Published November 26th, 2007 by
'The Economic Idiocy of Blocking Social Media Traffic' – Read/WriteWeb Blog Post
‘Read/WriteWeb’ latest blog post is titled “The Economic Idiocy of Blocking Social Media Traffic”. [RSS Feed Excerpt]
Read/WriteWeb’ latest blog post is titled The Economic Idiocy of Blocking Social Media Traffic.
An excerpt of the RSS feed is reprinted here.
The Economic Idiocy of Blocking Social Media Traffic
By now most of you have probably seen the site ‘Why Digg is Blocked ‘. For those that haven’t come across it, the site is on a mission to convince webmasters and content producers to reject social media traffic. Here’s a look at the incredibly flawed logic the site uses to justify its purpose.
1. The Ad-Block Plus Argument
The first argument that the site makes is that social media sites endorse the use of ad-blocking software which allegedly infringes on the rights of site-owners.This argument is flawed for several reasons. First, none of these sites endorses the use of ad-blocking software.The Economic Idiocy of Blocking Social Media Traffic…
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