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Hi Matt,

As a newbie with only two weeks on beBee, I have come to the same conclusion. I have done the same experiment on both platforms (both buzz/updates and producer/articles). Same result.

As you, I also have much more followers on LinkedIn (4 times).

So I think this bodes well for beBee. Keep the honey flowing.

Bebee magic...

Good one @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood. I did the same sort of experiment a few months ago and got more or less the same results. File it under independent verification. PS Would liked to collapse this down into a meme, if you don't mind. Let me know if that's OK,. Will send it to you before I post.

Yep, numbers speak for themselves. Go bees!

High user engagement, satisfaction and affinity becomes the best form of networking. beBee rocks at it #GobeBee #keepbuzzing :)

VERY RELEVANT !!! :)

@Matt 🐝 Sweetwood BOOM !!!!!

One thing I thrived on was LinkedIn's detailed analytics which is no longer available. I could tell what kind of audience I was reaching and viewed it often. Now I have to simply luck out and get a like from one of my target audience which is not readily forthcoming. Comments are key to who is viewing your posts now. BeBee interactors are generous with their comments, unlike LI.

I've seen similar results.

I agree - it's awesome. I've done similar tests and got the same results. In some cases, my post on beBee was in Google results within seconds of posting.

stay the course beBee and @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood, get ready for the most adorable success journey ever!!!

Great news @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood!! I would expect the numbers will continue to rise and beBee's standing will too. Thanks for posting this, always love to hear news like this!

Cool stats, Matt! Nothing speaks like data. I think I saw your article first on Twitter. It beBee's 1, 2 punch.

Thumbs Up !!!! 💯💯💯💯👍

Great experiment report @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood, keepmthe buzz alive and touch base with me when ready for business development stage. I recently add a lot of discussion with CEOs that have disrupt their own industries, theynremarks converge my beliefs about beBee, and i found them very supportive towards my business initiatives. Cheers!

12 minutes per day....lol...23% of monthly users. Nobody at linkedin will stop even 10 seconds, shake hands with you and ask: How are you? How was your day? Anything special today? LinkediN is a users database to be sold to plus 10 000 employees companies. Period.

I only keep it for background check to allow recruiters to screen me, it gives them a little 56 pages of data, so they can have a snack with. I only get scam jobs offers with bitcoin accounts money laundering. I use job canditating automation to run applications daily, and get results this way. Which means LinkedIn is not effective for what it is supposed to remain, a jobs search and recruiters website. But when youbget used to a pet, why would you get rid of it. Linkedin will fight to stay alive, but wil be disrupted by competition very soon, and sooner that they are expecting. You need a subordinate job, keep using LinkedIn. You need to lead all the way and build something that will last and propel your career? Well choose beBee!

LinkedIn is a digital version of your resume for recruiters, you invest 700 $ for no ROI, not an engagement tool. If you do not pay you get limited on purpose, and if youndo not buy their on going options like sponsoring updates, they tighten the leash, till you get 40 views linear per updates. Unless your are a celebrity, you do not need LinkedIn for your personal brand. The first reasons is technical, Linkedin cut most of all open API libraries for developpers, so most platform for business and automation are no longer compatible. Exemple - Zapier.

Ha! LinkedWhat? Flush? Plush? wuuush? Linkedin Posts views last month +\~ 1400 for all posts articles updates (okay) And bebee prdoucer only last 30 days ...without buzzes, videos, image slogans, urls...84 000 views, cannot remember the shares and the engagement in comments form 12 to 87 ???!!!!,

Not surprised...LinkedIn for a bit was becoming very "unfriendly" with very grouchy so called professionals. I was beginning to think that to be a LinkedIn professional you were not allowed to share family/friend pride, lack a sense of humor, hae no empathy and have no desire to connect for anything other than what one could do to enhance one's career. beBee is all that and more! I agree with all the comments in that regard. #beBeeIsHome

#35 'Course it made sense, @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher. You always make sense! :)

#24 I have to agree @Aleta Curry, if someone is called out in a group format, whether it's in front of others at work or on an email and the person who berated 'said person' was wrong, they do need to apologize to the entire group. This is where cliques form or people lose trust. An easy example, when my kids were growing up, I would occasionally call out one of my kids in front of the other. There were times I was wrong, *gasp* and I made sure to apologize to both of them because I knew it affected not only my child I chastised but my other child who was present. I hope that made sense.

