Comments on: Participatory Currency and Bad Advice http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/ Positioning within the Imaginal Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:48:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Henie http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-5006 Henie Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:26:40 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1739#comment-5006 Hi Richard... Twitter offers great possibilities unless you let it run you over! I have become somewhat of an active participant lately but I enjoy being an observer more--"the fly on the keyboard." It is fascinating and as in all things, one must sometimes learn "what not to do" rather than "what to do"...Twitterly speaking of course. Thank you for sharing you insight! <abbr><em>Henie´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.hennartonline.com/ISayUSay/2009/02/08/whats-so-funny/" rel="nofollow">What’s so Funny?</a></abbr></em> Hi Richard…

Twitter offers great possibilities unless you let it run you over!

I have become somewhat of an active participant lately but I enjoy being an observer more–”the fly on the keyboard.” It is fascinating and as in all things, one must sometimes learn “what not to do” rather than “what to do”…Twitterly speaking of course.

Thank you for sharing you insight!

Henie´s last blog post..What’s so Funny?

]]> By: Alaina (aka Ms. Single Mama) http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-5005 Alaina (aka Ms. Single Mama) Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:02:30 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1739#comment-5005 I actually follow hundreds of moms and the advice is amazing. Every time I have a parenting crisis I punch it into Twitter and am bombarded with great tips from experienced moms. But I really try to watch who I follow. Maybe that will help. If we all un-follow the bad advice givers, it can't live on. Survival of the fittest. I made this site last night - for anyone who is new to Twitter and just "doesn't get it." http://www.twirgin.com Feel free to cut that link out if you like - hope you don't mind, but I did want to share. I just love Twitter and am as fascinated with it as you are. @mssinglemama <abbr><em>Alaina (aka Ms. Single Mama)´s last blog post..<a href="http://mssinglemama.com/2009/02/08/the-first-date/" rel="nofollow">The First Date</a></abbr></em> I actually follow hundreds of moms and the advice is amazing.

Every time I have a parenting crisis I punch it into Twitter and am bombarded with great tips from experienced moms. But I really try to watch who I follow.

Maybe that will help. If we all un-follow the bad advice givers, it can’t live on. Survival of the fittest.

I made this site last night – for anyone who is new to Twitter and just “doesn’t get it.”

http://www.twirgin.com

Feel free to cut that link out if you like – hope you don’t mind, but I did want to share. I just love Twitter and am as fascinated with it as you are.

@mssinglemama

Alaina (aka Ms. Single Mama)´s last blog post..The First Date

]]> By: Richard Reeve http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-5004 Richard Reeve Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:34:58 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1739#comment-5004 Hi Luis, Thanks for your contribution to this topic. It's funny how having more time to observe brought this recognition to the forefront for me. It certainly doesn;t sway my behaviors, but I'm thinking along the lines of Brogan's upcoming book "Trust Agents" and how twitter is so built on trust. When I got active it was pretty easy for me to find solid advice. I wonder if I'd have the same experience if I were entering the game now. As to your interesting people point: thank god! or I'd have shut down my account months ago. Hi Luis,
Thanks for your contribution to this topic. It’s funny how having more time to observe brought this recognition to the forefront for me. It certainly doesn;t sway my behaviors, but I’m thinking along the lines of Brogan’s upcoming book “Trust Agents” and how twitter is so built on trust. When I got active it was pretty easy for me to find solid advice. I wonder if I’d have the same experience if I were entering the game now.

As to your interesting people point: thank god! or I’d have shut down my account months ago.

]]> By: Richard Reeve http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-5003 Richard Reeve Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:30:51 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1739#comment-5003 Hi Adriel, Admitting our mistakes is perhaps the surest way to building our credibility. I'm wondering what would have happened if I posted my two points in reverse order, as know I'm sensing it is the sharing that takes place as they are in this comment thread that protects and guards against bad advice. Hi Adriel,
Admitting our mistakes is perhaps the surest way to building our credibility. I’m wondering what would have happened if I posted my two points in reverse order, as know I’m sensing it is the sharing that takes place as they are in this comment thread that protects and guards against bad advice.

