Comments on: Seriously, Ryze? http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/ Blogging sporadically since February 2001. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:41:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Nolongeraryzemember http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-211682 Nolongeraryzemember Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:01:18 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-211682 Having been a Ryze member for nearly 5 years, I can attest to the fact that it is not what it once was! What started out as a civilized place, soon turned into a free-for-all and is now populated by some of the nastiest, most vindictive, shallow, threatening liars. Ryze is for those who are starting out in business and really don't have a clue! They spend all day chit-chatting, telling jokes, exchanging 'kidney stone' and 'baby diaper' stories and then wonder why their bank accounts are empty! Not a serious business person among them, in my opinion! eCademy, born in England, tends to be quieter and smaller, in the US, but effective! I attended a face-to-face meeting in my 'local' area about a month ago. Reluctantly, I drove the 50 miles to meet with four (yes, FOUR) other people, wondering why I was wasting my time! Amazingly, I came away with two firm clients! Ryze, on the other hand is the place where I invested a large amount of precious time (and money) and walked away with no business! I think that speaks for itself. Unless you are a starving photographer who hands out business cards on the street corner in Forest Hills, or a many-times-married hermit web host, operating out of a trailer, or even a wannabe network administrator who tries (unsuccessfully) to raise money for his bike ride, rather join a REAL social network like LinkedIn or eCademy, Ryze is a waste of time! Oh, and the Network With Me function on Ryze NEVER worked! You're right, it was provided by Ryze to all the wrong people as an convenient way to Spam! No Longer A Ryze Member (Thankfully!) Having been a Ryze member for nearly 5 years, I can attest to the fact that it is not what it once was!

What started out as a civilized place, soon turned into a free-for-all and is now populated by some of the nastiest, most vindictive, shallow, threatening liars.

Ryze is for those who are starting out in business and really don’t have a clue! They spend all day chit-chatting, telling jokes, exchanging ‘kidney stone’ and ‘baby diaper’ stories and then wonder why their bank accounts are empty!

Not a serious business person among them, in my opinion!

eCademy, born in England, tends to be quieter and smaller, in the US, but effective! I attended a face-to-face meeting in my ‘local’ area about a month ago. Reluctantly, I drove the 50 miles to meet with four (yes, FOUR) other people, wondering why I was wasting my time! Amazingly, I came away with two firm clients!

Ryze, on the other hand is the place where I invested a large amount of precious time (and money) and walked away with no business! I think that speaks for itself.

Unless you are a starving photographer who hands out business cards on the street corner in Forest Hills, or a many-times-married hermit web host, operating out of a trailer, or even a wannabe network administrator who tries (unsuccessfully) to raise money for his bike ride, rather join a REAL social network like LinkedIn or eCademy, Ryze is a waste of time!

Oh, and the Network With Me function on Ryze NEVER worked! You’re right, it was provided by Ryze to all the wrong people as an convenient way to Spam!

No Longer A Ryze Member (Thankfully!)

]]> By: ArtLung Blog » Play Misc-y for Me http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-207944 ArtLung Blog » Play Misc-y for Me Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:16:44 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-207944 [...] how they are the same and how they are different. The first thing I thought of after reading it was this comment by Sassy: “LinkedIn for work, facebook and myspace for fun. There’s no more room for [...] [...] how they are the same and how they are different. The first thing I thought of after reading it was this comment by Sassy: “LinkedIn for work, facebook and myspace for fun. There’s no more room for [...]

]]> By: ArtLung Blog » Yahoo Kool-Aid: Y! Mash and MyBlogLog http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-206756 ArtLung Blog » Yahoo Kool-Aid: Y! Mash and MyBlogLog Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:09:52 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-206756 [...] yes, I can see the irony plain as day that just the other day I was carping about Ryze as a social network, meanwhile I’m joining these—maybe I have a [...] [...] yes, I can see the irony plain as day that just the other day I was carping about Ryze as a social network, meanwhile I’m joining these—maybe I have a [...]

]]> By: Sassy http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-206363 Sassy Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:30:49 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-206363 LinkedIn for work, facebook and myspace for fun. There's no more room for anything else. LinkedIn for work, facebook and myspace for fun. There’s no more room for anything else.

]]> By: MAS http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-205329 MAS Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:23:44 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2007/10/05/seriously-ryze/#comment-205329 The top financial blogger Barry Ritholtz wrote an interesting piece on Social networks back in early 2005. <a href="http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2005/02/why_i_dont_do_s.html" rel="nofollow">Why I Don't Do Social Networking Sites</a> The top financial blogger Barry Ritholtz wrote an interesting piece on Social networks back in early 2005.

Why I Don’t Do Social Networking Sites

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