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flyingrose

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Rose is a 53 year old woman from Waxahachie, Texas, USA

Welcome...I've been expecting you.Add to Technorati FavoritesYou may want to click those orange thingies at the very bottom of the page next to the word comments. One subscribes you to whatever I post and the other subsribes you to comments made, I presume by others. I put here what is most important and links to others who do good works.There is much more filed by subject. Use the drop-down box that usually defaults to Entire Blog to find all posts on any particular subject. Please share what you find here with your friends, family, and other networks. Namaste, Rose

  • http://blog.stumbleupon.com/joining_ebay

    Rated Jun 04 2007 • 92 reviews • stumbleupon, social networking, su • stumbleupon.com

    GMC, Geoff, & Justin,

    You wrote:

    From the page: "We think eBay is a great fit for us because eBay and StumbleUpon share similar approaches - we're both driven by our community of users, and we are both dedicated to connecting people.

    We also want you to know that not much will change around here. We'll be running StumbleUpon separately within eBay Inc., and we'll still be focused on developing features based on your feedback. "

    You probably already know you're more optimistic about this than many of your SU users are. I consider that an indication that SU was different and listened and responded more to their users than ebay and other sites do.

    I am not automatically opposed to advertising because I see it as a way for the many to be compensated for their contributions without having to directly charge for them.

    I see that as a step into a future where money is no longer central to existence. Some - like Jessica Jahiel who has a wonderful free and highly recommended horse related newsletter at horse-sense.org [horse-sense.org] - have been living that future for years now.

    I hope that you truly will be able to keep SU on a balanced path of focusing on excellence instead of the maximizing of income.

    Income is not "bad" - advertising is not "bad" - only when the "love of money" becomes the driving force and most heavily weighted factor in decisions does it usually lead where many of us hope you won't go.

    To the best for you and us all.
    Rose