Comments on: Gotcha Moments http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/gotcha-moments/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jeff Williams http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/gotcha-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-194253 Jeff Williams Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:55:37 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/gotcha-moments/#comment-194253 Over at McCain's site, many people have been trashing him on his own forums. This is obviously counterproductive for McCain. My thought is that you need to involve the users in a community project. They need to be given something productive to do. If you set aside an area for productive work, then you have a good, objective reason for deleting accounts, getting rid of trolls, etc. Plus if people see that real work is getting done, there will not be too much static from troublemakers. Troublemakers will, however, barge into a meandering online discussion and try to spice it up by picking a fight. Over at McCain’s site, many people have been trashing him on his own forums. This is obviously counterproductive for McCain.

My thought is that you need to involve the users in a community project. They need to be given something productive to do. If you set aside an area for productive work, then you have a good, objective reason for deleting accounts, getting rid of trolls, etc.

Plus if people see that real work is getting done, there will not be too much static from troublemakers. Troublemakers will, however, barge into a meandering online discussion and try to spice it up by picking a fight.

]]> By: Jeff Williams http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/gotcha-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-313479 Jeff Williams Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:55:00 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/gotcha-moments/#comment-313479 Over at McCain's site, many people have been trashing him on his own forums. This is obviously counterproductive for McCain. My thought is that you need to involve the users in a community project. They need to be given something productive to do. If you set aside an area for productive work, then you have a good, objective reason for deleting accounts, getting rid of trolls, etc. Plus if people see that real work is getting done, there will not be too much static from troublemakers. Troublemakers will, however, barge into a meandering online discussion and try to spice it up by picking a fight. Over at McCain’s site, many people have been trashing him on his own forums. This is obviously counterproductive for McCain.

My thought is that you need to involve the users in a community project. They need to be given something productive to do. If you set aside an area for productive work, then you have a good, objective reason for deleting accounts, getting rid of trolls, etc.

Plus if people see that real work is getting done, there will not be too much static from troublemakers. Troublemakers will, however, barge into a meandering online discussion and try to spice it up by picking a fight.

]]> By: Gotcha! The Strategy! at Blog P.I. http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/gotcha-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-190865 Gotcha! The Strategy! at Blog P.I. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:30:28 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/gotcha-moments/#comment-190865 [...] And some unavoidable longer term questions from Bivings Group’s leading voice, Todd Zeigler: So we’re in a situation where we want candidates to be authentic but are quick to punish them when they are. And the constant presence of voters with cameras ensures that there will be plenty of these gotcha moments. [...] [...] And some unavoidable longer term questions from Bivings Group’s leading voice, Todd Zeigler: So we’re in a situation where we want candidates to be authentic but are quick to punish them when they are. And the constant presence of voters with cameras ensures that there will be plenty of these gotcha moments. [...]

]]> By: Defining Moments (Updated)* « From the Desert to the Sea… http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/gotcha-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-186082 Defining Moments (Updated)* « From the Desert to the Sea… Thu, 24 May 2007 21:39:59 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/gotcha-moments/#comment-186082 [...] *UPDATE, 5/24/07.  Todd Ziegler of the Bivings Report raises a related concern today. In many ways, the story of the web (particularly video) in politics the last few years has been the story of “gotcha” moments. Bad jokes. Pretty hair. Southern accents. Screaming. Terror taxis. Macaca. No strings.The humiliating videos get a lot more play than the substitutive ones (admittedly nobody has done anything that interesting with video this cycle). [...] [...] *UPDATE, 5/24/07.  Todd Ziegler of the Bivings Report raises a related concern today. In many ways, the story of the web (particularly video) in politics the last few years has been the story of “gotcha” moments. Bad jokes. Pretty hair. Southern accents. Screaming. Terror taxis. Macaca. No strings.The humiliating videos get a lot more play than the substitutive ones (admittedly nobody has done anything that interesting with video this cycle). [...]

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