Thread: POLL: Contests, Paid Assignments, or Both?

Originally Posted by 29palms

I think facebook is the stupidist thing that ever came out. "WONT YOU ADD ME AS MY FRIEND"??? And people post on there like they do a diary for everyone to read. Very bad idea for intelligence purposes. Do you want people to know what you do every day? Who you know? What you like or dislike? So you can see that I am not a facebook kind of fan. I do like the incentive of writing some articles after a trip to try and win some cash as mentioned and the amount seems like a fair bet too. 40 dollars for first place, monthly winners ect...you would have nicer prose indeed from others that otherwise would not post so eligantly. I'm not so sure I want co-workers snooping around here either. This is my time off and I don't want to be guessing or them trying to guess whom I may be. Let them find it on their own if they really have the travel spirit.

Heh. I do have a Facebook account, but I try to be careful what I post there. And I know what you mean about some of the drivel that comes that way. On the other hand, it *is* popular. Since I started pushing the site there, 15% of our visits have come from facebook....I think we have 700+ fans now.

The contest does seem to be encouraging people to post...

My objection is that most of NR "fans" may have no link to interline airlines etc.
To me, that's not right and I do feel invaded. I think I'll be more guarded--I don't care for the open access and would prefer a more private atmosphere. I may have to slink back into the shadows.
I may have to go so far as to "defriend" nonrev.net in the future

Originally Posted by mrs767er

My objection is that most of NR "fans" may have no link to interline airlines etc.
To me, that's not right and I do feel invaded. I think I'll be more guarded--I don't care for the open access and would prefer a more private atmosphere. I may have to slink back into the shadows.
I may have to go so far as to "defriend" nonrev.net in the future

There's perhaps a misunderstanding here. The vast majority of the facebook traffic is airline employees. The only spillover is "friends/family/connections" of airline employees that would have seen the icon and clicked on it.

We're very targeted with facebook. I'm watching new signups, and thus far, they are all airline connected. You can see this for yourself if you look at some of the fan profiles.

Facebook is a great idea I found this on facebook otherwise I wouldnt have ever known about it and the flyers are a great idea too