Comments on: GoodBye Entrecard http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/ He does like to rant Wed, 02 May 2012 07:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Republished: Some of the Reasons Why More and More People Are Leaving EntreCard | Lainy's Musings http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Republished: Some of the Reasons Why More and More People Are Leaving EntreCard | Lainy's Musings Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:05:11 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-1040 [...] Reasons to Quit EntreCard Goodbye EntreCard! Banned From EntreCard for Using [...] [...] Reasons to Quit EntreCard Goodbye EntreCard! Banned From EntreCard for Using [...]

]]> By: grace http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-372 grace Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:10:35 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-372 i'm another entrecard newbie. i love the concept. i think it's a great idea. that's why it is such a pity that it has so many problems and issues. i wish Graham could fix this. i’m another entrecard newbie. i love the concept. i think it’s a great idea. that’s why it is such a pity that it has so many problems and issues. i wish Graham could fix this.

]]> By: Cricket http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Cricket Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:26:43 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-369 I finally gave up on EC. I loved meeting new readers, etc. but I just became lazy about dropping because so many of the sites were so slow at loading. I have a new MAC now and I don't plan on getting viruses on this one. First time over...enjoyed the blog. I finally gave up on EC. I loved meeting new readers, etc. but I just became lazy about dropping because so many of the sites were so slow at loading.

I have a new MAC now and I don’t plan on getting viruses on this one.

First time over…enjoyed the blog.

]]> By: Greg http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Greg Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:10:21 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-367 Theresa I am thinking about getting to work on something in the new year but I have a few area's that I need to get straight in my head, ie EC charges a 'tax' on transactions, something like 75% of the EC's paid to advertise on your blog via the widget goes to EC, 12.5% of EC's paid to advertise on a blog via OIO goes to EC, I need to figure out how these figures are calculated. Also how do you value a 'Credit'? EC sells 1000 credits for $6, was that a figure just plucked from nowhere or how was it calculated. Does anyone buy credits? I understand that you need to claw credits back as you don't want to flood the system with credits but just not sure how you calculate how many credits is a substainable amount for the system. I am not an accountant lol. Theresa

I am thinking about getting to work on something in the new year but I have a few area’s that I need to get straight in my head, ie EC charges a ‘tax’ on transactions, something like 75% of the EC’s paid to advertise on your blog via the widget goes to EC, 12.5% of EC’s paid to advertise on a blog via OIO goes to EC, I need to figure out how these figures are calculated. Also how do you value a ‘Credit’? EC sells 1000 credits for $6, was that a figure just plucked from nowhere or how was it calculated. Does anyone buy credits?

I understand that you need to claw credits back as you don’t want to flood the system with credits but just not sure how you calculate how many credits is a substainable amount for the system. I am not an accountant lol.

]]> By: Greg http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Greg Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:57:14 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-366 The annoying thing is, there could be so many checks that are done automatically, ie if the widget is loaded by a 'deleted' blog then something different could be displayed instead of the 'drop' message. Checking for popups and automatically playing music wouldn't be so easy I must admit. The annoying thing is, there could be so many checks that are done automatically, ie if the widget is loaded by a ‘deleted’ blog then something different could be displayed instead of the ‘drop’ message. Checking for popups and automatically playing music wouldn’t be so easy I must admit.

]]> By: Jamie http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Jamie Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:13:08 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-363 I simply can't stand the sites that blare music or some TV clip when you've got 30+ tabs open trying to make the drops. It's more than annoying, and I've reported these blogs since early this month. I've also reported those without widgets, those that come up as "no such user" and dead sites to no avail. They'll pop back up via the entrecard tool bar come the next day. I simply can’t stand the sites that blare music or some TV clip when you’ve got 30+ tabs open trying to make the drops. It’s more than annoying, and I’ve reported these blogs since early this month. I’ve also reported those without widgets, those that come up as “no such user” and dead sites to no avail. They’ll pop back up via the entrecard tool bar come the next day.

]]> By: Theresa http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Theresa Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:47:54 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-358 Greg, no sense in saying what everyone has already said - it's a given. If you do go forward with your system, I'd join in a heartbeat! Love the community, love the blogs and people behind them, and love the system that brings us together. That's hard to give up! A different/better system has to be in place before I would fully leave Entrecard. I can't speak for Graham, don't know him at all, and like others, I stay away from the forums after witnessing several discussions handled in a less-than-optimal way. Greg, you're a thinker and a do-er. Don't limit yourself by what is that ain't quite working. Greg, no sense in saying what everyone has already said – it’s a given.

