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Re: New site launched: 90-9-1.com

jakemckee — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:55:12 -0000

I do believe that the principle applies, although the definitions of each stage of the 90, 9, and 1 percentages probably differ from space to space.

In the MMORPG there are varying levels of activity, even if "activity" is, by default a type of "creation". While absolutely everyone in an MMORPG might do certain types of creation activities as a simple by-product of playing the game at all, there's a much smaller percentage of people doing things like organizing guilds, creating out-of-game web sites, etc.

Re: New site launched: 90-9-1.com

jakemckee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:06 -0000

Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

Re: New site launched: 90-9-1.com

jakemckee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:24:00 -0000

Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

Re: One voice can change the world

jakemckee — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:54:27 -0000

Sure, not all outlets are as forgiving, but hell, the fact that this election cycle we can even have positive discussions at all is a mark of how far we've come.

Digg is a bastion of foolishness and idiots who disagree for the sheer trolling fun. Inherently or on accident, that's how that site has been created, and it's playing itself out.

If the concern is simply focused on whether the campaign foolishness was too much to have positive things come back once we have a president-elect, well... it will be fine. There was the same discussion about Clinton vs. Obama, and after just a few weeks much of that had calmed.

Re: Out of Office and Email Approvals?

jakemckee — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:16:13 -0000

Fair enough. Thanks for adding this to the priority list!

Re: Out of Office and Email Approvals?

jakemckee — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:47:28 -0000

My opinion:

1. Yes, having a toggle that allows/doesn't allow email replies is genius. I too want drives back to my site on some blogs, don't care on others.

2. "Approve" only currently works IF you've removed all content (another annoying step) from your email or else it posts the entire response, including "approve" as a comment.

3. I don't understand why you guys don't want to add a link directly to the comment I'm getting the email about. Sometimes there's a reason I want to go straight to the admin (follow-up, other admin tasks, etc.) - it's just an addition to the standard email format, why not add? (I've requested this in the past too)

As an admin, these notification emails are a powerful, powerful tool for my management abilities. I'd like to see them far more useful and offering far more options for getting tasks done than we currently see.

Thanks, as always, for the work!

Jake

Re: Out of Office and Email Approvals?

jakemckee — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:36:54 -0000

Record-Eagle, I wish you'd left that suggestion up. Having links like the wordpress emails is a great idea. I'd love the option be able to a) click straight to the approval from the notification while b) turning off auto-reply/approve

Re: Blog Commenting 2.0 cometh!

jakemckee — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:10:32 -0000

We chatted about this in person at BlogOrlando, but my point here was that separate from any specific system there is now going to be an opportunity for literally millions of blog to use a global commenting system by default. This means that when a huge percentage of blog comments are left, two things happen:

1. The "master" profile of the person leaving the comment is attached to their comment. (I'm always logged in as "jakemckee" across multiple sites)

2. Every comment I leave across these millions of blogs is now captured and (potentially) easily referenceable.

This is why I'm saying that we're watching a massive shift take place. Functionality is a secondary point to this primary (and exciting) point.

Re: Blog Commenting 2.0 cometh!

jakemckee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:06:07 -0000

I get notifications from Disqus via email - are you not? Do you have a toggle set to "off", perhaps?

It'll be interesting to see what this does for Disqus, SezWho, co.comment, etc. Will they suffer as IntenseDebate picks up? Or will this somehow launch an industry.

Oh how I dream that the systems would all play nicely together. Probably but a dream....

Re: Zappos’ 10 Principles

jakemckee — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:15:57 -0000

Haven't seen it, but I will certainly check it out. Thanks for the heads up!

Re: Upcoming sessions on identity and online personality

jakemckee — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:47:04 -0000

Test comment, please ignore

Re: Citizen's media is the answer! (Scripting News)

jakemckee — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:26:41 -0000

Nice! Love it.

Re: Community Organizing is Social Media

jakemckee — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:07:49 -0000

By the way, watch the clip yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mAAxCg2CC4

Rudy says "He worked as a community organizer", crowd laughs.

Re: Community Organizing is Social Media

jakemckee — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:00:33 -0000

Sadly, you didn't feel bold enough about your discussion to leave a real name which speaks volumes to your point.

I'm no "leftie", but that doesn't matter really. That's not the issue here. Community organizing isn't a joke, nor is Obama's experience with it as it relates to his OVERALL experience. I really don't want to take this too political, but if he was doing this YESTERDAY that'd be one thing. But this was years ago and speaks to how he thinks and approaches problems, not what he has been doing. He has 4 years in the national Senate and 11 years in the Illinois state senate. Let's not pretend that he's just fallen off some potatoe truck.