#32 You tooo Hugs :)

Exactly as you are dear @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher

#30 @🐝 Fatima G. Williams, yes as humans we all have flaws. I like to reflect on my flaws so I can grow. I think most of us do. We have a great community here on beBee and I'm thankful for people like yourself, @Ali Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee and so many!

Thank you dear @Milos Djukic for tagging me to this buzz. I agree with @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher in that @Sandra 🐝 Smith has discussed very relevant pints In differences we learn; in disagreement we see the other side of the coin. In negativity we build barriers; in disagreement we create spaces in which we may learn and advance.

#26 Very true @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher What does one gain from such confrontations.
I don't see a point here. I only see the uniqueness of an individual though they may all have flaws. But hey we are all humans aren't we ?
If we where chinese we would have eaten the snake rather than be thrown out of the garden of eden ( LOL) I'd stay chinese in this regard. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

#27 Awww, shucks!

#25 You've got plenty cheerleaders too Aleta;)

#20 Thank you @David B. Grinberg, I'd have to say the same for you! You are selfless with your sharing and you promote others graciously. @Sandra 🐝 Smith, you made excellent points above.

For me personally, I refuse to sqaubble with others on beBee or any platform for that matter. I stay away from heated topics because that's just my preference. Those who choose to join a heated topic they do need to remember things can get out of control fast, if even just one person begins to attack.. others may come to defend and many feelings can get hurt. I love your suggestions because those are great steps to follow in order to avoid confrontation with another.

I really try hard to choose my words wisely and I would never want to hurt anyone on here. Everyone has feelings and these are good rules to follow with life in general and on the job.

#22 Excellently put, Praveen, and I agree with it all. Except that I really do want an hour with Trump. Wait, make that an hour with Trump with impartial witnesses in the room.

Comment 1

Thanks for wishing me a Happy Saturday, Sandra, though it's already Sunday afternoon Down Under; I couldn't get to reading earlier.

I agree with everything except the part about cc/reply to all. If someone has insulted me in public (and it hasn't happened here, thank goodness) they owe me (or you, or Joe Bloggs) a public apology. That is not to make them lose face, it is so that the matter gets proper closure. That's directly taken from Management Training, every good boss should know that berating someone in public and then pulling them aside later and saying 'I'm sorry about that' is weaselly. That manager is simply afraid of losing face and may not be at all sorry.

Not that they have to flagellate themselves publicly shouting mea culpa mea maxima culpa over the loudspeaker, but they can simply say at the next meeting or around the water cooler, 'I just want to say that I was wrong in...or I apologise to Aleta for...I've said this to her privately, but I wanted to say it in front of all of you.' Then move on to the next next item in the Agenda or lunch or whatever, no song and dance, and Aleta doesn't get the right of rebuttal and there should be no commenting from the rest of the group unless the situation was so horrible that that has to occur, in which case you need a session with a counsellor.

Cont'd from Comment 1

In the same vein, I think it's wrong to cc people *if they were not part of the original communication*. If they were, however, and you want to say one thing to all of them, they're quite within their rights to 'reply all', otherwise you're being unjust and horribly unfair to the party of the first part.

I do agree that a better way would be for whoever is in charge to step in and say that this is not the way things are done (making it clear that s/he means the original nasty comments) and instructing the jury to disregard the remarks) Which is of course much the same thing as telling a classroom of children to think of anything except rainbows and lollipops, but there you have it. So what am I talking about?

The jury will please disregard Mrs Curry's remarks.