]]> By: Richard Reeve http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-5002 Richard Reeve Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:28:39 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1739#comment-5002 Hello Mary-Frances, I think I'm just getting my snake oil nose tuned up. Like the article in Time this week that pull the cover off the detox scams like the pads people put on their feet. Sometimes it's hard to pitch two ideas in a post, but I do think that the participatory aspect of my first point helps to counter the problem of the bad advice. Thanks for your comment. Hello Mary-Frances,
I think I’m just getting my snake oil nose tuned up. Like the article in Time this week that pull the cover off the detox scams like the pads people put on their feet. Sometimes it’s hard to pitch two ideas in a post, but I do think that the participatory aspect of my first point helps to counter the problem of the bad advice. Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Luis Andrade http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-5001 Luis Andrade Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:36:52 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1739#comment-5001 Since I'm there for the interesting people I can meet, such as yourself, the one thing I find unsettling is the rush to capitalize the media, like there is a pot of gold at the end of the Twitter rainbow. It reminds me of the early days of email, post BBS, just over the threshold of the opening of the gates of Compuserve, Prodigy and AOL to the WWW. Is like the dot-com bubble never bursted in 2000 but kept on gathering soap and surface tension. Those hoarding keywords and searching for patterns of interest in Twitter will reap some benefit, I'm sure. However, if they forget the fact that behind every username there's a real person, with a real life and dear interests, they will miss the opportunity to really capitalize that potential. <abbr><em>Luis Andrade´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.yitoons.com/yiblog/2009/01/total_man_v10.html" rel="nofollow">Total Man V1.0</a></abbr></em> Since I’m there for the interesting people I can meet, such as yourself, the one thing I find unsettling is the rush to capitalize the media, like there is a pot of gold at the end of the Twitter rainbow. It reminds me of the early days of email, post BBS, just over the threshold of the opening of the gates of Compuserve, Prodigy and AOL to the WWW. Is like the dot-com bubble never bursted in 2000 but kept on gathering soap and surface tension.

Those hoarding keywords and searching for patterns of interest in Twitter will reap some benefit, I’m sure. However, if they forget the fact that behind every username there’s a real person, with a real life and dear interests, they will miss the opportunity to really capitalize that potential.

Luis Andrade´s last blog post..Total Man V1.0

]]> By: Twitter: Dumb, Inspiring « Adriel Hampton http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-5000 Twitter: Dumb, Inspiring « Adriel Hampton Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:22:58 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1739#comment-5000 [...] on Google, and lots of conversations I’m not that interested in. As Richard Reeve (@ccseed) pointed out today, it’s also chock full of bad advice, a problem only growing with the network’s [...] [...] on Google, and lots of conversations I’m not that interested in. As Richard Reeve (@ccseed) pointed out today, it’s also chock full of bad advice, a problem only growing with the network’s [...]

]]> By: Adriel Hampton http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-4999 Adriel Hampton Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:34:24 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1739#comment-4999 Richard, as in the rest of life, I find that ultimately we can only be responsible for our own actions. I can simply strive not to give bad advice myself, and to admit it when I do. Richard, as in the rest of life, I find that ultimately we can only be responsible for our own actions. I can simply strive not to give bad advice myself, and to admit it when I do.

]]> By: Mary-Frances http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/02/08/participatory_currency_bad_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-4998 Mary-Frances Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:34:05 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1739#comment-4998 Hi Richard, Great post. Yes, I notice the bad advice too and it worries me. I think it's a catch-22: when you know more you can recognize the bad advice, when you know less you probably believe the bad advice. However, I always come back to the fact that you have to trust others to find their own way. Hopefully, we learn from all experiences whether they're are good or bad. <abbr><em>Mary-Frances´s last blog post..<a href="http://wordmedley.com/?p=300" rel="nofollow">Is the Internet Sucking the Life out of Fiction Writers?</a></abbr></em> Hi Richard,
Great post. Yes, I notice the bad advice too and it worries me. I think it’s a catch-22: when you know more you can recognize the bad advice, when you know less you probably believe the bad advice. However, I always come back to the fact that you have to trust others to find their own way. Hopefully, we learn from all experiences whether they’re are good or bad.

Mary-Frances´s last blog post..Is the Internet Sucking the Life out of Fiction Writers?

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