Comments on: #followfriday, schmollowfriday http://www.oceansidenevada.com/2009/04/17/followfriday-schmollowfriday/ Real life in an imaginary place. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joe Schmitt http://www.oceansidenevada.com/2009/04/17/followfriday-schmollowfriday/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Joe Schmitt Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:36:23 +0000 http://www.oceansidenevada.com/2009/04/17/followfriday-schmollowfriday/#comment-332 I really need to search for my name in Google more. I totally missed this - and I love the way you said "you might want to keep in mind that these lists are FOR you, not ABOUT you. Try to see them in the spirit in which they were intended: Hey, here’s some cool people you should check out! Not: This is the cool kids club and you’re not in it." You are so right! I wish I'd been armed with this when people started complaining about my list - the best I came up with was "A guy who recommends 3 on followfriday is praised, 100 is vilified." I really need to search for my name in Google more. I totally missed this – and I love the way you said “you might want to keep in mind that these lists are FOR you, not ABOUT you. Try to see them in the spirit in which they were intended: Hey, here’s some cool people you should check out! Not: This is the cool kids club and you’re not in it.” You are so right!

I wish I’d been armed with this when people started complaining about my list – the best I came up with was “A guy who recommends 3 on followfriday is praised, 100 is vilified.”

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