Incenting The User To Put Up A Profile Picture(avc.blogs.com)

34 pointsby ericwanvor 18 Jahren22 comments

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Incenting The User To Put Up A Profile Picture

http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2008/03/incenting-the-u.html

22 comments

I get incensed when I see incenting used this way.

zachvor 18 Jahren

It's a perfectly normal word, if you talk like this:

"Once you incent knowledge workers to leverage their core competencies, you empower them to impact the bottom line."

astonvor 18 Jahren

It's not really a word, but it basically is. Just like irregardless.

Language moves on, no matter how much it annoys us.

mechanical_fishvor 18 Jahren

Given that the more established alternative is incentivize, which is at least 50% more awful, I welcome this newly abbreviated word.

vixen99vor 18 Jahren

You mean it could be as much as 60% more awful?

kulvor 18 Jahren

incenting is a word? i always thought it was incentivizing. in any case, both are ugly words.

jamesbrittvor 18 Jahren

I guess "motivating" would be too obvious.

ivankiriginvor 18 Jahren

Maybe it's a pun. Pissing users off with their profile pic to make them want to change it.

staunchvor 18 Jahren

Republicans use social networks too. The challenge would be to come up with some universally disliked person to use. I nominate Mr. Bean and Peewee Herman.

Shootervor 18 Jahren

I like Mr. Bean...and Herman was okay in the Cheech and Chong movie, at least. I think they should use Emperor Palpatine...oh, wait, they're using Cheney? Nevermind.

rmsvor 18 Jahren

There aren't very many Republicans that still like Bush and Cheney...

mixmaxvor 18 Jahren

We used to use a picture of a monkey.

Worked great as well.

dmoneyvor 18 Jahren

A site I was on a while back used pictures of baboons. From behind.

Olgaarvor 18 Jahren

But I would like the monkey!

Electrovor 18 Jahren

Perhaps there was many creationists on his website, they hate the monkeys.

ericwanvor 18 Jahren

Someone may still like a monkey, but no one would like Cheney.

mwoollervor 18 Jahren

Inciting the user to check for words that do not exist.

samueladamvor 18 Jahren

I have a better rule.

People with pictures can see other profiles pictures otherwise they get a message explaining the rule.

omakasevor 18 Jahren

i understand the problem, but shouldn't the incentive be a service users _want_ to use and share with their friends?

pibefisionvor 18 Jahren

This is not a great idea. There are many people out there googling your name, and they will think that you choose that avatar.

robgvor 18 Jahren

Thus the incentive to change it. I like it!

henningvor 18 Jahren

Or if your typical user is a MySpace retard, your site will become known as that weird place where everyone has a boner for Dick Cheney.