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Checking on Blog-Share Spoilsports
Posted by OsakaSaul on October 19, 2011 in English | Leave a comment
Workaround: Triberr no longer shows, in tribe member lists, who has us on manual
(But there are simple ways to see who is not tweeting us – and then, delve deeper to see if they are letting through anything from our tribes at all)
Firstly, what’s the problem?
The manual setting: it is great for the individual / problematic for the community. Kindly consider what I just posted in my The Business of Change tribe – where we have a reach of 450,000-plus in Twitter, who knows what we’ll have when Triberr integrates Facebook and/or Stumbleupon, and we have a real spirit that you will find in just a few tribes in Triberr: one of give-and-take, people talking, helping each other offline, and reciprocally-minded actual *community* – and nearly all members on auto:
100% take / 0% give
We do see it, when there is one stinker who will not let through any of our posts. We let it go for a few times, a few of our blog posts that don’t qualify to be tweeted through their account, but then, when they are declining more than they re letting through, we have to take this to mean, “they’re doing 100% take / 0% give.”
How is this okay – even though, sure, for yourself, your own Twitter account, you are doing just fine without our blog tweets? It is not, in fact. We do see it in our Twitter mentions (the CERTAIN way) and we see that and exclaim, “wow, I published 3 times in the last week – and this delicate soul has not deigned to let even one of my articles come out of their precious Twitter account.”
After our mentions, then we look at your Twitter timeline. Low and behold, you let through a smattering of articles – from all the bloggers you are connected to – and, sure as it would appear in Triberr stats and then, in searching mentions, not a single one of our own shows up. In fact, for a certain “suspect,” I went back through TEN DAYS of their timeline; they had not tweeted a single article (!!!) from The Business of Change members. Not a single one from some folks. We do see it, when you let through none of our posts.
We see that in our Twitter mentions: the fool-proof way, since Triberr stats are still iffy. Member do notice, and let me tell you, they call me. “Wow, I published 3 times in the last week – and this delicate soul has not deigned to let even one of my articles come out of their precious Twitter account.
First we see in our mentions that you do not tweet our blog. Then, the Twitter-savvy check your timeline, going back a couple days – to see if you are approving any Triberr tweets.
Triberr no longer shows us that you have us on manual.
The give-away is simply your timeline in Twitter.
Low and behold, you let through a smattering of articles – from all the bloggers you are connected to – and, sure as it used to appear in Triberr stats and then, in searching mentions, not a single one of our own shows up. In fact, for a certain “suspect,” I went back through TEN DAYS of their timeline; he had not tweeted a single article (!!!) from The Business of Change members. Not a single one of ours made the cut. And so, he was asked about this – and when he made it clear he’s continue to decline all our posts, I had no choice but to cut an otherwise incredible guy from our tribe. It just isn’t right – in a community based on promotional reciprocation. Some people will never understand that, though.
When this is going on, members do tell me. People write and SKYPE me, I need you to know. They notice. Please know that. “Auto” is not (yet) a requirement of this tribe.
Reciprocation, however, is. That’s the most basic dynamic of Triberr, after all. We tweet (and later, may also be able to send through other social networks, perhaps) each others’ blog articles.
If you continue to let through nothing, I will attempt to speak with you, learn what the problem is. I certainly listen, and want to know your reasoning. On the other hand, “manual” is not a setting to stay on permanently. We put our trust in your blog; show a modicum of latitude toward ours.
Or leave the tribe.
Got a problem? Talk with each other, or talk with me. Ask members; there are but two in our tribe who I have yet to help with this or that. So, I don’t mean to be a pest. On the other hand, it wont be something that is left to remain unchanged, permanently, if here is a member not tweeting at least MOST of the other members posts. This tribe is strong, we have solidarity, and team players. I want you all in here, grateful you joined. I need not pester you with stuff like this when you are not being a problem – like tweeting NADA from us – and do thank you for your consideration.
When in doubt, from The Business of Change, go to settings and scroll down to Applicant requirements. Be sure we have your main Twitter account installed, and kindly regard the manual setting as a temporary thing, when you find a solvable problem, a stop-gap measure while we work out problems. Because it is not right to use a community where the status quo is for all of us to tweet everything by you while you tweet little to nothing from us. That is something that gets fixed.
I have yet to speak with a member who has no Triberr story
(@birdify & @samanthaluy, sittin’ in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g… Okay, its been a while, but… “private joke,” in my typical poor taste…)
Nearly everyone has something they would like to see done better. Sometimes, I can even help with this and that – when we speak. In fact, as for The Business of Change tribe, there are but two bloggers in our tribe who I have spoken with, and have not helped (yet) with this or that. I do my best with this great thing we have, and while our reach is still under 500K, that’s because I am very selective about taking in additional bloggers. Please do your part with the quid pro quo element and kindly let the bulk of the Triberr tweets through.
