Comments on: Digital Sharecropping

By: Leaving Florida

Leaving Florida — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:04:15 +0000

[...] in CA is getting my text, photos, and videos onto as many websites as possible. While I’ve previously written about the dangers of relying on community websites like Facebook, Twitter, DeviantArt, YouTube, and [...]

By: Banned from Sending Facebook Friend Requests

Banned from Sending Facebook Friend Requests — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:30:08 +0000

[...] it wants on me because I don’t own Facebook.com like I own Thripp.com. Perhaps my Digital Sharecropping article from 2008 was not so far off. ShareThis Printable [...]

By: 10 Reasons Why All Bloggers are Gay

10 Reasons Why All Bloggers are Gay — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:02:10 +0000

[...] is owned by one person with a TOP LEVEL DOMAIN. Normal people OWN their websites. They are not sharecroppers.10. Bloggers and gays have no souls. A blogger or a gay’s entire life is a series of [...]

By: Richard X. Thripp

Richard X. Thripp — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:22:15 +0000

I know, I use Google for all my email and I wonder if I should be worrying about what they can do with it. Corporatism is merging big businesses with big government, so this could all become an extension of the government to punish political enemies. Be wary of institutions.

By: Google Watch

Google Watch — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:06:19 +0000

I have always been leery of the amount of information we willingly give up to massive data aggregators like Google. I believe many people never stop to think just how much of their own personal information they are giving away. Plus, the average user I doubt realizes how many services are run by a company like Google. They certainly have the widest range of services, but other companies like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter all essentially “own” the data you willingly provide them.

It is mind boggling when you stop and think about how much information you are really giving up. It is a scary thought really.

By: Richard X. Thripp

Richard X. Thripp — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:39:05 +0000

If you’re building a service like a website (i.e. a URL shortening service), you need to keep it working if people are going to count on you. To do that you need money… so solicit for donations or put up AdSense ads.

I’m on Facebook now and am enjoying it. Most people I know are there. That’s very compelling. There’s a lot to be said for buying into a community, and you’ll connect with a bunch of interesting people who don’t go out on their own normally. I’m no longer discounting that.

By: Hank

Hank — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:22:15 +0000

In the Open Source world, we deal with this all the time. People often ask how we can make money off the backs of free labor, to which I always answer: we don’t. But the question lingers, and for good reason. Being a community-centric company is a double-edged sword. After all, if you’ve successful in convincing a fair number of community members to buy into your vision, what, if anything, is your responsibility to them? Ultimately, my opinion rests on the assumption that Game fair is a rather different example from most Open Source community sites, because in those cases, the company gives the community items of great value, whether it’s the software, better documentation, or simply the investment into care and feeding of the community.

By: Richard X. Thripp

Richard X. Thripp — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:20:53 +0000

Sure, you can do that. A while back, I even reserved my names on all the social networking sites I could find.

That doesn’t mean you should put too much time into those sites. At least 80% of your time should be directed at improving your own site. For me, that means answering comments and feedback, editing, posting, and writing about photos, and writing new articles as good ideas strike me.

Get your own site; it’s not too hard! Before I was ready to start my site, I just set up a free site with Microsoft Office Live Basics, with links to my other sites (I was posting photos to deviantART at the time). It’s free (you have to give them credit card info), and they pay for the domain. Features are non-existent, but it’s good just to get started as you can start telling everyone your site is yourname.com, and then when you make that site your primary focus, everyone will still be going to the right place.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:23:30 +0000

Interesting post!!

Thank you for writing it!!
I never really knew how much Google has, & never really stopped to think what is connected!!

Back up is good, yeah… /Double back-up is probably even better… As even flash drives can fail sometimes.. had a faulty one in the past../

Also, why not keep MySpace & YouTube accounts as pointers to your main site? some people seem to be doing so & are doing quite well…?

Been thinking of getting my own site for a while too…