365 Days of Blogging Challenge | Day 23
Are you THAT person?
Are you that person that goes from Facebook wall to Facebook wall adding a link and a little blurb in hopes of reaching out and “advertising” to people you are not connected with on Facebook? What about on Twitter? Do you @reply someone in hopes that they are just too stupid to realize that they are retweeting your spammy message?
Do you post advertisements on blog comments hoping that the owner of the blog either allows the comments to automatically appear or that they aren’t thinking and approve it?
If you are that person, you suck!
Yes, I said it and I’ll say it again, YOU SUCK!
You suck because you are trying to take the easy route to getting the word out about whatever it is you are littering all over the Internet. You are not creative, you lack motivation and most of all you have no respect for anyone else.
Let me tell you something, Mr/Mrs. Virtual Litterer, we can spot you coming. We are smarter than you think. We have seen your game overplayed for the past few years and although you are annoying, it isn’t anything that we can’t delete, unapprove or simply block.
Instead of littering you could try:
- Getting to know the people you are connected with.
- Starting your own blog which will allow people that CARE about your brand to keep up with it.
- Being social – have real conversations that do not turn into advertisements.
If you are a virtual litterer please do yourself a favor and stop littering all over the Social Web!
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Very few spammers even have the energy to do what you describe. They get scripts and bots to do the dirty work for them.
A nice simple captcha app will work wonders. Blocking is fun.
I don’t think you’re going to change any behavior with this post, but I salute your windmill tilting skills.
Christopher L. Jorgensen�´s last [type] ..Gillette
Every single day I see spam being passed around Facebook on my wall, friends walls and fanpages. At least once a week I hear someone say….. I can spread the word by posting on “blah blah blah” fanpages or my blasting “blah blah blah” Twitterers. Many people do automate and get bots for things, but this is not true 100% of the time. People think that what they are doing is fine when it is not. Thank you for visiting my blog and sharing your opinions!
- Kim
I do commenting on blogs and I always try to add value with my comments by offering my information, perspective or experience on the topic. I am very hesitant to post on my Facebook friends’ walls because I would not want others to do that on mine (in fact, I have permissions set to prevent others posting to my wall; mind you, they can spam through comments for my posts). My sister offered for me to post on her wall, and even then I am reluctant! This may be purist thinking but I feel that if my friends shared my post, that is a true indication that my information is of value.
I recently did an experiment with a Fiverr gig to see what backlinks providers offer. I did my due diligence researching how long the gig provider has been on Fiverr. I contacted the person and eventually tried it. I was given a list of the sites on which backlinks were provided. I looked at the sites and some had thousands of comments and took a long time for the page to load. The comments were standard spins on the “great information, thanks” variety mostly having nothing to do with the article – it is done by automated software.
I believe your picture of the litter on the beach pales in comparison to litter on the Internet.