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Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

Ilker Karaagac — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:56:04 -0000

I do not understand what that is about it but I know I do online marketing very well:)
http://www.garantitatil.com

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

紅酒 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:10:34 -0000

Simon - that seems a little too much sucking up.

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

手机铃声 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:15:57 -0000

He argues that anyone could have looked up the MBL data and that it was hypocritical to expect an email from Shoemoney first (pointing out that notable Yahoo! blogger Jeremy Zawodny didn’t email Andy prior to publicly accusing Andy of being a spammer).

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Andy Beal — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:03:59 -0000

Simon - that seems a little too much sucking up.

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AndyBeard — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:49:41 -0000

I have written enough on this afair. Paul however I think expresses the views of many quite well.

http://blog.oflaherty.dk/20...

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

Barry Welford — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:40:47 -0000

That's what I see too. How crass. :(

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

Simon Heseltine — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:35:18 -0000

Now here's an interesting wrinkle. Go to http://www.mybloglog.com/bu... and see which member you see in the featured spot. All day for me it's been the same gent in a reflective pose...

Is this their way of getting back in Shoe's good books?

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

Barry Welford — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:51:02 -0000

That's what User Generated Content is all about. Everyone loves a crowd. However the crowd is only of those who are in this neck of the woods. I don't see the industry getting a black eye over this, since no one else knows or cares.

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

theGypsy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:46:13 -0000

I think the whole fiasco IS the story. I have yet to jump on a bandwagon ( Calcainis/Pasternack/MyBlogLog and others) - and I am starting to get concerned about the Pack Mentality of Internet marketers. It was cute at first, but this is verging on the point of potentially giving the industry a black eye, which is disconcerting to say the least.

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

Randy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:18:04 -0000

Mate stand on your own two feet. If you think honestly that they did some horrendous deed then you boycott them but don't boycott because somebody else is. BTW folks if some of you haven't guessed. This is a linkbait. Thats right. Controversial content linkbait. And it appears to have worked pretty well.

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

DanielthePoet — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:52:42 -0000

My head is still a blur from all this... I miss a couple days at my feed reader and here I am trying to unlock what has happened in the past few days. Is everyone else still boycotting MBL, or are they back in "our" good graces?

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

ian — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:35:11 -0000

Yahoo buying something, then turning it to shit? And that's news? More like their standard MO.

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Ravi — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:03:39 -0000

Banning shoemoney was not a good thing to do. Perhaps mybloglog thought they were above everything. What they have to understand is that bloggers all over the world have become a powerful force which could bring a flood of bad publicity your way if you rub them the wrong way.

Perhaps an apology to shoemoney and as andy puts it a reinstatement of his account is the best thing to do.

Way to go andy.

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

theGypsy — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:31:45 -0000

he he - so now what??

An interesting precedent set tho... publicizing exploits for link bait... they couldn't have set it up better if they planned it ... link love all around...

I wonder how many folks regret jumping the gun and delteing accounts?

Man, just too many bandwagons for me...

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

AndyBeard — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:22:10 -0000

Be careful of your Adsense account (the referral unit at the bottom)
Is this a statement suggesting that the tracking worries were BS? ;)

It seems hackbait is better than linkbait, maybe I should setup a hackbaiting service here in Poland.

How much is an exploit scandal in a web 2.0 service worth?

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

Randy — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:13:17 -0000

Sorry to not have read every comment. But I totally agree with Doug on this one:

# Doug Karr
Says:
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm

Andy,

"I would be with you if Shoemoney hadnâ€™t have released private info. Seems to me that MyBlogLog was looking out for bloggers and not Shoemoney. Am I wrong on this one?

By not contacting them, didnâ€™t he put us all at risk?

I think they did the right thing. The right decision for Shoemoney would have been to report the bug and then take credit for it later, after they closed the loop."

Doug

I don't see how any injustice was done to shoemoney. I do not intend to boycott mybloglog over a ban shoemoney got whether or not mybloglog is of any use to me. Let shoemoney fight his own battles. Everyones all in arms just because it is shoemoney. Now don't get me wrong here. I am not against shoemoney and have actually learned some interesting things from him but he isn't God and it was a mistake err actually in this case I think it was actually an impassible issue. If I owned/operated mybloglog I don't think I would have done anything different. When the security of the site is threatened I could care less if your President George Bush your out of here till everything is cleared up. I think the whole thing was handled very well.

And that is my two cents on it. And PLEASE do not send me letters about it. I don't need that. Feel free to comment here though.

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

theGypsy — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:47:52 -0000

Andy - delete that last one ...

Correction was that Andy BEARD .. not Beal that I saw... DOH...

L8TR

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

theGypsy — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:43:50 -0000

Thanks for that.. I just felt some folks may be dumping accounts 'for the cause' and that more backlash could follow should everyone make up and play nice...

It is the wierdest of Boycotts tho - I see U online now and both Schoe and Micheal were logged in there yesterday (Schoe's got a proxy goin? he he)

How does this work? We simply trash them on our blogs? Boycotting the widget? Do tell....

I always enjoy watching the 'pack' go at it ( good humour as in Pasternack/Calacanis goodness).. it does provide some great entertainment.. he he

Play Safe - David

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

Andy Beal — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:40:29 -0000

The Gypsy - it's a boycott. If if they bring Shoemoney back, I may reinstate. Then again, I'm not exactly missing it. :-)

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

Barry Welford — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:58:10 -0000

There's probably 5% of blogonauts who are upset by this, and these tend to be the more prolific writers. The original (?)link-bait item has got the attention it deserved. As they say, there's no bad news and MBL is probably ahead in visibility because of it.

For the other 95% of us who are slightly less prolific, there's a good deal of satisfaction with what MBL delivers. Let's move on.

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

L. Bait — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:24:55 -0000

Looks like the linkbait worked.

Shame on MBL for not having a TOS up yet.

But is anyone really surprised that they deleted Shoemoney's account? This is the guy that makes a living off of a shadowy places on web. My guess is that they figured he knew for more than he told the world and/or was about to find more holes in MBL.

He should've sent them an email first instead of trying to show the world just how smart he is. ;)

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

David — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:09:21 -0000

Gypsy,

Well by definition a boycott is temporary. I think a lot of people are also realizing how useless MBL is and just deleting their accounts at the same time.

Also, some of the "players involved" can't even login to delete their accounts if they wanted to.

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

theGypsy — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:42:31 -0000

It's interesting seeing folks deleting their accounts as none of the players involved in this saga have?

Is it a temporary boycott or FOREVER? Because it sure looks to be some fence sitting going on.

Just seeking clarity - it's what I do

L8TR Peeps

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

FireMan — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:51:19 -0000

I'm with another commenter that mentioned his clients like it. Mine too. Two of my clients love it and understand it's an special infant that will grow to become a 7 foot giant.
Why didn't the blogger in question just send the MBL guys a quick note instead of exposing the snags by blogging it?
Sometimes people are chasing the next scoop too hard I think.

Re: MyBlogLog Reacts to Boycott, Reinstates Shoemoney

Jim Kukral — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:24:07 -0000

The snowball is rolling down the hill, gaining strength.

What will MBL do? Stop it, control it, fix it, or let it slide?

I hope this isn't MBL's "dell hell".