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By: Please Stop Crowdsourcing Me | ::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon

Please Stop Crowdsourcing Me | ::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:38:02 +0000

[...] 2.0 world that is starting to turn you from enthusiastic to curmudgeon? Look no further than to Community Freeloaders, especially Crowdsourcing Strategies. Now, not all ‘customer led innovation’ (my [...]

By: Things I Have Seen at Like It Matters

Things I Have Seen at Like It Matters — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:05:25 +0000

[...] Hunt talks about community leechers. (Hint: [...]

By: Alex Linsker

Alex Linsker — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:00:18 +0000

“Monkey Business: Keith Chen’s Monkey Research” is a fascinating New York Times article. Monkeys learned to use tokens for financial exchanges. This influenced monkeys’ social capital — many human social networks intermix money and exchange of social resources. Monkeys using tokens even led to the exchange of tokens for sex.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/magazine/05FREAK.html?pagewanted=all

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:55:46 +0000

Works like that in other non-western cultures too, like i-Kiribati bubuti, you have people that bubuti a lot: http://alina_stefanescu.typepad.com/totalitarianism_today/2005/07/j_maarten_troos.html

By: miss rogue

miss rogue — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:45:40 +0000

I absolutely agree! Thanks for the Stephen Covey reference. I forgot about his Emotional Bank Account. There was also an author some years back of the Christian variety that talked about the “Love Tank” in love relationships. It was pretty fascinating.

By: miss rogue

miss rogue — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:44:02 +0000

I would put the commenting in a DEPOSIT column, but if you were to get a blog, you would have more DEPOSITs.

I know I love getting feedback and commenting, so it’s good. Now, if you comment heavily on the negative side without cause, you may start to be seen as a troll, and that would go into the WITHDRAWAL column. However, if you are commenting heavily on the negative side making good points along the way, I’d say that you would still be making a DEPOSIT as someone who is critical, but smart and helpful.

By: miss rogue

miss rogue — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:36:49 +0000

Very cool factoid! Alot of people put reciprocation down as a ‘forced’ thing, but I agree that it supplies lots of social cohesion. I love that it also helps with brain power.

By: Dopp Juice » Blog Archive » The Social Bank Account

Dopp Juice » Blog Archive » The Social Bank Account — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:56:35 +0000

[...] love Tara Hunt’s post today about Social Capital and Community Freeloaders. She dives into the nature of “favors from friends,” and writes: “Now, I [...]

By: Ed Schipul

Ed Schipul — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:01:10 +0000

Two quick thoughts – first Stephen Covey refers to this concept as the “Emotional Bank Account” in the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. (1990)

Second – I believe when you DO ask someone for advice, actually following that advice, demonstrating an act of respect by TAKING the advice is also a deposit. Or in “Tipping Point” lingo, following a Maven’s advice is an act of respect and therefore a deposit in your emotional bank account with that person. This explains the value Mentors receive in their relationships with students.

Great post!

By: Rick Wolff

Rick Wolff — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:48:08 +0000

I mean this question sincerely: In which column would you put someone who goes from blog to blog leaving comments (running the gamut from troubling to encouraging), but has yet to start his own blog?