FAO: promoters RE: myspace

melody · Post by **melody** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:25 pm

promoters,

i understand that most if not all of you utilize myspace as a means of promoting your events. while i agree with myspace's effectiveness in promotion of events, there's something i think some of you may have forgotten: manners.

please, take the following things into account before spamming someone on myspace with your event information:

1- "is this person on my friends list?": if the answer is no, think before you spam. do you like being spammed by shitty bands all the time? doubt it. we are no different from you, and chances are, if we wanted to know about your events, we'd have added you to OUR list, or vice versa.

2- "does this person have a private or public profile?": this is a big one, because not everyone on myspace is there to promote or be promoted to. some of us *gasp* are there to only speak with select individuals. hence the private profile. if you do not know this person, and they have a private profile, you are not only being extremely intrusive, but presumptous in assuming we desired to be contacted with info regarding your event. again, if we wanted to know we'd look at your public promoter's profile for the info we need, or we'd send you a friend invite. now all you've managed to do is irritate a possible attendee. "i saw you on such and such page so i hit you up." here's a wacky thought; if i already talk to those people, i 1) already know about your party and 2) they're on my friends list by now and you aren't. what does that tell you? i am not interested.

3- if 1 and 2 are not in your favour, your only recourse is to ask yourself "do i know this person? have i ever spoken to them?": again, if the answer is no it would be in your best interest to refrain from spamming them in regards to your event. this will prevent them from EVER wanting to 1) attend your future events and 2) speaking with you.

the bottom line: leave people that you don't know, have never spoken to, aren't on your list, and have private profiles alone. if we want to know about your event, we'll look into it. we're not stupid. spamming us when we've made our preference for privacy clear is *no* way to promote, period.

thanks.

aems · Post by **aems** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:40 am

as a promoter i felt i had to reply to this....

i do use myspace to promote but i never post huge jpgs on peoples pages unless i know them and i know they would be happy to have that in their comments box... however, i NEVER send private messages to people as a promotion device and i never post huge jpgs on peoples pages whom i dont know as i HATE it when someone does that to me...

event invatations and bullitins are fair game though...

i agree a lot of people lack manners and just literally put comments up left right and centre with massive jpgs of flyers or plugs for cds etc without even saying hello...

i do not do this and i would hope other people would refrain from this practice...

just thought i'd add my 2pence worth... p[eace

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:24 am

sorry to hear about this melody. all the best.

chamclowder · Post by **chamclowder** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:38 am

Another thing that is kinda irks is when some promotors don't even check to see if they are advertising it to someone who happens to be within the SAME country of their event. I mean I understand if some people who are not in the same country as the event can still somehow be able to go, but I doubt if you posted it to whoever who lives in wherever would just be able to jet themselves to go.

ramadanman · Post by **ramadanman** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:24 am

it's a tough life getting all these event invitations on myspace

dynamixuk · Post by **dynamixuk** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:59 am

yer i just delete em like, get ppl from my city promoting all sorts of shite on myspace, although i do promote on there myself, tis only promoted within the family get me

wil blaze · Post by **wil blaze** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:21 am

i think some people are over reacting a bit here... myspace is there to be used as a means of promotion (otherwise what are we all doing on there?) so people should be free to stick up flyers as and when they like...

i mean... if you're handing out flyers outside a club for the next event or even a different event, you don't have to stop and ask yourself weather you know the person or not before you give them a flyer, do you?

I agree about the private profile thing, these people should probably be left alone but as for anyone else i think posting images in comments is fair game... if people don't want them they can disable html in their comments and that's that... or they can just delete them... is that so hard?

just my thoughts

peace

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:27 am

oh no, a piece of spam! my life is ruined.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:30 am

Wil Blaze wrote:i think some people are over reacting a bit here... myspace is there to be used as a means of promotion (otherwise what are we all doing on there?) so people should be free to stick up flyers as and when they like...

i mean... if you're handing out flyers outside a club for the next event or even a different event, you don't have to stop and ask yourself weather you know the person or not before you give them a flyer, do you?

I agree about the private profile thing, these people should probably be left alone but as for anyone else i think posting images in comments is fair game... if people don't want them they can disable html in their comments and that's that... or they can just delete them... is that so hard?

just my thoughts

peace

2 times.
Yes it's a little annoying, but calm down

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:33 am

ThinKing wrote:oh no, a piece of spam! my life is ruined.

