Startup Junkies http://startupjunkies.org/blog The Startup Blog Sat, 18 May 2013 18:56:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Moving to StartupJunkies.com http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/05/18/moving-to-startupjunkies-com/ http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/05/18/moving-to-startupjunkies-com/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 18:56:00 +0000 admin http://startupjunkies.org/blog/?p=438 We have moved to

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Please go there. This site is being retired.

]]> http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/05/18/moving-to-startupjunkies-com/feed/ 0 Snarky Blogs In Silicon Valley? Good Heavens! http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/05/06/snarky-blogs-in-silicon-valley-good-heavens/ http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/05/06/snarky-blogs-in-silicon-valley-good-heavens/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 21:52:25 +0000 Alexis Tschotskes http://startupjunkies.org/blog/?p=426 In Silicon Valley, snarky blogs make a comeback

The Editorial Team at Startup Junkies does not condone snark.

Just look at our history.

Read more about snarky blogs.

Looks like the Quoras and other garbage sites are about to receive a well-deserved tsunami of abuse.

]]> http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/05/06/snarky-blogs-in-silicon-valley-good-heavens/feed/ 0 Linkedin Stock Crashes After Mutiny By Members http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/05/02/linkedin-stock-crashes-after-mutiny-by-members/ http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/05/02/linkedin-stock-crashes-after-mutiny-by-members/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 20:58:42 +0000 Alexis Tschotskes http://startupjunkies.org/blog/?p=405 We told you that there would be consequences to Linkedin’s ill treatment of its members.

If you infuriate millions of users with a bad policy and refuse to fix the problem there will be consequences.

Now the cows have come have come home to roost.

http://press.linkedin.com/News-Releases/303/LinkedIn-Announces-First-Quarter-2013-Financial-Results

]]> http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/05/02/linkedin-stock-crashes-after-mutiny-by-members/feed/ 0 Linkedin Sees Mass Revolt Among Users http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/04/11/linkedin-sees-mass-revolt-among-users/ http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/04/11/linkedin-sees-mass-revolt-among-users/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:07:45 +0000 SJ Editorial Team http://startupjunkies.org/blog/?p=385 Boy did Linkedin and Reid Hoffman ever mess up with last fall’s big anti-spam move. Apparently millions of Linkediners have now lost their ability to post and carry on conversations as a result. So what happened? Well the geniuses at Linkedin decided to introduce a new feature to fight spam. The feature allows any group moderator to tag a user as a spammer and block them from posting again. However, what happens now is that the user isthen blocked from posting in any of his or her 50 groups. Before last fall, moderators only had the ability to block a user from their own group. Now it’s global.

Reid Hoffman: Let them eat cake.

Reid Hoffman: Let them eat cake.

What makes this new power so hideously unfair is that the victim cannot find out who tagged them or why. It could be any moderator in your 50 groups.

If you contact customer support they tell you it’s your problem and that you need to beg each group to restore your posting privileges. This can take months because many moderators never bother to check the Limbo known as “PostsAwaiting Review.”

But it gets worse.

Even if you struggle over a few months to regain most of your posting privileges there is nothing to stop it from happening again.

Way to go, Linkedin!

Resources on Linkedin’s Clusterfuck:

What happened to your posts on Linkedin?

Linkedin Discussion

Twitter

]]> http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/04/11/linkedin-sees-mass-revolt-among-users/feed/ 2 How Colors Affect Conversion Rates http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/04/06/how-colors-affect-conversion-rates/ http://startupjunkies.org/blog/2013/04/06/how-colors-affect-conversion-rates/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:36:57 +0000 Alexis Tschotskes http://startupjunkies.org/blog/?p=378 Infographic: How Colors Affect Conversions

Color has a powerful psychological influence on the human brain. Discover how websites harness it and how you can do the same.

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