Comments on: Quechup's Spam Tricks http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/10/quechups-spam-tricks/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/10/quechups-spam-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Jon Garfunkel Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:07:08 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/10/quechups-spam-tricks/#comment-1942 I realize that it's rather distateful to blame the hosts when talking about biological viral outbreaks. But with a social virus, there's some deliberation involved on the part of the host bodies. Take a look at the <a href="http://quechup.com/" rel="nofollow">quechup</a> website. For a social network, it's got zero sociability to it. There's no blogging head on the front page, no"about" page, no nothing. Nobody took the time to figure out who the people behind the company are. Robert X. Cringely III only did because the company's VP, Glenn Fine, sent him an email. What happened, the super-connected folks got another invitation to a social network, and figured, why not? (Frankly, I'd be happy with a Social Network where Scrabulous wasn't crashing all the time.) It's probably an interesting power-law experiment. Can a meme still thrive if the super-connected try to stamp it out? Curious... I realize that it’s rather distateful to blame the hosts when talking about biological viral outbreaks. But with a social virus, there’s some deliberation involved on the part of the host bodies. Take a look at the quechup website. For a social network, it’s got zero sociability to it. There’s no blogging head on the front page, no”about” page, no nothing. Nobody took the time to figure out who the people behind the company are. Robert X. Cringely III only did because the company’s VP, Glenn Fine, sent him an email.

What happened, the super-connected folks got another invitation to a social network, and figured, why not? (Frankly, I’d be happy with a Social Network where Scrabulous wasn’t crashing all the time.)

It’s probably an interesting power-law experiment. Can a meme still thrive if the super-connected try to stamp it out? Curious…

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