It takes all kinds to make the world. Same with beBee I'd presume. But here one can get away with a lot as opposed to the real world:) The same care/etiquette/civility we exercise while differing in opinion or a POV ought to be exercised here too, in all conversations. Think the person you are responding (not reacting to) is right in front of you and then talk. Even if it is the President himself ;) It is easy being heroic sitting some thousands of miles away from the object of ridicule in a cosy chair behind a PC...but would one do the same face to face, like say in the Trump arena? ;) Everyone likes to be heard. Everyone likes to hear something different (a different POV need not be a disagreement or negativity); said with regard and respect, even camaraderie (depending on the kind of connect already established). beBee cannot become a battleground for old foes from the Atlantis. Ignore-Block-Report-Ban is a good progression. beBee is a fresh start...and a new beginning!

News is filtered, produced, sanitized and delivered based on Agenda. That you are not hearing of the attacks, violence, murder, rioting, looting, rapes and kidnappings - doesn't mean they are not happening - it just means that the game the handlers are playing want you dumb, culled and complacent to what is going on. Information is a weapon - the 'news' is at best a confetti gun & cheap bullhorn. Signed from a conflict you wont hear about on the 'news' for another year - with an ever growing body count.

@Milos Djukic @🐝 Fatima G. Williams @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher @John White, MBA @Lance 🐝 Scoular are five of the most gracious and giving bees on this platform, or any other one. They are always sharing and kindly commenting on the content of others without being prompted. This is the "attitude of gratitude" that helps make this such an amazing platform. Of course, there are many others to name, but you can only tag five bees in one comment. Thanks to ALL!

#1 @Sandra 🐝 Smith great work. @Joyce 🐝 Bowen "It's on me, not others. I have promised myself I will do better." is also a timely reminder to examine and question our own reaction to content posted by others. It is the other side of the communications coin.

A timely reminder to "measure twice and cut once".

Great buzz. Some excellent tips.

Great buzz @Sandra 🐝 Smith Thanks

Thanks for the share, @Claire L Cardwell

#7 Look after yourself, @Aleta Curry!

Workable tactics that can bring in great outcomes when marketing and sales teams work in unison.

Great post, @Renée 🐝 Cormier I do most, (when I remember!) but not all, (can't very well give away free Picassos) and you're making me start to thing about projects I can delegate in the future, as opposed to doing it all myself and having the doctor threaten to hospitalise me for my own good! (Yeah, that really happened.)

Hi Renee wonderful to see something great from you coming through my feed again! I'm saving to read later today!

#4 thanks renee

#3 I should let you know, Fatima, that beBee is a rather engaged and intelligent community. Posting spam links in the comment thread might seem like a really good way to spread your content and generate leads but it won't actually help your business. Let me explain why.

First of all, the link is posted out of context.
Secondly, the long tail title within the link is spammy and most people will ignore it. Remember, beBee is full of intelligent and thoughtful members who are all over the age of 14.
Thirdly, content marketing is all about presenting people with quality content and then trying to engage with them. That link simply won't do.
Fourthly, by posting spam, you undermine your own credibility as a business person. Trust is an essential component for any sale. While you may be very trustworthy and honest, this kind of link and the fact that you are spamming comment fields will cause people to question your credibility. Even if someone clicks on it out of curiosity, they likely won't buy.

https://millionairesempire.com/make-money-online-fast-easy-way-millionaires-empire-san-diego-usa/

Good list, good reminders. Thank you for sharing @Renée 🐝 Cormier.

Thnaks for the share, @Javier 🐝 beBee!

Thank YOU again, Jan, for including me with such a distinguished group of social media experts. I greatly appreciate your kind recognition and production of this excellent series. I can't wait to read the next edition. Thanks for all YOU do, Jan -- your buzz rocks!

Jan Barbosa's weekly social media wrap up no. 16

Great work as usual @Jan 🐝 Barbosa.

Many thanks, @Jan 🐝 Barbosa. Another great summary and appreciate the mention.

Kudos, Jan, on another timely and informative edition of The Week in Social Media. I appreciate your including my post about how blogging on beBee = better personal branding. Have a great weekend!

Wow, I didn't see this coming, @Jan 🐝 Barbosa. I am honored to be included with so many really impressive Social Media professionals.

Thank you for the inclusion Jan!

