Comments on: what one knucklehead at tmp can teach us all about marketing http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nick Roy http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-14422 Nick Roy Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:27:15 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-14422 I just checked out http://www.arin.net/whois/. Now I can find out where these a holes are coming from. I have got comment spam coming out of my a hole. This is exactly why I moderate comments so that I can eliminate this crap from blog comments. I encourage comments, but keep it constructive and related to the post. Here is an example of a piece of comment spam that I received from a jack ass today. A new comment on the post #59 "Strategic Planning in HR" is waiting for your approval http://www.workplacevisions.com/2007/01/15/strategic-planning-in-hr/ Author : free java script code (IP: 70.94.14.20 , CPE-70-94-14-20.wi.res.rr.com) E-mail : URL : http://scripts.ttisports.com/free-java-script-code.html Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=70.94.14.20 Comment: <strong>free java script code...</strong> This site is about free java script code.... Approve it: http://www.workplacevisions.com/wp-admin/comment.php?action=mac&c=67 Delete it: http://www.workplacevisions.com/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&c=67 Spam it: http://www.workplacevisions.com/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&dt=spam&c=67 Currently 59 comments are waiting for approval. Please visit the moderation panel: http://www.workplacevisions.com/wp-admin/moderation.php After seeing these knuckleheads in moderation, I sometimes end up deleting an actual constructive comment. I just checked out http://www.arin.net/whois/. Now I can find out where these a holes are coming from. I have got comment spam coming out of my a hole. This is exactly why I moderate comments so that I can eliminate this crap from blog comments. I encourage comments, but keep it constructive and related to the post.

Here is an example of a piece of comment spam that I received from a jack ass today.

A new comment on the post #59 “Strategic Planning in HR” is waiting for your approval
http://www.workplacevisions.com/2007/01/15/strategic-planning-in-hr/

Author : free java script code (IP: 70.94.14.20 , CPE-70-94-14-20.wi.res.rr.com)
E-mail :
URL : http://scripts.ttisports.com/free-java-script-code.html
Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=70.94.14.20
Comment:
free java script code…

This site is about free java script code….

Approve it: http://www.workplacevisions.com/wp-admin/comment.php?action=mac&c=67
Delete it: http://www.workplacevisions.com/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&c=67
Spam it: http://www.workplacevisions.com/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&dt=spam&c=67
Currently 59 comments are waiting for approval. Please visit the moderation panel:
http://www.workplacevisions.com/wp-admin/moderation.php

After seeing these knuckleheads in moderation, I sometimes end up deleting an actual constructive comment.

]]> By: Daniel R. Sweet http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-14289 Daniel R. Sweet Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:29:58 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-14289 Well, I'm going to change out the header soon, anyway. Perhaps even something a little less generic. All I need is a few sponsors and I'll change it out right away. Coming Soon: The Office Depot Presents: FRACAT or, more appropriately, something like: FRACAT, Sponsored by Dunkin Donuts Dan Well, I’m going to change out the header soon, anyway. Perhaps even something a little less generic.

All I need is a few sponsors and I’ll change it out right away.

Coming Soon:

The Office Depot Presents: FRACAT

or, more appropriately, something like:

FRACAT, Sponsored by Dunkin Donuts

Dan

]]> By: alohandra http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-14266 alohandra Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:21:59 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-14266 Their gazing LUSTINGLY in to each other's eyes...Dare I say I see a sexual harassment lawsuit soon?? http://www.fracat.com/images/header.jpg Their gazing LUSTINGLY in to each other’s eyes…Dare I say I see a sexual harassment lawsuit soon??

http://www.fracat.com/images/header.jpg

]]> By: Daniel R. Sweet http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-14135 Daniel R. Sweet Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:15:01 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-14135 Where is the honor?!? Where is the dignity!?! Where is the courage!?! SPAM under your own name. Like me. Free job postings on fracat.com - we may only have 1/1000th of the traffic of Jobs.com, Monster.com, or HotJobs (if that much), but our prices are millions of times cheaper! Dan Where is the honor?!?

Where is the dignity!?!

Where is the courage!?!