LOL.

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:51 am

do what i do, delete spam comments on sight, it's not difficult, or stop them posting html on your comments

its not hard

glacial · Post by **glacial** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:59 am

ThinKing wrote:oh no, a piece of spam! my life is ruined.

seconded.

I am glad to have FWD ad picture on myspace comment section, though I don't live in London.

melody · Post by **melody** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:10 pm

i am not speaking of picture comments or event invitations. one would need to be added to the friends list for either one of those to take place. why would i be mad at that if they were on my friends list? this person is not, and the profile is private. following now, since a few of you were you too busy thinking of your snarky comeback to read my previous post? thanks for joining us.

i was referring to direct contact. in other words, sending a personal message.

glacial · Post by **glacial** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:15 pm

2 last: yeah spam is a huge problem. Thanx god spam can be deleted.

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:22 pm

lets all go protest outside the sorting office i got some junk mail through my letterbox this morning

atki2 · Post by **atki2** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:23 pm

Melody wrote:i am not speaking of picture comments or event invitations. one would need to be added to the friends list for either one of those to take place. why would i be mad at that if they were on my friends list? this person is not, and the profile is private. following now, since a few of you were you too busy thinking of your snarky comeback to read my previous post? thanks for joining us.

i was referring to direct contact. in other words, sending a personal message.

with all due respect I don't think your first post made that massively clear. also, personally I find the comment in your signature doesn't add to the credibility of your complaint.

glacial · Post by **glacial** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:23 pm

forensix (mcr) wrote:lets all go protest outside the sorting office i got some junk mail through my letterbox this morning

got 37 spam emails at work. OMG Protest 4 real

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:27 pm

glacial wrote:
forensix (mcr) wrote:lets all go protest outside the sorting office i got some junk mail through my letterbox this morning
got 37 spam emails at work. OMG Protest 4 real

we should find out where they came from and send very stern emails to them saying how naughty theyve been

i think they'll get upset and not send anymore

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:55 pm

forensix (mcr) wrote:
glacial wrote:
forensix (mcr) wrote:lets all go protest outside the sorting office i got some junk mail through my letterbox this morning
got 37 spam emails at work. OMG Protest 4 real
we should find out where they came from and send very stern emails to them saying how naughty theyve been

i think they'll get upset and not send anymore

felis · Post by **felis** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:25 pm

Melody wrote:promoters,

i understand that most if not all of you utilize myspace as a means of promoting your events. while i agree with myspace's effectiveness in promotion of events, there's something i think some of you may have forgotten: manners.

please, take the following things into account before spamming someone on myspace with your event information:

1- "is this person on my friends list?": if the answer is no, think before you spam. do you like being spammed by shitty bands all the time? doubt it. we are no different from you, and chances are, if we wanted to know about your events, we'd have added you to OUR list, or vice versa.

2- "does this person have a private or public profile?": this is a big one, because not everyone on myspace is there to promote or be promoted to. some of us *gasp* are there to only speak with select individuals. hence the private profile. if you do not know this person, and they have a private profile, you are not only being extremely intrusive, but presumptous in assuming we desired to be contacted with info regarding your event. again, if we wanted to know we'd look at your public promoter's profile for the info we need, or we'd send you a friend invite. now all you've managed to do is irritate a possible attendee. "i saw you on such and such page so i hit you up." here's a wacky thought; if i already talk to those people, i 1) already know about your party and 2) they're on my friends list by now and you aren't. what does that tell you? i am not interested.

3- if 1 and 2 are not in your favour, your only recourse is to ask yourself "do i know this person? have i ever spoken to them?": again, if the answer is no it would be in your best interest to refrain from spamming them in regards to your event. this will prevent them from EVER wanting to 1) attend your future events and 2) speaking with you.

the bottom line: leave people that you don't know, have never spoken to, aren't on your list, and have private profiles alone. if we want to know about your event, we'll look into it. we're not stupid. spamming us when we've made our preference for privacy clear is *no* way to promote, period.

thanks.

blah blah blah ... you must have life pretty easy if a bit of spam is the type of thing that winds you up enough to post a thread on it .
can't you dedicate a bit of time to wiping out 3rd world poverty or something .
just delete it .. as someone said before , it's not hard .

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