Comments on: AOL Sunsets 3 Services: XDrive, AOL Pictures and BlueString http://www.joemanna.com/blog/aol-sunsets-3-services-xdrive-aol-pictures-and-bluestring/ Tech News, Social Media & Politics From a Geek Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ficlets and CircaVie Flushed Down the Tubes :: DygiScape http://www.joemanna.com/blog/aol-sunsets-3-services-xdrive-aol-pictures-and-bluestring/comment-page-1/#comment-48582 Ficlets and CircaVie Flushed Down the Tubes :: DygiScape Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:29:57 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/?p=684#comment-48582 [...] a moment of I told you so, AOL decided to shut down two additional long-tail community products: Ficlets and CircaVie. It [...] [...] a moment of I told you so, AOL decided to shut down two additional long-tail community products: Ficlets and CircaVie. It [...]

]]> By: How to Backup and Save AOL Pictures :: DygiScape http://www.joemanna.com/blog/aol-sunsets-3-services-xdrive-aol-pictures-and-bluestring/comment-page-1/#comment-48553 How to Backup and Save AOL Pictures :: DygiScape Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:50:44 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/?p=684#comment-48553 [...] you may know, AOL Pictures is shutting down. This product had a previous name, “You’ve Got Pictures (YGP)”; many users [...] [...] you may know, AOL Pictures is shutting down. This product had a previous name, “You’ve Got Pictures (YGP)”; many users [...]

]]> By: Joe http://www.joemanna.com/blog/aol-sunsets-3-services-xdrive-aol-pictures-and-bluestring/comment-page-1/#comment-48306 Joe Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:34:34 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/?p=684#comment-48306 Jwalant, I suggest trying out http://box.net or if you want to publicly share your photos use Flickr. ~Joe Jwalant,

I suggest trying out http://box.net or if you want to publicly share your photos use Flickr.

~Joe

]]> By: Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji http://www.joemanna.com/blog/aol-sunsets-3-services-xdrive-aol-pictures-and-bluestring/comment-page-1/#comment-48059 Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:50:00 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/?p=684#comment-48059 AOL Pictures and XDrive has worked great for me till now. Any idea which one is a free pics upload service that gives space around 5GB? Please suggest. AOL Pictures and XDrive has worked great for me till now. Any idea which one is a free pics upload service that gives space around 5GB?
Please suggest.

]]> By: Joe http://www.joemanna.com/blog/aol-sunsets-3-services-xdrive-aol-pictures-and-bluestring/comment-page-1/#comment-47802 Joe Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:29:22 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/?p=684#comment-47802 Thanks for the comment, Brenda. First, my views are just mine alone and I can only speak from a general perspective due to my conflict of interest. Having that said, anytime there is a settlement, those who feel they were wronged by a company usually are compelled to sign up to the class-action settlement. Personally, I've known many former Community Leaders who genuinely enjoyed volunteering their time and dedicated themselves for only personal motivations. In an ironic turn of events, AOL decided to not compensate a wing of their bloggers due to the usual round of budget cuts. I can spot a number of similarities between the AOL CL program and AOL's Bloggers (AOL Programming); since they essentially build content which the company profits from. (More information on that is available here: http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/you-can-get-something-for-nothing-after-all-some-aol-bloggers-posting-without-pay-this-month-twx ) Like I said, I can't officially comment on the matter. I'm just sharing some personal thoughts on it. Thanks for your comments. :-) Best, Joe Thanks for the comment, Brenda.

First, my views are just mine alone and I can only speak from a general perspective due to my conflict of interest.

Having that said, anytime there is a settlement, those who feel they were wronged by a company usually are compelled to sign up to the class-action settlement.

Personally, I’ve known many former Community Leaders who genuinely enjoyed volunteering their time and dedicated themselves for only personal motivations.

In an ironic turn of events, AOL decided to not compensate a wing of their bloggers due to the usual round of budget cuts. I can spot a number of similarities between the AOL CL program and AOL’s Bloggers (AOL Programming); since they essentially build content which the company profits from.

(More information on that is available here: http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/you-can-get-something-for-nothing-after-all-some-aol-bloggers-posting-without-pay-this-month-twx )

Like I said, I can’t officially comment on the matter. I’m just sharing some personal thoughts on it.

Thanks for your comments. :-)

Best,
Joe

]]> By: Brenda http://www.joemanna.com/blog/aol-sunsets-3-services-xdrive-aol-pictures-and-bluestring/comment-page-1/#comment-47799 Brenda Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:47:31 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/?p=684#comment-47799 Well, well, WELL! Time after time, the oh-so-modest CLs insisted that they only did their "volunteer" work because they loved helping people. LOL So, Joe, how many of the ex-CLs do you think will add their names to the class action lawsuit? Well, well, WELL! Time after time, the oh-so-modest CLs insisted that they only did their “volunteer” work because they loved helping people. LOL

So, Joe, how many of the ex-CLs do you think will add their names to the class action lawsuit?

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