If you do go forward with your system, I’d join in a heartbeat! Love the community, love the blogs and people behind them, and love the system that brings us together. That’s hard to give up! A different/better system has to be in place before I would fully leave Entrecard.

I can’t speak for Graham, don’t know him at all, and like others, I stay away from the forums after witnessing several discussions handled in a less-than-optimal way.

Greg, you’re a thinker and a do-er. Don’t limit yourself by what is that ain’t quite working.

]]> By: Greg http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Greg Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:18:00 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-320 Tara You can use EC with wordpress, I use wordpress myself. You can't use it if your blog is hosted by Wordpress.com and that is down to Wordpress.com restrictions rather than due to EntreCard. I'm not familiar Today.com but I thought I had seen today.com blogs within the EC community. Greg Tara

You can use EC with wordpress, I use wordpress myself. You can’t use it if your blog is hosted by WordPress.com and that is down to WordPress.com restrictions rather than due to EntreCard.

I’m not familiar Today.com but I thought I had seen today.com blogs within the EC community.

Greg

]]> By: Tara http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Tara Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:16:32 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-319 I'm happy with Entrecard, but some competition in the field wouldn't hurt, specifically those with terms that do not prohibit placement on Today.com. I'd love to see one that you could actually use with regular old Wordpress (which I am told you can't do). I’m happy with Entrecard, but some competition in the field wouldn’t hurt, specifically those with terms that do not prohibit placement on Today.com. I’d love to see one that you could actually use with regular old WordPress (which I am told you can’t do).

]]> By: Stacy http://gregorymathews.com/2008/12/15/goodbye-entrecard/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Stacy Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:39:07 +0000 http://gregorymathews.com/?p=425#comment-317 I'm fairly new with the whole blogging experience as well as the EntreCard mode, but I have really enjoyed finding great blogs to visit and read through EC, and have enjoyed the traffic it has brought to my blog. I concur with you and other comments that it has been frustrating when EC is slow/down with no announcement or anything posted to let us know they're working on it at the very least. I also get annoyed when I click on drops that have been left for me to encounter extremely slow loading sites, or sites with no EC widget to return the favor. If a site is so complicated that it takes forever to load, I close that tab and move on - I don't have time to sit and wait, and hope that my blog isn't making others wait, either. I don't even get close to dropping 300 EC cards a day, I'm lucky if I hit 100 because I don't use the automated dropping widgets that I see advertised on other sites, I prefer to keep my visits 'personal', meaning I actually want to discover other bloggers that have something interesting to say, and if they are updating their blogs regularly, I will 'follow' them (if they have that feature on their blog), or at the very least add them to my EC 'favorites'. When they're really interesting and I want to make sure I don't miss any future posts, I'll sign up with the RSS feeds or add to my Google Reader. If EC were to disappear, I would miss it, as well as miss the new blogs I discover daily, and would definitely miss the traffic I see increasing on my blog as I maintain consistency with my EC drops. I’m fairly new with the whole blogging experience as well as the EntreCard mode, but I have really enjoyed finding great blogs to visit and read through EC, and have enjoyed the traffic it has brought to my blog.

I concur with you and other comments that it has been frustrating when EC is slow/down with no announcement or anything posted to let us know they’re working on it at the very least. I also get annoyed when I click on drops that have been left for me to encounter extremely slow loading sites, or sites with no EC widget to return the favor. If a site is so complicated that it takes forever to load, I close that tab and move on – I don’t have time to sit and wait, and hope that my blog isn’t making others wait, either.

I don’t even get close to dropping 300 EC cards a day, I’m lucky if I hit 100 because I don’t use the automated dropping widgets that I see advertised on other sites, I prefer to keep my visits ‘personal’, meaning I actually want to discover other bloggers that have something interesting to say, and if they are updating their blogs regularly, I will ‘follow’ them (if they have that feature on their blog), or at the very least add them to my EC ‘favorites’. When they’re really interesting and I want to make sure I don’t miss any future posts, I’ll sign up with the RSS feeds or add to my Google Reader.

If EC were to disappear, I would miss it, as well as miss the new blogs I discover daily, and would definitely miss the traffic I see increasing on my blog as I maintain consistency with my EC drops.

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