Comments on: I am too Naughty for Social Spark.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:29:57 +0000

First, hiya Stevo! Thank you for visiting us and commenting!

Second, I guess this is news to me. I am a member of PPP and occasionally write up posts or reviews of things which I know of and/or have knowledge of so as to not cram fluff down readers throats. I also use them sparingly and rarely, as I don’t want to bog readers down with basically paid advertising.

Can you elaborate and give me some links to that which you’re speaking of? That’s a touch concerning and as much as I enjoy earning a few bucks on the side, I’m not too sure I want to do it with a company allegedly futzing about just to get results.

Very interesting comment by the way!

By: Stevo

Stevo — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:15:54 +0000

Both Social Spark and PPP are a blight on the blogosphere. I’m not surprised in anything they do.

They are literal pimps that whore out their members’ blogs to game Google results.

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The impact of expletives | life in the garden of eden. — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:56:35 +0000

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By: Eve

Eve — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:26:22 +0000

Yeah, it is really strange that they have different criteria for what seem to be virtually identical sites.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:08:12 +0000

I don’t necessarily disagree with what you are saying, and in fact what you responded with is something I’m aware of. I didn’t think it was precisely all that giant of an issue however, for the company that already approved my blog on one site but not the other. That’s the only thing that’s making me head tilt.

Thank goodness I’m not looking at this blog as the soul source of income–I’d never get paid anyway. Half the things they want me to write for I’ve never used/heard of/care for anyway :D.

By: Eve

Eve — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:23:25 +0000

This probably sounds pedantic, but “profanity” or “offensive language” is almost never used in business writing, and all but the edgiest advertisers shy away from that sort of stuff when looking for a place to hawk their wares. If you’re looking at your blog as a business or a source of income, it might be a good idea to avoid George Carlin’s “Seven Dirty Words” and the like.

You should use whatever angry words work for you. When I visit a personal blog, I expect the writing to be clear and honest. . . not snow white, squeaky clean, and bland. There’s not much shock value in expletives anymore, but people who regularly use f–k, s–t, or c–t (yeah, self censored, I’m at work) come across as perpetually enraged, frothing at the brain, and/or possessed of a sadly limited vocabulary. The words lose their impact.

I learned the hard way to lock my foulest rants behind a password, or keep it to IMs or phone calls.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:29:53 +0000

Wow. They just screwed themselves out of a really good author.

By: The Junky's Wife

The Junky's Wife — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:30:09 +0000

Yo, I was too dirty for Pay Per Post, even. I thought Pay Per Post wanted me to be a filthy whore!

The Junky’s Wifes last blog post..The Future Tense, Or The Conditional.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:15:41 +0000

I’m not sure, either. Especially since I used “strong language,” on several of the older posts on 2phatgeeks when I was in the process of getting approved for payperpost. Sense! This website makes none!

By: mantra

mantra — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:08:14 +0000

Squeaky clean sucks… what were they thinking?

mantras last blog post..Outside Voice, Inside Elephant