I think I may have struck a chord.
Here's one for all the conspiracy theorists...
Last night I wrote a post about Guy McLaren. Nic liked it and submitted it to Muti... wicked! Other people liked it and voted it up... wicked! It got up to the number two spot... wicked. Then all of a sudden it disappeared from the front page. Shock, horror!
Within 4 minutes the post had received 4 'down' votes... ouch! Statistically speaking without collusion this is not possible... (recommended reading on this type of thing: Freakonomics).
This begs the question... was my post accurate enough to cause the legions of Trafficdepartment to act together to vote the submission off the front page?
Was my brief analysis enough to cause concern in the ranks?
Now as a start-up owner myself- I can understand that criticism can be scary. However... surely your business needs to be robust enough to withstand the hearsay of some dude 6,000 miles away in order to be sustainable? Surely the best way to damage control is to confront the points raised in my post and prove me wrong. I invited a response to be corrected, I gave Trafficdepartment the opportunity to engage in a dialogue which could lead to me eating my words. Nope, instead the issue has been hushed-up, and banished to the depths of the muti pages. (Reeks of Zimbabwean political tactics if you ask me.)
What great PR it would be for your business if you could address the issue and capitalise on the current awareness levels. Enjoy your 5min in the spotlight and use it to your benefit. This is currently not the case and you are avoiding addressing the issues in my post.
In doing so, I feel that my assumptions and guesses have been ratified, and now I feel confident that I was in fact correct. (Until I am proven otherwise... pssst... this is another invitation, wink wink nudge nudge)
You stay classy San Diego!
Last night I wrote a post about Guy McLaren. Nic liked it and submitted it to Muti... wicked! Other people liked it and voted it up... wicked! It got up to the number two spot... wicked. Then all of a sudden it disappeared from the front page. Shock, horror!
Within 4 minutes the post had received 4 'down' votes... ouch! Statistically speaking without collusion this is not possible... (recommended reading on this type of thing: Freakonomics).
This begs the question... was my post accurate enough to cause the legions of Trafficdepartment to act together to vote the submission off the front page?
Was my brief analysis enough to cause concern in the ranks?
Now as a start-up owner myself- I can understand that criticism can be scary. However... surely your business needs to be robust enough to withstand the hearsay of some dude 6,000 miles away in order to be sustainable? Surely the best way to damage control is to confront the points raised in my post and prove me wrong. I invited a response to be corrected, I gave Trafficdepartment the opportunity to engage in a dialogue which could lead to me eating my words. Nope, instead the issue has been hushed-up, and banished to the depths of the muti pages. (Reeks of Zimbabwean political tactics if you ask me.)
What great PR it would be for your business if you could address the issue and capitalise on the current awareness levels. Enjoy your 5min in the spotlight and use it to your benefit. This is currently not the case and you are avoiding addressing the issues in my post.
In doing so, I feel that my assumptions and guesses have been ratified, and now I feel confident that I was in fact correct. (Until I am proven otherwise... pssst... this is another invitation, wink wink nudge nudge)
You stay classy San Diego!
Labels: guy mclaren, muti, Technology, web 2.0
4 Comments:
You should try checking out the Hot section on Muti...
Looks like his counter-supporters have showed up in full force!
Mmmm. In the early days of Muti I 'felt' there was offline colusion to vote up members of the cadre and keep them there regardless that the articles were naff and irrelevent.
I submitted a lot and in the end with minus 3 Kudu I gave Muti a miss.
Then I grew up and realised that ranking is so unimportant to me.
But that dream lasted all of 5 minutes. Now I just post away on my site and if someone pushes one of my pieces onto Muti, I am grateful. But in the main I can't say I get too excited by Muti.
I don't know if the cadre exists or if voting circumstances are completely random. I would say that the voting consistency is something to ponder.
I have found this all very entertaining... and I've been checking muti regularily for the latest in the saga. The latest youtube video with the Zuma voiceover is classic!
Wow, blogging conspiracies and cloak and dagger tactics! Looks like I have a lot to learn in the blogging world...
Wanted to say thank for your kind words on my blog. Am slowly improving day by day...
http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/
Good luck with Muti!
Jax
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