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Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

intechspecial — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:26:18 GMT

I do agree with you on this on some levels blitzlocal.

Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

Mongoose — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:14:08 GMT

BlitzLocal: It's always good to branch out to people and bounce ideas around, or just get some things off your chest and see how others accept it and their take on your viewpoint; It can be rather relaxing!

Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

EagleEye — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:58:04 GMT

Lighthouse 24.... Thank you for pointing that out to me.

Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

Lighthouse24 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:55:32 GMT

EagleEye, the community was founded in late July, 2007. The date under each member's user name is the date that he/she signed up.

Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

EagleEye — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:17:00 GMT

I just found out about this board. Although I have plenty to do work-wise, I enjoy being part of a forum where I can unwind and still learn at the same time. Does anyone know when this board was first created? How many of you have been here for a year or longer?

Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

blitzlocal — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:49:27 GMT

Boards are a great way to relax for a few minutes-- at least for me. Some people have video games and T-- this is my outlet.
Many of us internet marketing folks spend all day at a computer writing code, so this is "socialization", if you will.

Dennis Yu
Analyst, BlitzLocal.com
Internet Advertising for small business

Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

Mongoose — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:05:03 GMT

I try to keep on topic and satisfy my own curiousities concerning someones post. I don't really consider myself in any race, the points thing is just numbers to remind me how much I've contributed to this community. I'm still new, but I'm try at least

Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

DomainDiva — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:42:51 GMT

I am on-site for a new lease delivery. The majority of the records/regulatory work is done and all I am waiting on is emergency equipment/engine inventories etc. After the aircraft flies then I will be super-popular but for now I am enjoying a little bit of a break.

I for one have made two very good friends on this board...people that I would not have met otherwise.

Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

snipperred — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:04:00 GMT

Check out Gary Vaynerhuk's keynote presentation at the recent Web 2.0 conference. A member on my social network was kind of enough to post it www.arealight.ning.com. He talks about how he used online engagement to help propel his business. He was responding to over 1000 e-mails a day etc. There's a service and viral marketing element to it. However, he admits he tried some things like a FaceBook app that overloaded him and got tired of answering the same questions like what wine goes best with fish. However, he persevered through it and attributes this to his success.

I agree, if you find yourself in the position to have the time to do this, then you probably are not otherwise employed. At the same time, if you've got the time and this can support your interests in developing a business, then investing it by engaging people online may be worthwhile...if not now then perhaps eventually. This is still a relatively new phenomena and there is a lot to have a positive outlook on. If you're posting junk, then that is not likely to do you any good either way. But if you focus on quality and actually are engaging people on subject, point, or to their interests, then that all adds equidy to your online social presence and reputation.

As i've been involved in research and development for my business for the better part of a year now, I've put my time into various social networking platforms and forum communities to see what I could develop and acquire some expertise into current business aspects. One thing that sets people apart is their activity. Quality needs to be a given. So if you have a rating system like here, that poses some risk of inflated values for people who post for the sake of posting. As I said, most of the top contributors here have managed to contribute significantly in my experience. So I actually agree with the ratings. Even where there is not necessarily an answer provided, the constructive participation adds to the community, encourage reciprocal or original posts, and represents a healthy community.

There's a lot of talk about social phenomena- how to influence it and how to apply some concepts of self-organization that people will be attracted to. You've got things out there like Digg etc and ways to vote some things up and down. There's also the collaborative user generated references such as Wikipedia or now the intelligent search of Wiki Search. If the trend continues in that direction, traditional SEO concepts will quickly become outdated and what will really matter is what people actually think of you, your activity, and what you are currently doing.

The competition is alive and well. It's just some people are picking their battles. SBOC is not a closed environment independent from the rest of the online world. Being on the leaderboard associates you with something here. However, the merits of that depend on your subjective interpretation given quality activity and everything else that is to be found going on. Overall, I think it's a good thing for now. I've noted plenty of discussions by top contributors with concern for the integrity of this site. The ratings give some credibility, something to be happy about when you get attention from those people, and immediately something to shoot for that inspires activity. Despite the majority of posts being close to spam, the quantity serves to help this community rank higher on search engines. There's really no reason to worry to much about the implications of this forum community. If it becomes obsolete any time soon, then the top contributors would suffer the most. However, the ones with a positive reputation with more people will have plenty of connections to build anew upon.

Re: Top Contributors Board - Where is the competition?

blitzlocal — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:16:11 GMT

You point out a great catch-22, Mike.
If you're on the board, then maybe you don't have anything better to do.
But agreed-- doesn't seem like it would take much to hit the leaderboard--
I am not on it-- but will probably get there in a few months.

Some people just post inane, thoughtless comments to get points.
I wish we could all rate posts to even SUBTRACT points from lame posts.

Dennis
analyst, blitzlocal.com
advertising for local business