19 Responses for "Stumble backlash"

1. cautiongetclear October 16th, 2007 at 9:55 pm 1

   is that /vent rank5?

2. Maks October 16th, 2007 at 10:55 pm 2

   The Escapist site it LOADED with ads, and yours looks a lot cleaner. This is retarded though, I agree. Maybe you should boycott embeds and just do links.

   On separate note, I’m having Veronica withdrawals. When is this Mahalo Daily thing kicking off? I’ve got used to seeing you on CNET everyday.

3. Andy October 16th, 2007 at 11:15 pm 3

   So typical…not knowing all the facts, jumping to conclusions, and running their mouths off about it. Some people really need a life. Keep up the good work Veronica, we love you!

4. Betushco October 17th, 2007 at 1:04 am 4

   Ouch… don’t worry about it…

   when i saw the video post, i actually went to the website to watch it… (website that now i love)…

   and, why in the world would YOU, especially, like to have A LOT of trafic? the one who accused you is not really… let’s say… inteligent…

   BTW, great about the reading club (just a sugestion, trey to choose books that can be baugth easily on-lines… so people from other countrys like me (brasil) can participate…

   Thanks…

5. WolvenSpectre October 17th, 2007 at 2:34 am 5

   I feel your pain Lady V.

   When my News and Culture/Entertainment Blog (in a stasis field for now) was still going I had linked to a story on an news site forgetting my usual policy of linking to the original home page or subsection the story appeared in.

   Unfortunately I had accidentally linked to a story prerelease when it was indexed by both google and the originating sites search engine. When I put it on the web 12 hours earlier and before they had recieved their final confirmations, their exclusive story had gotten almost 5000 click throughs on my site and since other bloggers could’t find it on the original site they all linked to me the next day.

   I recieved a friendly letter from their legal department and a not so friendly letter from the authour and one of the subjects of the article.

   luckily all were appeased after speaking with me after I commited to correcting my mistake, but other bloggers didn’t follow suit so I had to drop the story as accusations of intellectual property theft were piled on me by uninvolved 3rd parties. Days afterward cryies of csnsorship and even payoffs were leveled after I removed the story.

   My blog was a personal endevor that only had adds from the blogging service. The types of adds the service carried and this eventually drove me from blogging until I could take control of my blog both in content and technically.

   Its been almost a year since I posted anything in my old blog, but if you search for it I am still the first result in Google, so it couldn’t have been that bad.

6. ryanknapper October 17th, 2007 at 4:51 am 6

   Wait a minute. I read a rant on a different website last week. You’re stealing traffic from them by having a rant here!
   For shame, Veronica.

7. Patrick October 17th, 2007 at 6:24 am 7

   Don’t worry about it. Just remember many people are self centered and stupid!

8. Vance October 17th, 2007 at 7:20 am 8

   We are all still working out the details of these complex interactions. When thousands of folks are communicating one step removed, by post, link, comment, etc, then the flow of information can get messy. Unless someone is intentionally trying to game things for their benefit at the expense of others, no one should get upset.

   This reminds me of the whole photo attribution fiasco Ryan had to go through a while back. Once it was determined that Ryan had not actually been attempting to play a petty game, everyone should have backed off.

9. Keith October 17th, 2007 at 7:23 am 9

   Yeah - you didn’t do anything wrong. And there was nothing you could have done.

   Well - you got on the net and kvetched about it… I think that’s the right and proper response.

10. Keith W. October 17th, 2007 at 7:59 am 10

    Eh, just water off of your back.

    From a technical viewpoint, this is one of the many reasons I tend to avoid using embeds on blogs.

    You have enough of a ‘back catalog’ of content to establish a solid reputation. Anyone of reasonable faculty would understand your intentions were above board.

    Chalk it up to one of the minor annoyances that comes with the “package deal” of Web-celeb-hood.

11. Kato October 17th, 2007 at 10:04 am 11

    Meh, don’t sweat it. People are idiots. Someone submitted my blog to Stumbleupon (probably a very nice reader) and then another user gave it thumbs down with the comment: “Promoting your own blog is frowned upon”.

    I sent a message to the guy saying “You are entitled to your opinion and if you think my blog sucks then that’s fine, because it probably does, but at least get your facts straight: someone else submitted this, not me. And besides, isn’t that the point of StumbleUpon/Digg/etc… to get exposure?” No surprise, I never heard back.

12. Michael Pate October 17th, 2007 at 12:10 pm 12

    One of my favorite all-time BOL moments was once when you guys were commenting on a Slashdot story only to have to Tom click through to find out the original story was from news.com.

    Don’t let these people who don’t understand the concept of hyperlinks bother you.

13. Jeff October 17th, 2007 at 3:23 pm 13

    It’s the internet people are dumb, but I think your getting riled up over nothing, a whole 4 comments from stupid people is hardly a reason to get all riled up. From this post, I figured you had a big backlash and there were a whole 4 minor comments about it..

14. Veronica October 17th, 2007 at 3:29 pm 14

    @Jeff - I guess it just wears me down sometimes. You can only bottle up frustration so long before a straw comes along and breaks your back. You like that mixing of metaphors there? Yeah, I save that for special occasions Hehe.

15. Jeff October 17th, 2007 at 7:37 pm 15

    Hah, nice mixing of metaphors. I understand, not so much the situation, but just the culmination of internet dorks finally getting to you

16. Mike October 17th, 2007 at 10:34 pm 16

    The funny thing is that “The Escapist” is actually even asking people to embed their clips in blogs. The following phrase can be found at the end of most entries now:
    “To embed this video on your blog, please click the MENU button at the bottom of the player, and select the GRAB THE CODE option.”

17. John B. October 18th, 2007 at 9:30 am 17

    The worst part is that when you go and explain yourself, it’s like talking to a wall.

18. NeuroMan42 October 21st, 2007 at 11:00 am 18

    I normally post what I like on my blog. Hell… it is Yatzee that makes those reviews stunning, NOT that fact that they are on The Escapists site.

19. Shawn C October 27th, 2007 at 2:18 pm 19

    i totally agree 100%, kinda noobish to link to sumones blog and not the actuall source…sh3t happens
    ya still r0×0r in my book