Comments on: Canada’s Most Influential Social Medial Individuals – Semi Finalists Announced http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:12:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Raul Pacheco http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-876 Raul Pacheco Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:25:52 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-876 Ok, I have a response both for Dave and Rae which will be better formulated in a post (and it's 2:14 am so I don't really have the full post well written and I'm not going to risk it). First off, and as a prelude, I have to say that I don't do social media for a living. And I'm very grateful for that. I entered the world of social media because my blog became more popular, I socialized with the Vancouver tech/social media/PR community and they are my friends. In fact, many Canadian social media experts are my friends (not only Vancouver-based). I absolutely love Kate, Darren, Kris and Rebecca, all whom are in the semi-finalists. All of them, social media stars in their own merit. I *do* feel as though it is sometimes a popularity contest and no, Rae, I am NOT surprised. Let me be brash and bold and say that being popular doesn't equal being smart, well-spoken, and having brilliant ideas. You have Paris Hilton as an example of popular and not having a lot "upstairs". Also, for the record, I did NOT say that THIS was particularly a popularity contest, Dave. However, if you think about my viewpoint in detail, at least the first part IS a popularity contest (voting by the community, etc.) - the more popular a particular candidate is, the more votes he/she will get. Let's just call things what they are. As for the second and third metrics, one can find all the flaws that they may want, and I could poke relentlessly until I found all of those. But that's not my point. As I said, I celebrate that Kris, Rebecca, Kate and Darren are in the semifinalists, but I'm puzzled as to why other social media stars didn't make the cut. That's all. Dave - for the record, I might copy and paste some of this comment on my own blog.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('876','Raul Pacheco'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('876','Raul Pacheco','Ok, I have a response both for Dave and Rae which will be better formulated in a post (and it\'s 2:14 am so I don\'t really have the full post well written and I\'m not going to risk it).\n\nFirst off, and as a prelude, I have to say that I don\'t do social media for a living. And I\'m very grateful for that. I entered the world of social media because my blog became more popular, I socialized with the Vancouver tech\/social media\/PR community and they are my friends. In fact, many Canadian social media experts are my friends (not only Vancouver-based). I absolutely love Kate, Darren, Kris and Rebecca, all whom are in the semi-finalists. All of them, social media stars in their own merit.\n\nI *do* feel as though it is sometimes a popularity contest and no, Rae, I am NOT surprised. Let me be brash and bold and say that being popular doesn\'t equal being smart, well-spoken, and having brilliant ideas. You have Paris Hilton as an example of popular and not having a lot \"upstairs\".\n\nAlso, for the record, I did NOT say that THIS was particularly a popularity contest, Dave. However, if you think about my viewpoint in detail, at least the first part IS a popularity contest (voting by the community, etc.) - the more popular a particular candidate is, the more votes he\/she will get. Let\'s just call things what they are.\n\nAs for the second and third metrics, one can find all the flaws that they may want, and I could poke relentlessly until I found all of those. But that\'s not my point. As I said, I celebrate that Kris, Rebecca, Kate and Darren are in the semifinalists, but I\'m puzzled as to why other social media stars didn\'t make the cut. That\'s all.\n\nDave - for the record, I might copy and paste some of this comment on my own blog.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Ok, I have a response both for Dave and Rae which will be better formulated in a post (and it’s 2:14 am so I don’t really have the full post well written and I’m not going to risk it).

First off, and as a prelude, I have to say that I don’t do social media for a living. And I’m very grateful for that. I entered the world of social media because my blog became more popular, I socialized with the Vancouver tech/social media/PR community and they are my friends. In fact, many Canadian social media experts are my friends (not only Vancouver-based). I absolutely love Kate, Darren, Kris and Rebecca, all whom are in the semi-finalists. All of them, social media stars in their own merit.

I *do* feel as though it is sometimes a popularity contest and no, Rae, I am NOT surprised. Let me be brash and bold and say that being popular doesn’t equal being smart, well-spoken, and having brilliant ideas. You have Paris Hilton as an example of popular and not having a lot “upstairs”.

Also, for the record, I did NOT say that THIS was particularly a popularity contest, Dave. However, if you think about my viewpoint in detail, at least the first part IS a popularity contest (voting by the community, etc.) – the more popular a particular candidate is, the more votes he/she will get. Let’s just call things what they are.

As for the second and third metrics, one can find all the flaws that they may want, and I could poke relentlessly until I found all of those. But that’s not my point. As I said, I celebrate that Kris, Rebecca, Kate and Darren are in the semifinalists, but I’m puzzled as to why other social media stars didn’t make the cut. That’s all.

Dave – for the record, I might copy and paste some of this comment on my own blog.

