As you should… as many of us should (and do on a regular basis) who are not a part of the digg community *because* they do not appreciate it or find value there.

I’m crapping on *you* putting Twitter in the same category as digg. Twitter is so totally and wonderfully different than digg. The two are *totally different* social sites.

(Enuf of you getting me to type the word crapping!)

every big day on my blog has been a brogan day. not every brogan day has been a big day. I have responsibility for quality, for thoughtfulness, for contribution to life and to the conversation. Some of what you have pointed to isn’t those. It just reflects our connection. It always amazes me when you point to something I think is pretty narrow in significance.

However, you are both a connector and a maven. You have built the network, but you also have built an expertise. Because people look to you as a maven, people (okay, we) jump up and down waving so that we move into your pool of expertise and are pointed out by you.

I’m guessing that this is who you have been even before technology. This world, however, which is expanding the potential, also stretches you. We love it, but thre are more of us to love the same you.

So please take car of yourself. Thanks for reminding us.

PS. Thanks

That 30% was 30% of 81 donors. And, we were asking for $10 bucks for a great cause. And .. every single one of those people who contributed were thanked (if I didn’t goof up from the volume and miss someone) – and have engaged with many of those folks to learn about them and their work.

It’s about people-to-people relationships – and that’s the criteria I use when I’m asked to link to something. I don’t just link, I relationship – and if it is just an empty request (repeatedly through different channels that says “link to me” or “write to me” – without any regard for me as a person or reciprocating .. than I won’t be as likely to link it unless I have some spare time – which is increasing rare these days.

Thanks again for your help with that campaign. I really appreciate your generosity and leadership and try to emulate it.

And, I know what it is like being only one person – and asked to get the word out on good causes for friends versus people thinking I’m Digg for Good.

That’s why when I ask you or anyone one of my friends to promote something, I always make sure to return the favor to you or engage or help the people who responded whenever I can.
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/04/spamming-for-go.html

I hope that the minority you’re talking to here understand that it is about people to people relationships..

Just wanted to point out another example of your impact, however, I believe it was part of the frozen pea fund but your tweet inspired a record breaking # of donations in one day…(I’m not an owner of the project, just a supporter so my data is certainly not exact, but I followed the progress that day on twitter and it was inspiring)

Now I feel bad because I saw that question on twitter, but didn’t answer it. You tweeted a link to one of my posts (I didn’t ask) and a couple people stumbled it after that and I had 5X my normal traffic that day. I like to call it the Brogan affect.

You’re a bridge and so very generous with your help and praise that some of us might have fallen into the habit of taking that for granted. Thanks for this post as a reminder that blogs, twitter, etc. are about people and relationships, not about selling and marketing (except in the sense that those involve people and relationships)