Comments on: IDEA #94 – Dear WTF (aka “Dear Abby for Techies”) http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-94-dear-wtf-aka-dear-abby-for-techies/ Serial entrepreneur and former early @TechCrunch Writer. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Luca http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-94-dear-wtf-aka-dear-abby-for-techies/comment-page-1/#comment-6318 Luca Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:00:31 +0000 http://blog.stevepoland.com/?p=422#comment-6318 It reminds me a bit of the customer service system, getsatisfaction.com. (Example post: http://getsatisfaction.com/bbc/topics/stop_asking_for_media_rights_per_country_and_just_ask_a_monthly_yearly_view_per_customer) Users post their problem / idea / question and at the end set their 'mood'. Other users can click a button saying they have this problem too. It reminds me a bit of the customer service system, getsatisfaction.com. (Example post: http://getsatisfaction.com/bbc/topics/stop_asking_for_media_rights_per_country_and_just_ask_a_monthly_yearly_view_per_customer)

Users post their problem / idea / question and at the end set their ‘mood’. Other users can click a button saying they have this problem too.

]]> By: Rex Dixon http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-94-dear-wtf-aka-dear-abby-for-techies/comment-page-1/#comment-5974 Rex Dixon Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:07:35 +0000 http://blog.stevepoland.com/?p=422#comment-5974 I used Pligg on a site with a similar concept called Give Me A Friggin' Break - which was suppose to be a site where people submitted stupid things/funny things they saw online. Pligg never worked well, or the host site was slow. In anycase, the idea never fully took hold until some spammers in Malaysia region decided to start using it to post spam comments. My partner in this idea and I have since moved it off it's original hosting service and put up a coming again soon WP landing page - http://givemeafrigginbreak.com/ - yes, the domain is way too long, but gmafb.com is not available/wasn't available. Ok, way off topic - I do like the wtf idea. :) Rex I used Pligg on a site with a similar concept called Give Me A Friggin’ Break – which was suppose to be a site where people submitted stupid things/funny things they saw online. Pligg never worked well, or the host site was slow. In anycase, the idea never fully took hold until some spammers in Malaysia region decided to start using it to post spam comments.

My partner in this idea and I have since moved it off it’s original hosting service and put up a coming again soon WP landing page – http://givemeafrigginbreak.com/ – yes, the domain is way too long, but gmafb.com is not available/wasn’t available.

Ok, way off topic – I do like the wtf idea. :)

Rex

]]> By: Robet http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-94-dear-wtf-aka-dear-abby-for-techies/comment-page-1/#comment-5909 Robet Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:13:03 +0000 http://blog.stevepoland.com/?p=422#comment-5909 Oh, on the twitter piece, that would be easy to do. I do something similar for Twitopolis.com. all tag based. (sorry for the constant comments and the plug :) Oh, on the twitter piece, that would be easy to do. I do something similar for Twitopolis.com. all tag based.

(sorry for the constant comments and the plug :)

]]> By: Robet http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-94-dear-wtf-aka-dear-abby-for-techies/comment-page-1/#comment-5908 Robet Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:11:25 +0000 http://blog.stevepoland.com/?p=422#comment-5908 One thing just came to mind though. Techies are notorious for not clicking through on ads, so monetization would be a pain. You might have to eat it until you get serious enough traffic to get CPM advertisers via federated media or something like that (much like digg) One thing just came to mind though. Techies are notorious for not clicking through on ads, so monetization would be a pain. You might have to eat it until you get serious enough traffic to get CPM advertisers via federated media or something like that (much like digg)

]]> By: Robet http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-94-dear-wtf-aka-dear-abby-for-techies/comment-page-1/#comment-5907 Robet Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:08:42 +0000 http://blog.stevepoland.com/?p=422#comment-5907 so you own a great domain name already. are you looking to partner and have someone build it? or sell the domain name, or ?? Great idea. A public/social version of thedailywtf.com so you own a great domain name already. are you looking to partner and have someone build it? or sell the domain name, or ??

Great idea. A public/social version of thedailywtf.com

]]> By: JuJuBee http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-94-dear-wtf-aka-dear-abby-for-techies/comment-page-1/#comment-5881 JuJuBee Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:02:57 +0000 http://blog.stevepoland.com/?p=422#comment-5881 I really like this idea. You are spot on; if given an outlet to bitch, people will hop right on board. There's so much to bitch about! I really like this idea. You are spot on; if given an outlet to bitch, people will hop right on board. There’s so much to bitch about!

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