tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post115392971457230994..comments2024-03-06T03:58:39.540-06:00Comments on The Viral Garden: Awesome! We F*ckin' Shot That!Mack Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1155077557895850772006-08-08T17:52:00.000-05:002006-08-08T17:52:00.000-05:00Glad you guys liked the post, I agree it was a gre...Glad you guys liked the post, I agree it was a great move by the Beasties to involve their fans. And thanks for stopping by Swifty and Rahul, hope you guys will stop back by soon!Mack Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1154893667489437762006-08-06T14:47:00.000-05:002006-08-06T14:47:00.000-05:00Mack,Great post. Thanks for sharing. I'm very inte...Mack,<BR/><BR/>Great post. Thanks for sharing. I'm very interested in social media/community and stumbled across your blog recently. I'm hooked. Thanks for taking the time to write...<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>Rahul Pathak<BR/>www.judysbook.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1154021076581299112006-07-27T12:24:00.000-05:002006-07-27T12:24:00.000-05:00Anyway, I guess this trend is pretty much why site...Anyway, I guess this trend is pretty much why sites that feature user-generated content have been getting so successful recently, stuff like digg.com, reddit.com, del.icio.us etc.<BR/><BR/>The era of producers and consumers has long ended, everyone are now prosumers, producing and consuming at the same time!Edmund Yeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686957805877313432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1154020769290940642006-07-27T12:19:00.000-05:002006-07-27T12:19:00.000-05:00Well, yeah, the whole thing's rather similar to th...Well, yeah, the whole thing's rather similar to the relationship between novelists and fanfiction writers these days (or writers and readers). Although, unfortunately, there are still people like fantasy writer Robin Hobb who <A HREF="http://swiftywriting.blogspot.com/2005/11/in-defense-of-fanfiction-guestblogger.html" REL="nofollow">completely condemns the existence of fanfiction (though the rebuttal is featured here)</A>.Edmund Yeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686957805877313432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1153936705372607702006-07-26T12:58:00.000-05:002006-07-26T12:58:00.000-05:00Excellent f*ckin post. A stellar example of what p...Excellent f*ckin post. A stellar example of what power we GET when we (willfully) GIVE away control. Also a nice example of staying true to your niche.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for bringing it my way -- going to check out Tricia's posting on this, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1153934506468194572006-07-26T12:21:00.000-05:002006-07-26T12:21:00.000-05:00Mack,Couldn't agree more. I also briefly made ref...Mack,<BR/>Couldn't agree more. I also briefly made reference to the Beastie Boys excellent effort in a <A HREF="http://studioues.blogspot.com/2006/07/all-hail-wiki.html" REL="nofollow">recent post</A>. The key is to create a two-way dialogue between artists and fans, with artists actively participating alongside of fans rather than their label offering up a mindless promotion in which the artist has no involvement for the sole purpose of drawing buzz.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667330535153386665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-1153931822433128242006-07-26T11:37:00.000-05:002006-07-26T11:37:00.000-05:00Great post and another great example of the power ...Great post and another great example of the power of community. The B-Boys are plenty smart and have done a great job over the years of feeding their fans and being fans themselves.Tim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00656450355435181157noreply@blogger.com