checks and balances involved with moderating that you don't have an opportunity to influence the crowd without getting caught in the act.
1 month ago
in Reddit Is Deceiving Banned Users on Benjamin Teo
Like I said narrow minded thinking. Did it ever occur to you that reddit is one big blog?
You are actually calling yourself scum. lol. Genius!
I understand it's not your fault. It's mostly your ignorance. You don't understand blogging and social media you only know reddit.com. There is a big world out there on the internet. Give it a chance. You will be amazed at the possibilities once you open your mind a bit.
You are actually calling yourself scum. lol. Genius!
I understand it's not your fault. It's mostly your ignorance. You don't understand blogging and social media you only know reddit.com. There is a big world out there on the internet. Give it a chance. You will be amazed at the possibilities once you open your mind a bit.
1 reply
Kyle
I just found this blog post, and I just needed to comment.
You know why blog posts are seldom seen on reddit?
Because they are shit.
Ads here, ads there, terrible commenting system, terrible commenters (read: you) (lol. I'm a genius. Well, my mom says so), etc. etc.
For the most part, blogs are simply a voice between data/facts, and the audience. Usually that voice is a mumbling retard (read: you), who has no idea what he's talking about. What if I could grab the source (press release, original article, .jpg file, youtube video URL), and give it straight to my audience? Let them put in the description and commentary that they want? Editorialization without justification of knowledge is the cancer of the internet. Sure, it happens on reddit as well, but it's easy to find out if they are qualified. Plus, people can "drop" that user's credibility instantly; they don't have an army following them. I'll get to that in a second.
Blogs are dictatorial. "I talk, you listen." If you've got enough mindless shits to read your blog on a regular basis, then of course you are going to 'enjoy' it. You've got your own little army. You've got power over your minions. Fuckin A, Castro!
Blogs are just as flawed as the people who run them (read: you). Communities such as reddit aren't dragged down by the "weakest link" of the team. They're powered by the content and comments provided by the most skillful of people. You need a trained virologist to weigh in on whether or not swine flu should be treated seriously? You'll probably find one. Need someone skilled at photoshop to help fix your ruined wedding photos? You'll probably find one. You get diversity in content, while staying away from having some fat greasy shit like you talking on topics you have no expertise in.
Let your mind rust in the bloggoverse. The twittersphere. The diggscape. The dixx. There simply isn't a community atmosphere out there comparable to reddit. Having been in the community for quite some time, I can honestly say that if you haven't dugg deep to look at how amazing some of the people are (see, for example: http://www.reddit.com/r/happybirthday ), then you'll have no idea what you are missing when you move through other sites and communities as you grow closer to death. You'll rot away not knowing the movement you could have been in. The friendships, and the sharing. But, most importantly, the vast knowledge of the reddit hivemind. You quickly find things that you'd never read elsewhere. Not by searching, and not by stumbling over them somewhere.
Have fun being a pathetic ignorant old soul, drifting past like dust in the wind. Skipping out on a sip of the fountain of youth.
Hell, I wasn't nearly as ignorant and narrow-minded when I was your age.
You know why blog posts are seldom seen on reddit?
Because they are shit.
Ads here, ads there, terrible commenting system, terrible commenters (read: you) (lol. I'm a genius. Well, my mom says so), etc. etc.
For the most part, blogs are simply a voice between data/facts, and the audience. Usually that voice is a mumbling retard (read: you), who has no idea what he's talking about. What if I could grab the source (press release, original article, .jpg file, youtube video URL), and give it straight to my audience? Let them put in the description and commentary that they want? Editorialization without justification of knowledge is the cancer of the internet. Sure, it happens on reddit as well, but it's easy to find out if they are qualified. Plus, people can "drop" that user's credibility instantly; they don't have an army following them. I'll get to that in a second.
Blogs are dictatorial. "I talk, you listen." If you've got enough mindless shits to read your blog on a regular basis, then of course you are going to 'enjoy' it. You've got your own little army. You've got power over your minions. Fuckin A, Castro!
Blogs are just as flawed as the people who run them (read: you). Communities such as reddit aren't dragged down by the "weakest link" of the team. They're powered by the content and comments provided by the most skillful of people. You need a trained virologist to weigh in on whether or not swine flu should be treated seriously? You'll probably find one. Need someone skilled at photoshop to help fix your ruined wedding photos? You'll probably find one. You get diversity in content, while staying away from having some fat greasy shit like you talking on topics you have no expertise in.
Let your mind rust in the bloggoverse. The twittersphere. The diggscape. The dixx. There simply isn't a community atmosphere out there comparable to reddit. Having been in the community for quite some time, I can honestly say that if you haven't dugg deep to look at how amazing some of the people are (see, for example: http://www.reddit.com/r/happybirthday ), then you'll have no idea what you are missing when you move through other sites and communities as you grow closer to death. You'll rot away not knowing the movement you could have been in. The friendships, and the sharing. But, most importantly, the vast knowledge of the reddit hivemind. You quickly find things that you'd never read elsewhere. Not by searching, and not by stumbling over them somewhere.
Have fun being a pathetic ignorant old soul, drifting past like dust in the wind. Skipping out on a sip of the fountain of youth.
Hell, I wasn't nearly as ignorant and narrow-minded when I was your age.
1 month ago
in Reddit Is Deceiving Banned Users on Benjamin Teo
This isn't grammar school. This is a blog. It's a place for communincating and weak attacks regarding grammar is not the point of this post or conversation. Become a grammar teacher if you want to spend time criticizing grammar.
1 reply
Kyle
Wait... are you complaining about getting kicked off reddit, and you just stumbled over a grammar joke about it, and you thought it was about the blog?