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]]> By: A Frog in the Valley » Social Media happens offline too : My 2008 recap thru events http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-872 A Frog in the Valley » Social Media happens offline too : My 2008 recap thru events Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:46:28 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-872 [...] an email a few days ago from Dave Forde about Canada’s Most Influential Social Medial Individuals. The semi finalists were announced and it looks like I made the [...]
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]]> By: m-c http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-873 m-c Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:15:12 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-873 It's an honor to be counted as a semi-finalist, thank you and congrats to all 102 nominees!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('873','m-c'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('873','m-c','It\'s an honor to be counted as a semi-finalist, thank you and congrats to all 102 nominees!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It’s an honor to be counted as a semi-finalist, thank you and congrats to all 102 nominees!
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]]> By: Ali de Bold http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-875 Ali de Bold Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:41:32 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-875 This is quite an honour to be included on this list. Thank you Dave and to everyone who voted!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('875','Ali de Bold'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('875','Ali de Bold','This is quite an honour to be included on this list. Thank you Dave and to everyone who voted!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This is quite an honour to be included on this list. Thank you Dave and to everyone who voted!
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]]> By: Dave Fleet http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-874 Dave Fleet Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:48:24 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-874 Congratulations to everyone mentioned here. I'm flattered to be on a list like this; I feel completely out of place. Thanks!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('874','Dave Fleet'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('874','Dave Fleet','Congratulations to everyone mentioned here. I\'m flattered to be on a list like this; I feel completely out of place. Thanks!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Congratulations to everyone mentioned here. I’m flattered to be on a list like this; I feel completely out of place. Thanks!
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]]> By: Michelle Blanc http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-865 Michelle Blanc Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:57:39 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-865 I am very flattered to be on such a distinguish list and I thank you for it. I would just want to point out that my name is Michelle Blanc rather than Michel Leblanc. Thank again<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('865','Michelle Blanc'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('865','Michelle Blanc','I am very flattered to be on such a distinguish list and I thank you for it. I would just want to point out that my name is Michelle Blanc rather than Michel Leblanc. Thank again'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I am very flattered to be on such a distinguish list and I thank you for it. I would just want to point out that my name is Michelle Blanc rather than Michel Leblanc. Thank again
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]]> By: Kate Trgovac http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-871 Kate Trgovac Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:38:53 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-871 Congrats to the semi-finalists; delighted to be on the list! Oh, and Miss 604 has done a great community service and posted the list with links! http://www.miss604.com/2009/01/northern-voice-2009-and-social-media-update.html Thanks, Rebecca!! Cheers .. Kate<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('871','Kate Trgovac'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('871','Kate Trgovac','Congrats to the semi-finalists; delighted to be on the list! Oh, and Miss 604 has done a great community service and posted the list with links! http:\/\/www.miss604.com\/2009\/01\/northern-voice-2009-and-social-media-update.html Thanks, Rebecca!!\n\nCheers .. Kate'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Congrats to the semi-finalists; delighted to be on the list! Oh, and Miss 604 has done a great community service and posted the list with links! http://www.miss604.com/2009/01/northern-voice-2009-and-social-media-update.html Thanks, Rebecca!!

Cheers .. Kate

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]]> By: Patrick Lajeunesse http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-870 Patrick Lajeunesse Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:14:32 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-870 It's funny how bare the names seem without a link to something. It's like the names aren't complete without the link to who they actually are - almost like it's just initials.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('870','Patrick Lajeunesse'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('870','Patrick Lajeunesse','It\'s funny how bare the names seem without a link to something. It\'s like the names aren\'t complete without the link to who they actually are - almost like it\'s just initials.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It’s funny how bare the names seem without a link to something. It’s like the names aren’t complete without the link to who they actually are – almost like it’s just initials.
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]]> By: Amber Mac http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-869 Amber Mac Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:46:36 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-869 Honoured to be on the list! Congrats to everyone! -Amber Mac<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('869','Amber Mac'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('869','Amber Mac','Honoured to be on the list! Congrats to everyone!\n-Amber Mac'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Honoured to be on the list! Congrats to everyone!
-Amber Mac
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]]> By: Dave Forde http://profectio.com/canada%e2%80%99s-most-influential-social-medial-individuals-semi-finalists-announced/comment-page-1#comment-868 Dave Forde Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:48:18 +0000 http://profectio.com/?p=2259#comment-868 Raul - this is NOT a popularity contest; if you go back to the original post (3) different metrics are being used. 1 - nominations & votes from the community (so I'll agree with Rae's comments above) 2 - Postrank's tool to measure "engagement" 3 - Individuals contributions by speaking and/ or hosting events where social media is a topic being discussed during the event.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('868','Dave Forde'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('868','Dave Forde','Raul - this is NOT a popularity contest; if you go back to the original post (3) different metrics are being used.\n1 - nominations & votes from the community (so I\'ll agree with Rae\'s comments above)\n2 - Postrank\'s tool to measure \"engagement\"\n3 - Individuals contributions by speaking and\/ or hosting events where social media is a topic being discussed during the event.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Raul – this is NOT a popularity contest; if you go back to the original post (3) different metrics are being used.
1 – nominations & votes from the community (so I’ll agree with Rae’s comments above)
2 – Postrank’s tool to measure “engagement”
3 – Individuals contributions by speaking and/ or hosting events where social media is a topic being discussed during the event.
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