Comments on: Is it ok for companies to pay to be featured users in Social Media sites? http://www.chrisheuer.com/2009/02/22/is-it-ok-for-companies-to-pay-to-be-featured-users-in-social-media-sites/ Personal and Professional Thoughts on Life and Marketing Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:17:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ad placement http://www.chrisheuer.com/2009/02/22/is-it-ok-for-companies-to-pay-to-be-featured-users-in-social-media-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-163434 ad placement Mon, 11 May 2009 16:37:33 +0000 http://www.chrisheuer.com/?p=819#comment-163434 This site is a great advertising tool. This site is a great advertising tool.

]]> By: anantnag http://www.chrisheuer.com/2009/02/22/is-it-ok-for-companies-to-pay-to-be-featured-users-in-social-media-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-150288 anantnag Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:49:06 +0000 http://www.chrisheuer.com/?p=819#comment-150288 Quite useful information Quite useful information

]]> By: jdlasica http://www.chrisheuer.com/2009/02/22/is-it-ok-for-companies-to-pay-to-be-featured-users-in-social-media-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-148436 jdlasica Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:22:17 +0000 http://www.chrisheuer.com/?p=819#comment-148436 Great post, Chris. I think if Gary Vee wants to run Google ads to bring in new followers, more power to him (though it's pretty obvious by now that more Twitter followers doesn't translate into more influence or credibility). But if a social media site does promote a user or company in return for a payment, we definitely deserve to know about it. (I'm guessing that's not the case with Twitter here.) Pretty simple: the greater the transparency, the further one is from that dubious fuzzy ethical line. Great post, Chris. I think if Gary Vee wants to run Google ads to bring in new followers, more power to him (though it's pretty obvious by now that more Twitter followers doesn't translate into more influence or credibility).

But if a social media site does promote a user or company in return for a payment, we definitely deserve to know about it. (I'm guessing that's not the case with Twitter here.) Pretty simple: the greater the transparency, the further one is from that dubious fuzzy ethical line.

]]> By: chrisheuer http://www.chrisheuer.com/2009/02/22/is-it-ok-for-companies-to-pay-to-be-featured-users-in-social-media-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-148431 chrisheuer Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:18:28 +0000 http://www.chrisheuer.com/?p=819#comment-148431 wanted to emphasize here once again, that the key word here is "USERS" - without getting in huge semantic debate, pls understand I am coming from a position where organizations are not 'users' in this context, individual humans are... wanted to emphasize here once again, that the key word here is "USERS" – without getting in huge semantic debate, pls understand I am coming from a position where organizations are not 'users' in this context, individual humans are…

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