Comments on: Businesses No One Needs: Comment Spam SMS Messaging from Wiffiti http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:12:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: healthinsurance http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-63772 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:16:34 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-63772 healthinsurance <a href="http://www.freepages.at/ebalyatop/healthinsurance.html" rel="nofollow">healthinsurance</a> healthinsurance healthinsurance

]]> by: Alice http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-39239 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:54:05 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-39239 Good point Cos. I tried sending a message and it was fun and it looks like they are moderating some posts by deleting them. Like I said, why didn't I think of this... Good point Cos. I tried sending a message and it was fun and it looks like they are moderating some posts by deleting them. Like I said, why didn’t I think of this…

]]> by: Cos http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-37522 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:44:57 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-37522 People don't pay to post messages to Wiffiti screens, except whatever they normally pay their cell phone service for sending text messages. I have flat-fee unlimited text messaging with my cell phone, for example, so posting messages to Wiffiti is entirely free for me. "Suitable for work" varies based on where you work :), but the messages will pretty much always be suitable for the venues they're in. I don't know if you took any time to learn about this before you posted, but it sounds like you're assuming these are unmoderated, and that's not the case. As you know, blogs that moderate comments prevent "comment spam". Similarly, Wiffiti is monitored full time. Perhaps someone "thought this one through" a little more than you thought they did? It is an experiment. Give it time, and see whether people find <a href="http://wiffiti.aaaaa.org/screenshots/someday-20060204.png" rel="nofollow">useful</a> or <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/516534.html" rel="nofollow">interesting</a> <a href="http://wiffiti.aaaaa.org/screenshots/someday-wiff-060507-1707.png" rel="nofollow">things</a> to do with it. People don’t pay to post messages to Wiffiti screens, except whatever they normally pay their cell phone service for sending text messages. I have flat-fee unlimited text messaging with my cell phone, for example, so posting messages to Wiffiti is entirely free for me.

“Suitable for work” varies based on where you work :) , but the messages will pretty much always be suitable for the venues they’re in. I don’t know if you took any time to learn about this before you posted, but it sounds like you’re assuming these are unmoderated, and that’s not the case.

As you know, blogs that moderate comments prevent “comment spam”. Similarly, Wiffiti is monitored full time. Perhaps someone “thought this one through” a little more than you thought they did?

It is an experiment. Give it time, and see whether people find useful or interesting things to do with it.

]]> by: John S. Richards http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-37080 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:57:37 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-37080 In Manila they have been sending SMS messages to cable TV screens for years. In Manila they have been sending SMS messages to cable TV screens for years.

]]> by: Bill M http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-37079 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:53:57 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-37079 Nothing new here. A business model based on human vanity always has a good shot at success. Nothing new here. A business model based on human vanity always has a good shot at success.

]]> by: Alice http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-37037 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:51:41 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-37037 I know....it's just wrong. I know….it’s just wrong.

]]> by: Snopesman http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-36959 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:34:20 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3157#comment-36959 Just think of the billions people are making off ringtones .... and MySpace/Facebook .... and boxes of magnetic poetry .... Just think of the billions people are making off ringtones …. and MySpace/Facebook …. and boxes of magnetic poetry ….

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