Comments on: Another Swypefile Update http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/ A Review of Ways to Make Money Online Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jay http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11812 Jay Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:32:26 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11812 [quote post="432"]The impression they gave me was that they are overhauling the site’s concept and/or format, not unlike the temporary outage of BlogRush.[/quote] If that were so, I'd have expected to see some notification via email to members, some discussion amongst the community about the direction the site should go to best serve the community, etc. Since that didn't happen, the impression I had was of an emergency shutdown due to some unexpected circumstances. [quote post="432"]Was that an assumption or you have evidence to prove this claim?[/quote] Not an assumption, just one reason that a site might get shut down in an emergency manner. Other reasons include poor management, the breakup of a partnership, the death of a principal, etc. Jay wrote:

The impression they gave me was that they are overhauling the site’s concept and/or format, not unlike the temporary outage of BlogRush.

If that were so, I’d have expected to see some notification via email to members, some discussion amongst the community about the direction the site should go to best serve the community, etc.

Since that didn’t happen, the impression I had was of an emergency shutdown due to some unexpected circumstances.

Jay wrote:

Was that an assumption or you have evidence to prove this claim?

Not an assumption, just one reason that a site might get shut down in an emergency manner. Other reasons include poor management, the breakup of a partnership, the death of a principal, etc.

]]> By: betshopboy http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11788 betshopboy Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:03:19 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11788 I was caught by surprise of this outage too. In fact I had finished a post on Swypefile updates earlier when the site went down, and that post got shelved. However, you mentioned in your post that you find it hard to believe that swypefile was in that position of leaking money like a sieve. Was that an assumption or you have evidence to prove this claim? The site was only officially launched for a week, and you think they are already in such precarious position? The impression they gave me was that they are overhauling the site's concept and/or format, not unlike the temporary outage of BlogRush. I was caught by surprise of this outage too. In fact I had finished a post on Swypefile updates earlier when the site went down, and that post got shelved.

However, you mentioned in your post that you find it hard to believe that swypefile was in that position of leaking money like a sieve. Was that an assumption or you have evidence to prove this claim?

The site was only officially launched for a week, and you think they are already in such precarious position?

The impression they gave me was that they are overhauling the site’s concept and/or format, not unlike the temporary outage of BlogRush.

]]> By: jblu http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11725 jblu Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:08:29 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11725 I see your point. His post was partially biased...I might be also if I created a competing site. Swypefile was an attractive idea with lots of potential but, as you commented on, too bad it was mismanaged. I see your point. His post was partially biased…I might be also if I created a competing site. Swypefile was an attractive idea with lots of potential but, as you commented on, too bad it was mismanaged.

]]> By: Jay http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11661 Jay Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:19:24 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11661 [quote post="432"]Check out Vic’s latest post over at bu.bulicio.us concerning Swypefile[/quote] An interesting, if not balanced, post. His point about planning for growth is a good one, and one everyone launching a service should listen to. But the mini-rant about everyone promoting swypefile? Seems like if everyone was promoting it, then there are facets to it that are attractive to users, and that's something BZ should learn from. Granted, Swypefile may have been severely mismanaged, but that doesn't change the usefulness of the concept. Jay wrote:

Check out Vic’s latest post over at bu.bulicio.us concerning Swypefile

An interesting, if not balanced, post. His point about planning for growth is a good one, and one everyone launching a service should listen to.

But the mini-rant about everyone promoting swypefile? Seems like if everyone was promoting it, then there are facets to it that are attractive to users, and that’s something BZ should learn from.

Granted, Swypefile may have been severely mismanaged, but that doesn’t change the usefulness of the concept.

]]> By: jblu http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11621 jblu Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:26:05 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11621 Check out Vic's latest post over at bu.bulicio.us concerning Swypefile...he says BZ will never do what they did :) Check out Vic’s latest post over at bu.bulicio.us concerning Swypefile…he says BZ will never do what they did :)

]]> By: Jay http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11620 Jay Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:21:05 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11620 Hmm...I don't know, I tend to register domains for one year only, because it's easy enough to renew them. But there is something odd in the way it was shut down without notice. Hmm…I don’t know, I tend to register domains for one year only, because it’s easy enough to renew them. But there is something odd in the way it was shut down without notice.

]]> By: jblu http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11605 jblu Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:53:56 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11605 Hi Jay, I was surprised about it too. There were a couple of us who posted about it last night. I checked the whois on swypefile.com and they've only registered their domain for 1 year...seems a little fishy to take on a project with that much potential and only register it for a year. Hi Jay,
I was surprised about it too. There were a couple of us who posted about it last night. I checked the whois on swypefile.com and they’ve only registered their domain for 1 year…seems a little fishy to take on a project with that much potential and only register it for a year.

]]> By: ScottUA http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11590 ScottUA Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:34:19 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11590 Gotcha! Reminds me of the Dot Com crash where all those companies went belly up and owed revenue to tons of people. No notice. Just *poof*, they vanish without another word to their loyal users. Gotcha! Reminds me of the Dot Com crash where all those companies went belly up and owed revenue to tons of people. No notice. Just *poof*, they vanish without another word to their loyal users.

]]> By: Jay http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11585 Jay Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:05:23 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11585 Hi Scott, the amount of income lost wasn't much. I think I'd made $9 on the site in the 7 days it was live. It's more the lack of notification that irks me, when the site was clearly working for its members. Hi Scott, the amount of income lost wasn’t much. I think I’d made $9 on the site in the 7 days it was live. It’s more the lack of notification that irks me, when the site was clearly working for its members.

]]> By: ScottUA http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11584 ScottUA Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:54:19 +0000 http://www.onlineopportunity.org/another-swypefile-update/#comment-11584 Sorry to hear about that...hoipe you didn't lose a lot of money. Sorry to hear about that…hoipe you didn’t lose a lot of money.

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