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If you missed my last post, “Why did you post that comment?” about a woman with commenter’s remorse who asked me to ban her account so that she would keep from posting any additional comments, I’ve got something else for you.
Drunk Bloggers.Yes. It seems as though BWD is the new DUI, only without the car and the potential to ruin lives.
I’ve been told by a slew of members in the community that there is one blogger in particular who gets drunk at night and goes ballistic in the blogs. I’ve seen some posts where he is a bit direct but nothing too alarming so I didn’t think much of it.
Well, today I was in the abuse queue and came across at least ten photos that were pretty risque. Okay, they were porn. I couldn’t believe the magnitude and the audacity it must have taken to post that in the community.
It got him banned.
Tonight he sent me an email asking why on earth his privileges were revoked because he’s never violated the terms of service and is demanding I tell him why. I think those members were right about him.
It must be a full moon this week.
Do you think you’re ever read any blogs that were written under the influence? How could you tell?
Unless you’re new to this blog, you know that I recently landed a publishing contract, thanks to Twitter.
You also know that I am all about sharing what I learn. One of the things I will do as I write the book is chronicle the journey and ask for input along the way. I want to put a lot of practitioners in this book, not just the big guys we all tend to worship.
So, in what will forever be part 1 of a regular series chronicling this major event in my life, I am sharing the four things that I did today that will hopefully help me stay focused and keep my eyes on the prize.
- Responded to this HARO query from James Smythe: “I’m writing a report about Twitter for the guys behind the Shorty Awards ( www.shortyawards.com), especially its applications for business use. We’ve been looking for a Twitter ‘Win’ in the business world – a story about how Twitter use has somehow helped a business or individual to gain a contract, a job, something exciting like that. Please email if you have any good stories!”
- Created a FriendFeed room that will hopefully serve as a hub for ideas and communication about the book.
- Revisited my Backtype comments to tap into old ideas that I shared on blogs that since left my brain and could provide great fodder and spark new ideas for various chapters of the book.
- Created a landing page for the series of posts related to this book writing journey. (Thanks to these tips from Problogger)
Are you writing a book? What are you doing to stay focused?
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I’m here at the inaugural Internet Summit in Chapel Hill and just left an interesting presentation called Blogging and New Media.
The panelists: Andy Beal of Trackur, Henry Copeland of Blogads.com, Brad Hill of Weblogs, Inc, Tim Schigel of ShareThis and Scott Gardner of Triangle Direct Media.
They all underscored the importance of something I believe in wholeheartedly: Creating a conversation and engaging users online. Andy consults on reputation management, so I was particularly interested in some of his comments because I always open presentations with this: “If you don’t manage your online reputation, Google and others will do it for you.”
Here are a few of the notes I was able to jot down during the panel. I’m also sending out tweets, so if you aren’t already following me on Twitter, I’m @communitygirl.
A few takeaways:
- The driving force behind blogs should be radical commitment to transparency.
- Blogging is a lifestyle, attitude and participation in the community. No blog is an island. There is a series of blgospheres. A swarm of people behaving as a group.
- It’s not about audience. The word is community.
- Principles of blogging:Post a lot, and succinctly. Be short and targeted. Be prolific and precise.
- If CEO wants to blog, ask what communities you want to participate in.
- Companies that treat bloggers like they would The New York Times will find success.
More to come…
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