Comments on: BloggingZoom cracked http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/ The theory of social networks and the evolution of the web. Studying the social web, network theory, blogging and privacy issues of the internet. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: robojiannis http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-238 robojiannis Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:16:27 +0000 http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-238 @RT Cunningham I thought it wouldn't get much attention, but I also hoped (and still do) that users are above community driven initiatives. In SU for example, the post goes pretty well... @PMB Well BloggingZoom is one more community like digg, SU, Mixx and so on. The differences are: 1. at least in most cases, people submit their own content, namely the content of their blog. The community then votes (zooms!) on the content. 2. Although comments on the submission are available, I have seldomly seen a large discussion on a subject. 3. To submit content you have to write a unique description of at least 350 letters. No copy & paste. 4. A post becomes popular after 5 zooms. I haven't seen a post get more than 30-40 zooms. My impression is, that zoomers may not communicate much in the community (not so much comments, etc) but they show interest on the blog post. The post comments very often and they subscribe very often. It is actually a nice, cozy community. I'm glad I found while it's still new and upcoming. I would suggest taking a look at it. @RT Cunningham
I thought it wouldn’t get much attention, but I also hoped (and still do) that users are above community driven initiatives. In SU for example, the post goes pretty well…

@PMB
Well BloggingZoom is one more community like digg, SU, Mixx and so on. The differences are:
1. at least in most cases, people submit their own content, namely the content of their blog. The community then votes (zooms!) on the content.
2. Although comments on the submission are available, I have seldomly seen a large discussion on a subject.
3. To submit content you have to write a unique description of at least 350 letters. No copy & paste.
4. A post becomes popular after 5 zooms. I haven’t seen a post get more than 30-40 zooms.

My impression is, that zoomers may not communicate much in the community (not so much comments, etc) but they show interest on the blog post. The post comments very often and they subscribe very often.

It is actually a nice, cozy community. I’m glad I found while it’s still new and upcoming. I would suggest taking a look at it.

]]> By: Paul M. Banas http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-237 Paul M. Banas Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:15:46 +0000 http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-237 @RT Cunningham Thanks for the overview. Sound interesting. I hope it gets back up soon so I can check it out. PMB @RT Cunningham
Thanks for the overview. Sound interesting. I hope it gets back up soon so I can check it out.

PMB

]]> By: RT Cunningham http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-236 RT Cunningham Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:11:07 +0000 http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-236 I'll speak out of turn on this one. BloggingZoom is about "zooming" blogs, king of like diggers digging posts on Digg. The difference is that it's focused on blogs and not other kinds of websites. No mainstream media, no static websites, or anything like that. Does it make it better? For bloggers, yes it does. For anyone else, probably not. The better part is not really because of the service itself but because of the sense of community that it imparts. Not only that, but the service creates backlinks for each and every blog article posted. I’ll speak out of turn on this one. BloggingZoom is about “zooming” blogs, king of like diggers digging posts on Digg. The difference is that it’s focused on blogs and not other kinds of websites. No mainstream media, no static websites, or anything like that.

Does it make it better? For bloggers, yes it does. For anyone else, probably not. The better part is not really because of the service itself but because of the sense of community that it imparts. Not only that, but the service creates backlinks for each and every blog article posted.

]]> By: Paul M. Banas http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-235 Paul M. Banas Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:40:22 +0000 http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-235 Since I'm not familiar with BloggingZoom and I can't access the site (still down probably), could you post a few more details on what exactly it is and how it's different from other content communities out there? PMB Since I’m not familiar with BloggingZoom and I can’t access the site (still down probably), could you post a few more details on what exactly it is and how it’s different from other content communities out there?

PMB

]]> By: RT Cunningham http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-233 RT Cunningham Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:08:37 +0000 http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/25/bloggingzoom-cracked/#comment-233 You won't hear too much about it at other social sites because this is the competition. I won't be surprised if the Digg post you submitted picks up very little steam or gets buried before it can get a whole lot of diggs. You won’t hear too much about it at other social sites because this is the competition. I won’t be surprised if the Digg post you submitted picks up very little steam or gets buried before it can get a whole lot of diggs.

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