SPAM under your own name. Like me.

Free job postings on fracat.com – we may only have 1/1000th of the traffic of Jobs.com, Monster.com, or HotJobs (if that much), but our prices are millions of times cheaper!

Dan

]]> By: Doron http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-14027 Doron Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:23:01 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-14027 How amusing- but hey this is happening all the time. *did i already mentioned that posting jobs on newchinacareer.com is free?* How amusing- but hey this is happening all the time. *did i already mentioned that posting jobs on newchinacareer.com is free?*

]]> By: Sam at Monster http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-13980 Sam at Monster Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:21:22 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-13980 Blame me. I asked Todd to spread the word about Jobs.com. And yes, I was unaware it was a breach of etiquette. Apologies all around. Blame me. I asked Todd to spread the word about Jobs.com. And yes, I was unaware it was a breach of etiquette. Apologies all around.

]]> By: Christian Knott at Monster.com http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-13968 Christian Knott at Monster.com Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:50:23 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-13968 Ahh. Sad. Speaking as the Development Director who "owns" Jobs.com I can only apologize. No one in my team had anything to do with this and I don't believe this was an official marketing program; please mark it down as a over-enthusastic freelancing Marketing person (or just *maybe* an enthusiastic outsider ;) ). The only defense I can offer is that there are still many people out there in Marketing land who don't get blogging etiquette (I'm reminded of Microsoft giving bloggers free Vista PCs). Having said that I'll do my best to spread the word internally. There are many Monster-ites with blogs, especially on the tech. side, who do get it. As for the TMP vs. Monster Worldwide confusion in the comments, I assume Joel was referring to various DNS entries that still point back to, listed as being owned by, or are aliased to TMP. That will change over time, but I doubt it's any sort of priority for anyone in OPS. Ahh. Sad. Speaking as the Development Director who “owns” Jobs.com I can only apologize. No one in my team had anything to do with this and I don’t believe this was an official marketing program; please mark it down as a over-enthusastic freelancing Marketing person (or just *maybe* an enthusiastic outsider ;) ).

The only defense I can offer is that there are still many people out there in Marketing land who don’t get blogging etiquette (I’m reminded of Microsoft giving bloggers free Vista PCs). Having said that I’ll do my best to spread the word internally. There are many Monster-ites with blogs, especially on the tech. side, who do get it.

As for the TMP vs. Monster Worldwide confusion in the comments, I assume Joel was referring to various DNS entries that still point back to, listed as being owned by, or are aliased to TMP. That will change over time, but I doubt it’s any sort of priority for anyone in OPS.

]]> By: Bill http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-13959 Bill Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:47:42 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-13959 Well said Joel! But think about just how simple this deceptive, yes that is what it is called when they get sued, trick is.....This must be their new marketing approach...you know with all the pressure from shareholders and such....save money and just post on blogs..."raise our rates to post jobs and then we cut our advertising budget...brillant." Didn't you recently post a memo about layoffs and headcount cuts at Monster? I am sure the trail goes higher up the ladder then you can imagine. Well said Joel! But think about just how simple this deceptive, yes that is what it is called when they get sued, trick is…..This must be their new marketing approach…you know with all the pressure from shareholders and such….save money and just post on blogs…”raise our rates to post jobs and then we cut our advertising budget…brillant.”

Didn’t you recently post a memo about layoffs and headcount cuts at Monster? I am sure the trail goes higher up the ladder then you can imagine.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-13941 Stephen Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:11:34 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-13941 Well said Joel, you get used to all the obvious spam comments but to get it from a major company and to think he or she thought they would get away with it, beggars belief. I am sure you like me wouldn't have minded an honest approach! Well said Joel, you get used to all the obvious spam comments but to get it from a major company and to think he or she thought they would get away with it, beggars belief.

I am sure you like me wouldn’t have minded an honest approach!

]]> By: thomas delorme http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/comment-page-1/#comment-13920 thomas delorme Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:34:58 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/02/21/tmp-wordlwide-knucklehead/#comment-13920 ps : anonymous posting sucks ! ps : anonymous posting sucks !

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