Comments on: A world full of knee jerks http://www.thatcanadiangirl.co.uk/blog/2008/12/03/a-world-full-of-knee-jerks/ Tech, community & life Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A R Heartley http://www.thatcanadiangirl.co.uk/blog/2008/12/03/a-world-full-of-knee-jerks/#comment-20941 A R Heartley Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:54:54 +0000 http://www.thatcanadiangirl.co.uk/?p=1368#comment-20941 The most annoying thing about these projects is that the companies behind them seem to appear to just not 'get' the web principles. 4mations was the prime example of this - let's not address the issue and tell users what it is, let's call it an administrative error. Bull crap! Not only are they not being transparent which would be one of the key principles of keeping your community happy they also went against what the site is all about and now it's lost it's identity. If this is the way that things are going, I think it's a really sad time for the web - brands losing identities, scared to stand by what they believe and covering things over to look fine... geez is it 1980 all over agaiin and the TV's just on a smaller screen? The most annoying thing about these projects is that the companies behind them seem to appear to just not ‘get’ the web principles. 4mations was the prime example of this – let’s not address the issue and tell users what it is, let’s call it an administrative error. Bull crap!

Not only are they not being transparent which would be one of the key principles of keeping your community happy they also went against what the site is all about and now it’s lost it’s identity.

If this is the way that things are going, I think it’s a really sad time for the web – brands losing identities, scared to stand by what they believe and covering things over to look fine… geez is it 1980 all over agaiin and the TV’s just on a smaller screen?

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