Comments on: Social Network Automation and Why You Don’t Want to Be Part of It

By: Clayton Shumway

Clayton Shumway — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:56:59 +0000

I agree completely, non-targeted traffic does just about…NOTHING. Social network automaton is just that: SPAM.

By: Top GBG Distributor

Top GBG Distributor — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:49:14 +0000

Spot on! Traffic is wonderful, but hits are not the same as interested people in your ‘warm’ online community reading your content….

By: jennifer

jennifer — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:43:00 +0000

spamming wont take you far off, though it gives short term results but in long term you will fail with it as you might end up getting banned from these social communities forever. Rather than opting for any software its better to go forward and build a community using fair methods.

By: andrea

andrea — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:22:15 +0000

I think social networking tools have been misused to quite an extent just to gain links from SEO point which had done lotta harm and taken away lot of genuine readers. What I can say at the end of the day is that you can fight spam but cannot end it!!!

By: The Dude Dean - UX Design Consultant

The Dude Dean - UX Design Consultant — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:48:58 +0000

I use tools such as hello.txt or ping.fm very sparingly for this very reason.

By: Trisha Frauenhofer

Trisha Frauenhofer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:19:39 +0000

What Jason and Imwoyo said is quite true. However, being new to this type of networking I can tell you that sites like Social Marker can be very useful. That is if you want to get noticed on the first pages of search engines. The key to all this hard work is to have fun with it.

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:36:21 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to comment, Imwoyo. I suppose you already understood why I had to edit your signature link. I normally label as spam signatures like yours, but after checking out the content of your squidoo lens I decided that it could be as valuable for my readers as your comment, so I kept your comment with your name.

By: imwoyo

imwoyo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:30:14 +0000

Social networking automation is one of the worst things that could be done because it completely destroys the experience of something that was intended to be used in a good way.

When we join social networking sites, we do it to connect with our friends and to make new friends as well. But this whole automation thing is taking it too far!

Not only ia automation destroying this social networking communities, but just like Jason just stated, it will eventually get you no where.

By: Jason Pearson

Jason Pearson — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:36:45 +0000

Well said. Automation may seem like the easier route, but it will not pay off in the long run. It takes hard work to be a success at this.

By: Soli

Soli — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:14:05 +0000

It is a sickening reality that the use of automation is being taken to the extreme. What is it really that has not be automated as yet. If there is any, very soon there will be some kind of automation for it.