TechCrunch bans EntreCard, I’m about done, too
Due to EntreCard employees and/or top users acting like little shits in the comments to this post about similar-but-less–of-a-pita competitor Spottt, Arrington has now banned at least one user from commenting and appears to have all comments containing "entrecard" exiled to the depths of a moderation queue (which my own response was relegated to for a while, but obviously rang of pure and unbiased truth and was approved).
Don’t get me wrong, despite today’s public display of immaturity, I have nothing against EntreCard. They are pretty damn useful for people who have some spare time and don’t mind exploring lots of blogs. And right now, that’s just not me.
So how did my EntreCard experiment go? Here’s a screenshot of my stats:
I visited 151 sites, received 161 clicks (18 of which were from my paid ads), and sent out 45 clicks to other sites. I have seen an increase in comments, but mostly on my EntreCard related posts. My EC worth has been going up faster after moving from the more densely populated Internet category to Fashion (making tech "look good"…hey, it could work), but I don’t want to position myself that way other than experimentally.
Verdict: You get out what you put in, and my time is now more scarce than my money.
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1 Million in 365 Day
Entrecard will give you more than what you have experienced so far. It’s not necessarily about dropping ads on other blogs at all. It’s just free means of getting some exposure without you making any kind of significant effort.
Feb 12th, 2008
Graham Langdon
Lisa,
Entrecard has two employees: myself and the developer. Neither of us commented until it got out of control, and by the time I commented, I posted on the Entrcard forum for all members to STOP posting on TechCrunch, and threatened to penalize people’s credits if they continued to do so. I did everything I could to stop it, so its not really fair that you accuse Entrecard employees of this.
I’m not happy at all about what happened, but it wasn’t my fault. I personally apologized to Arrington.
Feb 12th, 2008
ATV Style
Kudos for laying down the law Graham. A few can indeed spoil the milk. I think entrecard is head and shoulders above the next free social advertising platform and for being only a few months old it’s problem have to be considered minor.
No worries though, those little sh*ts will end up someplace else on the net, that I guarantee.
Feb 13th, 2008
Rudy
If you’re gettring more comments from EC posts, that means your traffic is mostly coming from EC. I did the same thing on my main blog site. People will comment on things they’re intrested in. EC users are definitely interested in EC topics. Like me, for example.
Sorry if I’m trying to be Captain Obvious.
Feb 13th, 2008
Deimos Tel`Arin
EntreCard works.
If one knows how to utilize it properly. :)
Think about Karma, mix it up with the basics of Economics - Supply and Demand.
Verdict: You get out what you put in, and my time is now more scarce than my money.
DTA: If you “put in” wisely, you will get out way more than what you put in. :D
And yeah, 24 hours a day is not enough. -_-
Feb 15th, 2008
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