Comments on: truemors http://aaronmentele.com/2007/05/16/truemors/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:51:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/05/16/truemors/comment-page-1/#comment-14360 Aaron Mentele Fri, 18 May 2007 08:03:01 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/05/16/truemors/#comment-14360 Hey Tony. Akismet caught your comment too (dammit.) I'm not interested in one-line, unverified rumors about Paris Hilton, so my interest comes more from the crowdsourcing aspects - volume of posts, authority factors, etc. Day 1 was mobsourcing. That was something else. Truemors will continue to evolve and mature as posting "rules" get layered in and the technology continues to become more sophisticated. The mob will tire of blurting. The value of content will increase. But that won't necessarily make it more interesting to me. Hey Tony. Akismet caught your comment too (dammit.)

I’m not interested in one-line, unverified rumors about Paris Hilton, so my interest comes more from the crowdsourcing aspects – volume of posts, authority factors, etc. Day 1 was mobsourcing. That was something else.

Truemors will continue to evolve and mature as posting “rules” get layered in and the technology continues to become more sophisticated. The mob will tire of blurting. The value of content will increase. But that won’t necessarily make it more interesting to me.

]]> By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/05/16/truemors/comment-page-1/#comment-14357 Aaron Mentele Fri, 18 May 2007 07:28:26 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/05/16/truemors/#comment-14357 Hi (again) JD. Akismet caught your question regarding advertising. I've been a bystander only in the ad revenue conversations. It has the potential to be a significant source of revenue, though. I'm, personally, not big on surrounding content with contextual advertising and calling it a business plan. I'd rather focus on getting the service right early, monetizing it late. I had a different opinion a year ago. Hi (again) JD. Akismet caught your question regarding advertising. I’ve been a bystander only in the ad revenue conversations. It has the potential to be a significant source of revenue, though.

I’m, personally, not big on surrounding content with contextual advertising and calling it a business plan. I’d rather focus on getting the service right early, monetizing it late. I had a different opinion a year ago.

]]> By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/05/16/truemors/comment-page-1/#comment-14292 Aaron Mentele Thu, 17 May 2007 06:26:03 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/05/16/truemors/#comment-14292 Hey JD. You're right - ajax would make for a nicer refresh. You're also right with your answer - the current rev was a relatively quick project with most of our time going into the posting mechanisms. We're still circling back on a number of items (partially out of vanity.) The list just has a way of growing faster than it shrinks. You really need to stop by sometime. Hey JD. You’re right – ajax would make for a nicer refresh. You’re also right with your answer – the current rev was a relatively quick project with most of our time going into the posting mechanisms. We’re still circling back on a number of items (partially out of vanity.) The list just has a way of growing faster than it shrinks.

You really need to stop by sometime.

]]> By: jdbartlett http://aaronmentele.com/2007/05/16/truemors/comment-page-1/#comment-14284 jdbartlett Thu, 17 May 2007 03:14:30 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/05/16/truemors/#comment-14284 Speaking of the unmattering technology, I'm kinda curious--and suspect the answer is probably very practical and involves things like deadlines and budgets--why Truemors prefers an ol' fashioned page refresh timeout over Ajaxian magic like Prototype's Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater. Speaking of the unmattering technology, I’m kinda curious–and suspect the answer is probably very practical and involves things like deadlines and budgets–why Truemors prefers an ol’ fashioned page refresh timeout over Ajaxian magic like Prototype’s Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater.

]]> By: jdbartlett http://aaronmentele.com/2007/05/16/truemors/comment-page-1/#comment-14283 jdbartlett Thu, 17 May 2007 02:56:12 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/05/16/truemors/#comment-14283 Recapping your SXSW experience, you doubted the business models that run some Web 2.0 services. I'm curious, was advertising/sponsorship intended as a true business model for Truemors, or just a way to support the cost of hosting, etc.? Recapping your SXSW experience, you doubted the business models that run some Web 2.0 services. I’m curious, was advertising/sponsorship intended as a true business model for Truemors, or just a way to support the cost of hosting, etc.?

]]> By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/05/16/truemors/comment-page-1/#comment-14248 Aaron Mentele Wed, 16 May 2007 14:23:06 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/05/16/truemors/#comment-14248 Thanks Andy. Those are corrected. Thanks Andy. Those are corrected.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://aaronmentele.com/2007/05/16/truemors/comment-page-1/#comment-14240 Andy Beard Wed, 16 May 2007 12:04:36 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/05/16/truemors/#comment-14240 Aaron, you should really be careful about all those Feedburner redirect links. 4 of the link above are currently to Feedburner redirects. Aaron, you should really be careful about all those Feedburner redirect links. 4 of the link above are currently to Feedburner redirects.

]]> By: Tony Hung http://aaronmentele.com/2007/05/16/truemors/comment-page-1/#comment-14239 Tony Hung Wed, 16 May 2007 11:39:30 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/05/16/truemors/#comment-14239 Wait -- its interesting *because* its an unmoderated free-for-all? Sorry dude, I just don't buy that. A constant state of entropy would exactly be the kind of mess that all social *anythings* try and avoid, from BBS's all the way up to Digg. I agree -- it will be important to see what's left after it dies down, but if there are no future intentions to place rules to prevent spamming / gaming / flaming / trolling to *encourage* a useful community then, you are right about one thing. Celebrity won't mean a thing. tony @ dji Wait — its interesting *because* its an unmoderated free-for-all?

Sorry dude, I just don’t buy that.

A constant state of entropy would exactly be the kind of mess that all social *anythings* try and avoid, from BBS’s all the way up to Digg.

I agree — it will be important to see what’s left after it dies down, but if there are no future intentions to place rules to prevent spamming / gaming / flaming / trolling to *encourage* a useful community then, you are right about one thing.

Celebrity won’t mean a thing.

tony @ dji

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