Unlike Twitter, you've got to have good uptime for this sentiment to be effective.
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Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site
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Re: Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site
#22Wow, but then again, I'd be pissed too. People's attitudes about what they are 'owed' can be offensive sometimes and the Internet just seems to bring out the worst jerks. Maybe if Faceparty shuts down for good, people will learn to not expect things for free? Hopefully, but I doubt it.
Re: Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site
#23Not a marketing ploy. My (old) firm used to represent the founder behind faceparty (Lance). He really is like that in person and would certainly shut the site to spite the users. Good to see it has had a positive effect though!
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Re: Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site
#24A rare case of reverse psychology actually working on the net? (...especially for a "social" media site). Anyone know of other successful cases?
I think it's a bit early to tell if it's worked yet or not.
Point taken.
All the publicity I have seen so far has been favourable i.e. not bad and will encourage people to join rather than leave.
Was wondering about other precedents?
Re: Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
For their sake, hopefully you (and others) do. http://www.google.com/trends?q=faceparty.com It might reverse the trend (pun intended).
> pun intended http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=puns ;)
No, actually, the phrases "pun intended" and "no pun intended" don't mean anything of the sort. Stop whining, they're just a friendly gesture. ;)
Re: Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
> pun intended http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=puns ;)
No, actually, the phrases "pun intended" and "no pun intended" don't mean anything of the sort. Stop whining, they're just a friendly gesture. ;)
> Stop whining
You are telling maddox, not me, right?
Re: Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, actually, the phrases "pun intended" and "no pun intended" don't mean anything of the sort. Stop whining, they're just a friendly gesture. ;)
> Stop whining You are telling maddox, not me, right?
Maddox being the author of the link, I suppose that yes, I was. Sorry if that sounded too aggressive -I just don't think that the link really added anything or was appropriate to the parent.
Re: Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site
#28Am I the only one who can't stand that horrible spelling? "TO THA HATERZ" indeed.
It just goes along with the style of faceparty's copy.
Re: Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site
#29Good for them. Running a social network is like running a bar (or pub in this case). If the owners get fed up and are willing to live with the consequences, why not lock the doors and go to the zoo for the day?
Dunno, throwing a hissy and saying "FUCK THA [CUSTOMERS WHO DISAGREE WITH OUR POLICIES]" like they did makes them seem like babies who couldn't be trusted with a toy ball, let alone a social networking service.