Comments on: BlackListed! http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Tue, 22 May 2012 17:08:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joshua K http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Joshua K Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:20:39 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-926 I think this is good evidence, just like in portfolio management, that diversity is to our benefit :) I get twice as many hits from a single technology related blog compared to the personal finance blogs..combined. Not that I'm not thankful of any link from any personal finance blog, because I am. I think this is good evidence, just like in portfolio management, that diversity is to our benefit :)

I get twice as many hits from a single technology related blog compared to the personal finance blogs..combined.

Not that I’m not thankful of any link from any personal finance blog, because I am.

]]> By: Cap http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-901 Cap Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:41:53 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-901 okay the whole conspiracy thing is just wacky. I duno about you anom, but I'm gonna bet my left kidney that there's no conspiracy. and if there is, no one gets my kidney anyway because it's the Internet, not real life. hug time. okay the whole conspiracy thing is just wacky. I duno about you anom, but I’m gonna bet my left kidney that there’s no conspiracy.

and if there is, no one gets my kidney anyway because it’s the Internet, not real life.

hug time.

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-898 fivecentnickel.com Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:08:22 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-898 "does that mean there was a request to take down the links by one member and then each member made an individual decision?" No. It means that two individuals site owners apparently decided to remove links on their own personal sites for whatever reason. We now know JLP's reasoning, and I believe him because I know him to be an all-around good guy. But maybe that's just me. As an aside, I'd like to point out that Caitlin got 'white-listed' (for lack of a better term) yesterday. In other words, I appreciated her comments on the other post to the point that I went out of my way to *add* her to my sidebar. And before we get all conspiracy-minded (again)... No, there wasn't some super-secret reason why she wasn't linked in my sidebar in the first place. She just wasn't. And now she is. I seriously think we need a group hug. “does that mean there was a request to take down the links by one member and then each member made an individual decision?”

No. It means that two individuals site owners apparently decided to remove links on their own personal sites for whatever reason. We now know JLP’s reasoning, and I believe him because I know him to be an all-around good guy. But maybe that’s just me.

As an aside, I’d like to point out that Caitlin got ‘white-listed’ (for lack of a better term) yesterday. In other words, I appreciated her comments on the other post to the point that I went out of my way to *add* her to my sidebar. And before we get all conspiracy-minded (again)… No, there wasn’t some super-secret reason why she wasn’t linked in my sidebar in the first place. She just wasn’t. And now she is.

I seriously think we need a group hug.

]]> By: JLP at AllThingsFinancial http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-897 JLP at AllThingsFinancial Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:50:36 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-897 No, I actually came to his blog and my link was not listed. I double-checked and it was not there. So, I removed his link. Then, I wake up the next morning and Technorati shows a new link from PF Advice. Anon, if you wish to talk to me privately about this, send me an email. No, I actually came to his blog and my link was not listed. I double-checked and it was not there. So, I removed his link. Then, I wake up the next morning and Technorati shows a new link from PF Advice.

Anon, if you wish to talk to me privately about this, send me an email.

]]> By: Money Blog Network Conspiracy http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Money Blog Network Conspiracy Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:33:25 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-896 LOL - like my name better now? I'm posting anonymously because at least one of your MBN members removes links when people disagree with him. I disagree, but I'd like my link to remain in place. Some may say I'm a coward, but then again, it's easy for you to say when you hold the power. So it's your contention that on the day that Jeffery leaves a comment that gets his link removed from FMF, you just happen to think on your own (without any prompting from anyone else) that he is no longer linking to you and remove his links from your site? And you wonder why people might think there is a conspiracy? lol LOL – like my name better now? I’m posting anonymously because at least one of your MBN members removes links when people disagree with him. I disagree, but I’d like my link to remain in place. Some may say I’m a coward, but then again, it’s easy for you to say when you hold the power.

So it’s your contention that on the day that Jeffery leaves a comment that gets his link removed from FMF, you just happen to think on your own (without any prompting from anyone else) that he is no longer linking to you and remove his links from your site?

And you wonder why people might think there is a conspiracy? lol

]]> By: JLP at AllThingsFinancial http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-895 JLP at AllThingsFinancial Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:11:33 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-895 Oh, and what's up with the anonymous poster? Why do you find it necessary to hide your identity? Oh, and what’s up with the anonymous poster? Why do you find it necessary to hide your identity?

]]> By: JLP at AllThingsFinancial http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-894 JLP at AllThingsFinancial Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:10:18 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-894 There is no blacklist. I took my link down because I thought that PF Advice hae quit linking to me. I realize now that I jumped the gun. I don't have any hard feelings towards Jeffrey or PF Advice. In fact, as he states in the post, he helped me get my old blog back and for that I'm grateful. I even made two of his blogs Blog of the Week selections. I think what bothers me about all this is that his opinions could have been voiced via email rather than putting all this out there on the internet for all to see. There is no blacklist.

I took my link down because I thought that PF Advice hae quit linking to me. I realize now that I jumped the gun.

I don’t have any hard feelings towards Jeffrey or PF Advice. In fact, as he states in the post, he helped me get my old blog back and for that I’m grateful. I even made two of his blogs Blog of the Week selections.

I think what bothers me about all this is that his opinions could have been voiced via email rather than putting all this out there on the internet for all to see.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-893 anonymous Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:08:05 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-893 fivecentnickel - does that mean there was a request to take down the links by one member and then each member made an individual decision? fivecentnickel – does that mean there was a request to take down the links by one member and then each member made an individual decision?

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-892 fivecentnickel.com Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:05:43 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-892 There's no blacklist. Individuals made individual decisions on their individual sites. There’s no blacklist. Individuals made individual decisions on their individual sites.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/21/10442_blacklisted.html/comment-page-1/#comment-891 anonymous Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:01:27 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2006/02/21/blacklisted/#comment-891 I'm coming in a bit late to all of this. My question to JLP is why did you take it down in the first place? Was it at the request of the MBN or even another MBN member? If not, can you explain the timing of your decision? The problem is that when you are a member of a group, you are associated with that group. If one does something good or bad, it reflects on all the members of that group the same way. That is part of being associated with the group. If one member tried to influence other members to blacklist which appears to be the case here from what I've read, then it is an association that reflects on all members even if not all were involved. I’m coming in a bit late to all of this.

My question to JLP is why did you take it down in the first place? Was it at the request of the MBN or even another MBN member? If not, can you explain the timing of your decision?

The problem is that when you are a member of a group, you are associated with that group. If one does something good or bad, it reflects on all the members of that group the same way. That is part of being associated with the group.

If one member tried to influence other members to blacklist which appears to be the case here from what I’ve read, then it is an association that reflects on all members even if not all were involved.

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