Besides that, while the spin of that sad, sad moment at the RNC might be that people were simply laughing at the experience in relation to the position, I think we all know better than that.

But that's enough on the political side. Let's get back to the discussion of how this relations to online and offline community building.

Re: Community Organizing is Social Media

jakemckee — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:55:51 -0000

All due respect, let's not be ignorant. Do you honestly think that we're debating the activites of a block party planner?

Googling "What does a Community Organizer do?" returns several helpful links:

http://tinyurl.com/5gg4ba
http://tinyurl.com/5rz255

...are just two such links. Here's the best answer I've seen:

"A community organizer does things for the people that the mayor, the city council, and other politicians and public officials can't or won't do."

Union leaders could be considering "community organizers", FYI. Unions like the one Palin's husband is a member of.

Re: You say it’s my birthday?

jakemckee — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:09:48 -0000

Ha ha ha! Thanks Brooks!

Re: The Palin vetting continues (Scripting News)

jakemckee — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:17:01 -0000

Holy crickey, my friend. All I can say is: "Ditto."

Seriously, you spelled out EXACTLY how I've been thinking of late, so thank you. Good stuff.

Re: Imagine if every product was this personal

jakemckee — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:01:11 -0000

Ah! Yes, gotcha.

Actually, I love that idea, as long as it stays honest. (Meaning that there isn't a "Billy Bob Inspector #23" real person just rubber stamping his name) Why not? If he's making such fantastic products that people seek him out, he should be rewarded for his quality. It would be tricky to balance the brand staying more in focus than the sub-brand, certainly, but you could do it. Lionel at Dell is more "Dell" than the brand "Dell" to me, but that doesn't stop me from working with/buying from Dell. (Actually Apple does that, but you get my point! :))

Re: Imagine if every product was this personal

jakemckee — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:13:52 -0000

Not sure I follow - are you saying that in order to actually make something like that work, we'd also have to do background checks on them?

If so, you're supporting my point at the end of the post above .... :)

Re: Did we lose forum search?

jakemckee — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:35:59 -0000

Ah, OK thanks. I swear I remember it from before... apparently not! :)

Re: Strands Offers Lifestreaming and Moral Dilemmas

jakemckee — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:46:32 -0000

@maringuy the "if you don’t' want it, don't use it" mantra has rarely had any real impact on changing behavior, perceptions, or opinions. Especially with those of non-social media nerd types. We've all been to a party with an odd group of people that made us feel uncomfortable and out of place. Maybe we should have expected such discomfort, but maybe we just honestly didn't know any better if we weren't part of that party's in-crowd. It's far too easy to chalk any potential problem up to the "you should know better" mindset, but how does anything really change beyond the core group if that's the approach?

Jenn, the issue you're raising is an interesting one. In the early(ish) days of Twitter, I remember a friend of mine getting genuinely irritated (I won't go so far as to say "mad") that I hadn't followed him. After all, he was following me. I'm sure we've all had similar stories at some point.

As more and more activites dissolve their online vs. offline differentiation, and as more and more tools allow me to voice my opinions, how does this affect our friendships? As it becomes easier for me to share my disdain for the Republican party via Twitter, for instance, do I risk losing clients or friends? When a friend asks me to digg something and it's clear that I don't, am I sending a "message" to them about our friendship status?

Let's not forget that while the social tools are new, social norms have existed and have been evolving for eons. People can have their feelings hurt in a wide range of situations... so who's to say that getting content "disliked" isn't one of those situations?

Of course, there are two discussions here really: What's happening now with the older crowd, and what's happening with youth who are being raised on these techs and social norms. At 34 (next week!), I might get upset about something that doesn't even register for someone 16 who has been raised on these technologies and social "concerns".

Any way you slice it, it's an interesting discussion!

Re: Notes about the new plugin

jakemckee — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:11:15 -0000

Bingo - that makes it easy (and instant) to actually upgrade without FTP and file download.

Re: Taking A Moment For Myself

jakemckee — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:28:58 -0000

Good thoughts, and as a new dad (well, relatively new anyway) who is starting a business, I hear ya brother. I hear ya.

Re: Can you defy the 90-9-1 Rule?

jakemckee — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:03:23 -0000

I hear ya, Miles. I hear ya.

That's the basic point - not that one is good and the other is bad, just a word of caution for using rewards because of the inherent potential for gaming.

Re: Borders Launches Audiobook MP3 Store With Free Offering

jakemckee — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:36:24 -0000

Hmm... looks like I can't get it to work - it shows free until I add to my cart... then they try to charge $9.95