Dude. Reddit is all up in the shiz with grammar. It's awesome. If somebody makes a grammar or spelling mistake, people generally point it out. The overseas people learning english love it especially, because it helps them out with their language skills. For the rest of us, it helps us make sure we put time and effort into comments before posting. If you can't make a good sentence, then you surely cannot make a good argument.
Dude. Reddit is all up in the shiz with grammar. It's awesome. If somebody makes a grammar or spelling mistake, people generally point it out. The overseas people learning english love it especially, because it helps them out with their language skills. For the rest of us, it helps us make sure we put time and effort into comments before posting. If you can't make a good sentence, then you surely cannot make a good argument.
1 month ago
in Reddit Is Deceiving Banned Users on Benjamin Teo
@undacted,
It's his blog he can make the poll however he likes. Just like reddit deleting submission you don't think that is a form of censorship?
At least he is allowing you to comment here. I see why the poll is biased and see nothing wrong with that as a matter of making a point.
It's his blog he can make the poll however he likes. Just like reddit deleting submission you don't think that is a form of censorship?
At least he is allowing you to comment here. I see why the poll is biased and see nothing wrong with that as a matter of making a point.
1 reply
undacted
hurrrrr
Poll question: What is Gerald Weber's middle name?
* Idiot
* Retard
It's my comment, so I can make this poll as skewed as I like.
If the ballot for the United States' presidency only included republicans, don't you think people would be mildly upset?
And, no, I still stand by the opinion that "censorship" on reddit is insignificantly small, and significantly justified, when related to the censorship seen on digg.
Digg admins use many forms of censorship. They use the mystifying promotional algorithm as their scapegoat to keep things off the front page. Kevin Rose promised in 2007 to implement a "bury bin" where buried stories could be revived if they got enough attention, but of course that was never implemented, because censorship methods would have to be more obvious. They now simply tell you, "this didn't reach the front page because users buried it."
And it's similar in the comments. The admins can put a ban on you, with the only notification being that "other users reported your activity as inappropriate."
Sure, they *could* delete things of yours, but then they couldn't blame it on the users. They prefer having things hidden in the backstage. Of course, that's terrible from the user standpoint.
So, even if you don't like my opinion about reddit censorship, you can at least admit that the users and admins have it set up in such a way that at least you have PROOF that things are banned. This is not the case on digg, and that is very worrisome.
Also, I admit to being part of the censorship engine. For instance, I was contacted today by a user who was being harassed by a user who made several extremely inflammatory comments (topics such as tracing her activity through the internet to find her address, hunt her down, and rape her family, etc.), and similar submissions. I had no hesitation in banning the comments and submissions, and I needed the help of other moderators to do so. In such a case, you absolutely do NOT want such a user to be aware that they have been banned, because then they could potentially go on a rampage, or harass through other mediums.
I understand why you might feel bad about getting banned "invisibly," but there are certainly many instances where such a system has benefits. For example, spam, or harassment.
But there's absolutely nothing wrong with creating a new account. Reddit users are treated almost as equals. 'Elite' members often create new accounts after ditching old ones, and they get treated just the same.
I honestly believe that you should let go of this "issue." As the saying goes, "it's not a bug, it's a feature." You're far too boiled up about this. There are so many benefits of the invisiban that you seem to be overlooking. Complaining about it doesn't help.
But it sure did bring traffic to your article, and you guys all seem to be in the blogging biz for the money, so who the fuck am I to judge? But I do think that, morally, you should just drop it.
Poll question: What is Gerald Weber's middle name?
* Idiot
* Retard
It's my comment, so I can make this poll as skewed as I like.
If the ballot for the United States' presidency only included republicans, don't you think people would be mildly upset?
And, no, I still stand by the opinion that "censorship" on reddit is insignificantly small, and significantly justified, when related to the censorship seen on digg.
Digg admins use many forms of censorship. They use the mystifying promotional algorithm as their scapegoat to keep things off the front page. Kevin Rose promised in 2007 to implement a "bury bin" where buried stories could be revived if they got enough attention, but of course that was never implemented, because censorship methods would have to be more obvious. They now simply tell you, "this didn't reach the front page because users buried it."
And it's similar in the comments. The admins can put a ban on you, with the only notification being that "other users reported your activity as inappropriate."
Sure, they *could* delete things of yours, but then they couldn't blame it on the users. They prefer having things hidden in the backstage. Of course, that's terrible from the user standpoint.
So, even if you don't like my opinion about reddit censorship, you can at least admit that the users and admins have it set up in such a way that at least you have PROOF that things are banned. This is not the case on digg, and that is very worrisome.
Also, I admit to being part of the censorship engine. For instance, I was contacted today by a user who was being harassed by a user who made several extremely inflammatory comments (topics such as tracing her activity through the internet to find her address, hunt her down, and rape her family, etc.), and similar submissions. I had no hesitation in banning the comments and submissions, and I needed the help of other moderators to do so. In such a case, you absolutely do NOT want such a user to be aware that they have been banned, because then they could potentially go on a rampage, or harass through other mediums.
I understand why you might feel bad about getting banned "invisibly," but there are certainly many instances where such a system has benefits. For example, spam, or harassment.
But there's absolutely nothing wrong with creating a new account. Reddit users are treated almost as equals. 'Elite' members often create new accounts after ditching old ones, and they get treated just the same.
I honestly believe that you should let go of this "issue." As the saying goes, "it's not a bug, it's a feature." You're far too boiled up about this. There are so many benefits of the invisiban that you seem to be overlooking. Complaining about it doesn't help.
But it sure did bring traffic to your article, and you guys all seem to be in the blogging biz for the money, so who the fuck am I to judge? But I do think that, morally, you should just drop it.
