Comments on: MyRagan 1, Parker 0 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/ PR Social Media Video Games Technology Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Anonymous Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:56:51 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-289 Good Lord. I just Googled myself and found that one of the first links to my name involves wearing the quoted "badge" in my earlier comment on your site. Reminder to self: Don't comment on blog posts at 4:00 AM unless you've had ample amounts of coffee. I will be an example for the power of SEO and online reputation management. :-) I still stand by myragan and the value niche networks hold, but have found that I am tending to gravitate toward a very select few and fostering the relationships in smaller groups. Humbled by SEO, -Anonymous Good Lord. I just Googled myself and found that one of the first links to my name involves wearing the quoted “badge” in my earlier comment on your site. Reminder to self: Don’t comment on blog posts at 4:00 AM unless you’ve had ample amounts of coffee.

I will be an example for the power of SEO and online reputation management. :-) I still stand by myragan and the value niche networks hold, but have found that I am tending to gravitate toward a very select few and fostering the relationships in smaller groups.

Humbled by SEO,
-Anonymous

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:08:27 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-288 Hi Parker, I'm new to this conversation so please forgive me for having to do some catching up. But you mentioned something in your admittance of defeat above that for me captured so much of what MyRagan.com is about and that's passion. People with a passion for communications, technology and the human connection. I am a member of multiple social networks, each for a specific reason personally. None of these networks has provided for me exactly what so many of the commentators before me have so eliquently described and defended. I wear the "myragan slut" badge with honor and look forward to many, many birthdays. Take care, -Anonymous Hi Parker,
I’m new to this conversation so please forgive me for having to do some catching up. But you mentioned something in your admittance of defeat above that for me captured so much of what MyRagan.com is about and that’s passion. People with a passion for communications, technology and the human connection.

I am a member of multiple social networks, each for a specific reason personally. None of these networks has provided for me exactly what so many of the commentators before me have so eliquently described and defended.

I wear the “myragan slut” badge with honor and look forward to many, many birthdays.

Take care,
-Anonymous

]]> By: parkernow http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-278 parkernow Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:15:32 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-278 Thanks for the backup, Geoff and Richard. Like I said earlier, this is only the first round. I'm still not entirely convinced in the power of MyRagan, but I'm much more willing to give it a try. Hell, at the very least it got people talking on this blog (and elsewhere) which, as Geoff says, is what social media is about. -Parker Thanks for the backup, Geoff and Richard.
Like I said earlier, this is only the first round.
I’m still not entirely convinced in the power of MyRagan, but I’m much more willing to give it a try.
Hell, at the very least it got people talking on this blog (and elsewhere) which, as Geoff says, is what social media is about.

-Parker

]]> By: Geoff Livingston http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Geoff Livingston Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:07:55 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-279 Fascinating discussion,l though really quite ridiculous to attack Rish like that. Makes MyRaganites look like MyKarlRovites. I personally opted out of MyRagan, though I may come back at some date in the far future. Disinterested in the content and approval mechanisms in the recent past. Just not for me. However, these comments and quotes indicate that blood loyal community is developing. And that's great. It's really what social media is about. GL Fascinating discussion,l though really quite ridiculous to attack Rish like that. Makes MyRaganites look like MyKarlRovites.

I personally opted out of MyRagan, though I may come back at some date in the far future. Disinterested in the content and approval mechanisms in the recent past. Just not for me.

However, these comments and quotes indicate that blood loyal community is developing. And that’s great. It’s really what social media is about.

GL

]]> By: Richard Becker http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Richard Becker Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:57:16 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-280 Thanks for the clarification Michael. My apologies for misidentifying the author. Best, Rich Thanks for the clarification Michael. My apologies for misidentifying the author.

Best,
Rich

]]> By: Michael Sebastian http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Michael Sebastian Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:33:56 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-281 As a quick point of clarification, it was not Mark Ragan who wrote that e-mail but me (or is it I?). Michael Sebastian As a quick point of clarification, it was not Mark Ragan who wrote that e-mail but me (or is it I?).

