Comments on: Is Techmeme a splog? http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/ Can you think of a better name? Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Talat http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2035 Talat Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:56:16 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2035 I think no one needs to be told whether SocialRank, TechMeme or for that matter Google is some kind of parasite or not. All one needs to do is to ask one a simple question. Is it adding any value to your browsing experience? When you go to Marketinglends.com, is it guiding you to good content? Is it acting like a good filter? Is it saving you time by putting on your plate the top 15 stories on your plate? If you are satisfied, and if you think it adds value to your browsing experience then you need not be told by anyone else how the service is, and vice versa. Also value has different meaning to different people. For some Google might be a web scraping annoying bot, but for some it may be a satisfying service. Each one on his own. If SocialRank somehow adds value to your browsing, I will feel satisfied. I think no one needs to be told whether SocialRank, TechMeme or for that matter Google is some kind of parasite or not. All one needs to do is to ask one a simple question. Is it adding any value to your browsing experience? When you go to Marketinglends.com, is it guiding you to good content? Is it acting like a good filter? Is it saving you time by putting on your plate the top 15 stories on your plate? If you are satisfied, and if you think it adds value to your browsing experience then you need not be told by anyone else how the service is, and vice versa.

Also value has different meaning to different people. For some Google might be a web scraping annoying bot, but for some it may be a satisfying service. Each one on his own. If SocialRank somehow adds value to your browsing, I will feel satisfied.

]]> By: Name http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2032 Name Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:24:20 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2032 Techmeme is definitely a splog. It offers no original content or value whatsoever. It's an RSS aggregator with ads slapped around it. Social Rank is the same. No original content. To call this trash a "community" is a slap in the face of real online communities like Digg, Metafilter, etc. This is just the same old get rich quick scheme, leveraging other people's REAL content to make a buck, while offering nothing of value whatsoever. Disgusting. Techmeme is definitely a splog. It offers no original content or value whatsoever. It’s an RSS aggregator with ads slapped around it.

Social Rank is the same. No original content. To call this trash a “community” is a slap in the face of real online communities like Digg, Metafilter, etc. This is just the same old get rich quick scheme, leveraging other people’s REAL content to make a buck, while offering nothing of value whatsoever. Disgusting.

]]> By: Vishen http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2030 Vishen Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:15:13 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2030 Hi Heri We never said we were launching 1000 blogs. And if you saw that anyway on the web, I apologise for the typo. What we said is that we're launching 1000 blog communities. Each SocialRank site works with a few hundred blogs in their niche. Just like Techmeme. We just launched and yes we carry adsense. But c'mon - do you really think this is making us money at this early a stage? The adsense is just to help ease the server load cost. The team behind SocialRank are well established entrepreneurs and programmers. We build Blinklist.com and run the company MindValley.com. Hi Heri

We never said we were launching 1000 blogs. And if you saw that anyway on the web, I apologise for the typo. What we said is that we’re launching 1000 blog communities. Each SocialRank site works with a few hundred blogs in their niche. Just like Techmeme.

We just launched and yes we carry adsense. But c’mon - do you really think this is making us money at this early a stage? The adsense is just to help ease the server load cost.

The team behind SocialRank are well established entrepreneurs and programmers. We build Blinklist.com and run the company MindValley.com.

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2029 Fagstein Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:01:50 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2029 That's an interesting way of looking at it. But how do we gauge an owner's intention? Social Rank's owners have been commenting on blogs critical of them. Does that make them OK? Google's goal in life is to make as much money as possible. Is that bad? Does their "do no evil" policy make up for that? Do we really care what someone's motivation is if they make a good website? That’s an interesting way of looking at it. But how do we gauge an owner’s intention? Social Rank’s owners have been commenting on blogs critical of them. Does that make them OK? Google’s goal in life is to make as much money as possible. Is that bad? Does their “do no evil” policy make up for that?

Do we really care what someone’s motivation is if they make a good website?

]]> By: Denis Canuel http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2028 Denis Canuel Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:56:10 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2028 The difference is the owner's intention. That is, is there something beyond making money? The difference is the owner’s intention. That is, is there something beyond making money?

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2027 Fagstein Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:52:38 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2027 So what's the difference between Techmeme and, say, <a href="http://gadgetroll.com/" rel="nofollow">Gadget Roll</a>, one of the Social Rank sites? How is one a blog and the other not? So what’s the difference between Techmeme and, say, Gadget Roll, one of the Social Rank sites? How is one a blog and the other not?

]]> By: heri http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2026 heri Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:46:52 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/03/is-techmeme-a-splog/#comment-2026 if techmeme is spam, then Google search is spam too. Because hey, they take content from other people's websites and make money by inserting ads alongside the content. on the other hand, social rank is clearly spam for me. a blog = a real human writer behind. by saying they will launch 1000 blogs, it means they will be computer generated. if techmeme is spam, then Google search is spam too. Because hey, they take content from other people’s websites and make money by inserting ads alongside the content.

on the other hand, social rank is clearly spam for me. a blog = a real human writer behind. by saying they will launch 1000 blogs, it means they will be computer generated.

]]>