Comments on: Spam or not? I think not. http://www.ysearchblog.com/2005/07/07/spam-or-not-i-think-not/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Aaron http://www.ysearchblog.com/2005/07/07/spam-or-not-i-think-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 Aaron Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:57:54 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2005/07/07/spam-or-not-i-think-not/#comment-1516 Too funny. I've been using My Web to keep track of good houseblog posts I find during the week, then I write a summary each Friday called, yes, This Week in Houseblogging. Didn't consider until now that my tagging would get noticed in the public tag-cloud. Too funny. I’ve been using My Web to keep track of good houseblog posts I find during the week, then I write a summary each Friday called, yes, This Week in Houseblogging. Didn’t consider until now that my tagging would get noticed in the public tag-cloud.

]]> By: Alex http://www.ysearchblog.com/2005/07/07/spam-or-not-i-think-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1515 Alex Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:43:41 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2005/07/07/spam-or-not-i-think-not/#comment-1515 MyWeb is all about "hanging out" in social network, sharing links and sites others consider valuable. While in traditional social networks people often went for the quantity rather than quality of friends, MyWeb is insistant that you should focus on quality. So if someone is spam-tagging in your network, just get rid of them, and spend the time searching for people who have similar interests and thus tag the stuff that's interesting for you. MyWeb is all about “hanging out” in social network, sharing links and sites others consider valuable. While in traditional social networks people often went for the quantity rather than quality of friends, MyWeb is insistant that you should focus on quality. So if someone is spam-tagging in your network, just get rid of them, and spend the time searching for people who have similar interests and thus tag the stuff that’s interesting for you.

]]> By: Joe Beaulaurier http://www.ysearchblog.com/2005/07/07/spam-or-not-i-think-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Joe Beaulaurier Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:59:17 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2005/07/07/spam-or-not-i-think-not/#comment-1514 I have to agree that this isn't spamming. Steve points to the Neighborhood W's contributions to the MY Web 2.0 page pool. Neighborhood W has put up over 1,400 pages into My Web 2.0 using 4 tags, "crapware", "nwh:bad", "dialers", and "nwh:dangerous". This volume places him/her at or near the top in ranking most popular tags which put him/her on Steve's radar. But the fact that these lead to nefarious sites doesn't mean they are spam. This could be Neighborhood W's collection of sites to test software against. If these sites were tagged with "money maker" and "free stuff" it would be a different story. If you see value in having these sites available to you, you might want to toss him/her an invite! I have to agree that this isn’t spamming.

Steve points to the Neighborhood W’s contributions to the MY Web 2.0 page pool. Neighborhood W has put up over 1,400 pages into My Web 2.0 using 4 tags, “crapware”, “nwh:bad”, “dialers”, and “nwh:dangerous”. This volume places him/her at or near the top in ranking most popular tags which put him/her on Steve’s radar. But the fact that these lead to nefarious sites doesn’t mean they are spam. This could be Neighborhood W’s collection of sites to test software against.

If these sites were tagged with “money maker” and “free stuff” it would be a different story.

If you see value in having these sites available to you, you might want to toss him/her an invite!

]]> By: - http://www.ysearchblog.com/2005/07/07/spam-or-not-i-think-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 - Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:19:59 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2005/07/07/spam-or-not-i-think-not/#comment-1513 The guy who did it says that he accidentally imported all of his bookmarks-- including a giant list of malicious websites-- into MyWeb. And, of course, there's no "mass delete" feature yet... The guy who did it says that he accidentally imported all of his bookmarks– including a giant list of malicious websites– into MyWeb. And, of course, there’s no “mass delete” feature yet…

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