Comments on: Sharing versus Manipulating: Where’s the Line?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:40:26 +0000

That it definitely harsh – getting banned! Especially as you have contributed a lot to the site, seems odd. Oh well – if thats how they wanna play it…

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By: Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:01:15 +0000

Yes, the most depressing thing about that is that they never respond Feels like you’ve wasted plenty of time on them and then you are just ignored.

Anyway, Alan, thanks for stopping by

No worries, you can’t do that often, I can’t blog here often – that’s worse

By: Allen Taylor

Allen Taylor — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:54:04 +0000

Ann, I had no idea this happened until just now. I guess I should read your blog more often. A testament, I guess, to having enough work to do.

At any rate, I feel your pain. I was blindsided twice by Propeller. Both times I was banned (under different user names) with no notice and no explanation. Even an inquiry into the matter went unanswered (after spending hours looking for a way to contact someone).

I also had this problem at Sphinn. Again, no answer to my inquiries and no explanations. I’ve scoured both sites’ TOSs and can find nothing that I’ve done wrong.

A famous Digger ran into that problem too. You build equity into the brand for these social sites then they drop you with no explanation. I think they should at least give you a warning, especially if you’ve achieved a certain status with them, and tell you what you are doing wrong. The guidelines are moving targets.

By: Patricia Skinner

Patricia Skinner — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:29:05 +0000

Hi Ann, the same thing happened to me a while back. I was heartbroken, and like you, I felt it was very unfair. However, I went straight back in there and created another account. I now have a good account established again, but I’ll never be as enthusiastic as I was before. In the same way that I lost interest in Digg really, when they banned so many members. I think these large social sites do themselves a great disservice by behaving in this way. Couldn’t they open a dialogue with their power users first before pulling the plug? That way they’d get what they want and create greater loyalty among their users.

By: san diego

san diego — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:03:28 +0000

We all have an incredibly tough time NOT paying back what we might see as a favor – in this case, in the form of a stumble for our content,you definitely right thanks for sharing.

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By: seobro

seobro — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:37:21 +0000

I rarely use SU anymore. It is old hat. Time to move on to greener pastures. SU is like Yahoo, a product that was once king, but no longer. Check out the new social sites that are coming on.

By: Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:50:26 +0000

@Amadou, so many thanks for your kind words

By: Amadou M. Sall

Amadou M. Sall — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:59:02 +0000

Ann, you’ve done nothing wrong and these SU people are fools. They should know they simply couldn’t exist without people like you. We love and admire you

By: Dominique

Dominique — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:36:08 +0000

Okay – I am still not convinced here. According to the links about what you can and can’t do, they are talking about promoting sites. When an stumble upon user sends a post or article, that isn’t promoting their site, it is suggesting a page you might like.

If we can’t do this, then can we send photos off the website to someone? or other material?

And lastly, I like getting articles, art, photos, whatever that people in my niche create. It helps build that bond and relationship.

Wow…bummer.