Michael Sebastian

]]> By: Richard Becker http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Richard Becker Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:59:24 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-283 Joan, With all due respect, the e-mail I referenced had nothing to do with Shel Holtz. It was sent by Mark Ragan and referenced in the other comment ... basically it asked Raganites to come by and see Parker get flamed by other Raganites. I also didn't say that I didn't like MyRagan. I was very specific in my comments about what I didn't care for, including their take on Debbie Weil. But I will take your suggestion under consideration that you would prefer a MyRagan network that is never questioned or commented upon other than flattery. My comments have little to do with MyRagan as a social network and very much to do with how they and some "fans" sometimes treat the smallest critiques as you have just demonstrated. I am not annoyed in the least. I respect your opinion though appreciate you might not respect mine. All my best, Rich Joan,

With all due respect, the e-mail I referenced had nothing to do with Shel Holtz. It was sent by Mark Ragan and referenced in the other comment … basically it asked Raganites to come by and see Parker get flamed by other Raganites.

I also didn’t say that I didn’t like MyRagan. I was very specific in my comments about what I didn’t care for, including their take on Debbie Weil. But I will take your suggestion under consideration that you would prefer a MyRagan network that is never questioned or commented upon other than flattery. My comments have little to do with MyRagan as a social network and very much to do with how they and some “fans” sometimes treat the smallest critiques as you have just demonstrated.

I am not annoyed in the least. I respect your opinion though appreciate you might not respect mine.

All my best,
Rich

]]> By: Joan http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Joan Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:32:38 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-284 I see a big difference between Shel pointing us to this conversation about whether MyRagan will fail, and giving those of us who really like MyRagan an opportunity to chime into a conversation we might not otherwise have known about; and the Weil email asking people to go blog about the new diet wonder drug (but not to say she sent them). Ragan isn't selling its social network; it's providing it, free, as a forum for communicators. I don't have to buy their products or watch ads (which even MySpace puts me through)--I can just go and learn from and contribute to conversations about topics that are important to me. To compare that to the Weil solicitation strikes me as willfully unkind; the further comments about the defense of "self-proclaimed leadership" is just mean. Here's the bottom line: If you don't like MyRagan, don't go there. If you don't go there, don't act like you know what you're talking about, or your "hypocrisy tends to follow the foolish" crack may wind up back in your own lap. Sorry, I believe you've annoyed me just a little. ...Joan in Alaska I see a big difference between Shel pointing us to this conversation about whether MyRagan will fail, and giving those of us who really like MyRagan an opportunity to chime into a conversation we might not otherwise have known about; and the Weil email asking people to go blog about the new diet wonder drug (but not to say she sent them).

Ragan isn’t selling its social network; it’s providing it, free, as a forum for communicators. I don’t have to buy their products or watch ads (which even MySpace puts me through)–I can just go and learn from and contribute to conversations about topics that are important to me. To compare that to the Weil solicitation strikes me as willfully unkind; the further comments about the defense of “self-proclaimed leadership” is just mean.

Here’s the bottom line: If you don’t like MyRagan, don’t go there. If you don’t go there, don’t act like you know what you’re talking about, or your “hypocrisy tends to follow the foolish” crack may wind up back in your own lap.

Sorry, I believe you’ve annoyed me just a little.
…Joan in Alaska

]]> By: Richard Becker http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Richard Becker Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:17:14 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-282 Parker, thank you for pulling out my comment. I might not be so ready to agree with you to concede a point to MyRagan. Although the e-mail I referenced did not say so specifically, it was a solicitation for comment. Didn't Ragan recently criticize Debbie Weil for soliciting comment? Right before they published her e-mail? Hypocrisy tends to follow the foolish. While I don't wish for their downfall and still visit the service from time to time, any sense of community will fragment if they only communication is in defense of self-proclaimed leadership, a quality which is something to earn and not entitlement. Parker, thank you for pulling out my comment. I might not be so ready to agree with you to concede a point to MyRagan. Although the e-mail I referenced did not say so specifically, it was a solicitation for comment.

Didn’t Ragan recently criticize Debbie Weil for soliciting comment? Right before they published her e-mail? Hypocrisy tends to follow the foolish. While I don’t wish for their downfall and still visit the service from time to time, any sense of community will fragment if they only communication is in defense of self-proclaimed leadership, a quality which is something to earn and not entitlement.

]]> By: Parker http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/myragan-1-parker-0/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Parker Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:19:23 +0000 http://blogcampaigning.com/2007/08/14/myragan-1-parker-0/#comment-286 Jeremiah- The reason I singled you out is because I thought you might have more of an opinion about niche social networks in general, rather than just MyRagan. But I am curious as to why you haven't joined MyRagan. Shel - my mistake, and corrected. Cheers all -Parker Jeremiah- The reason I singled you out is because I thought you might have more of an opinion about niche social networks in general, rather than just MyRagan.
But I am curious as to why you haven’t joined MyRagan.

Shel – my mistake, and corrected.

Cheers all

-Parker

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