Interesting newsletter. A good variety of sociap media articles this week.
Proud to be included. Thank you @Jan 🐝 Barbosa

This week we bring posts and interviews by @Wendy van Gilst @Carmen Lascu @David B. Grinberg @Deb 🐝 Helfrich @Sandra 🐝 Smith @Candice 🐝 Galek

I feel the swarm, don't you?!

Lets keep it going

List of current ambassadors has been updated. Many thanks

#37 Well Said @Deb 🐝 Helfrich !

Congratulations to all new Ambassadors --around the earth!

Congratulations to everyone new on the list. It is great to see it growing.

Great to see the growing list of Ambassadors. Welcome to all new Ambassadors.The country flags are great!

Keep posting, commenting, recruiting, teaching, helping, promoting, sharing and all those other -ing things of and for beBee and the community.

#56 Thank you very much @John White, MBA! I keep taking notes from a pro like yourself. I have a long way to go but I do try to keep a keen eye open ;-) Thanks you as well for all your generous shares, not just for myself but for many. You don't miss a beat!!

Your most excellent ambassadorship is highly appreciated, @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher!

Thanks for the update @Javier 🐝 beBee. I still feel honored being a beBee Ambassador and for me it's fun, not work. It's fun because I LOVE the platform and believe in beBee's success. I have a suggestion to Ambassadors who use twitter and don't have a large following, try @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian's app, MyTweetPack.com it auto tweets articles, pulls from other feeds IE: Medium and others (he can explain it more). It also helps you to build a proper following fairly quick. I always try to keep something about beBee pinned to the top of my profile or a link to myself on beBee pinned to the top. If there is a great marketing promo put out, I try to remember to pin that to the top of my profile. I enjoy writing but I find myself spending more time commenting and sharing other's buzzes/articles in order to continually promote beBee. I also promote Power users IE: @John White, MBA and others who have many followers and well, they write excellent articles on top of writing for online publications too! Sorry this was so long. Go beBee!!! It sure has grown.

You DO all realise that I'm taking all these compliments and congratulations personally, and giving myself figurative pats on the back? [pat, pat, pat]

Many congratulations, again, to all the beBee ambassadors worldwide. You all deserve accolades for your exemplary efforts to producing/sharing compelling content and cross-channel pollinating on other social platforms to promote the beBee brand.
I recall interviewing @Javier 🐝 beBee for one of my first buzzes. I asked him why he chose the name beBee? He explained that bees are all about teamwork in building hives and creating buzz. Let's just make sure to always keep the buzz positive, upbeat and inspirational, as you all do -- which is critically important in promoting and enhancing beBee's unique brand.
Lastly, I feel honored and humbled to be part of this wonderful group of global ambassadors all working in unison for a common cause: that is, to make beBee the best it can BEE. Thanks for all YOU do!

I am honoured to be part of this distinguished group. I have posted some projects I want to work on in the beBee Ambassadors hive.

#33 @Javier 🐝 beBee you start to know me and my love of applied mathematics...so may i take the basis number for 200 in all my equations related to modelling ? I need to know if it would more or less stay that basis. Otherwise calculations aren't stable..lol... I am jsut asking! And congratulations to all the BA's community, work hard, play hard, have fun...and respect all your peers. For those who wants to join the 30 brand ambassadors science project : please sign-up inthis HIVE: https://www.bebee.com/group/bebee-e-ambassy-project Every good willing soul is welcome, from every country & culture. In the Hive We are ONE !

Congratulations to everyone!!!

Congratulations to everyone

I will gave to work harder to get on that list. But I am happy to see so many supportive people on that list

Thanks @Pamela 🐝 Williams !!

So many great names added to the list I don't know where to start saying: Welcome and congratulations individually so I'll just send it out to ALL. WhooHOO!

I am seeing a trend towards a series of shorter - straight to the point - vids replacing longer vids explaining many complex concepts.

#7 You ought to talk to Sandra Smith then, since she has some experience in this area too. Also, if you want any help in this area, I have become quite good at video editing lately :-)

I'm looking forward to reading this, as I've been researching video Marketing quite seriously for the last couple of months.

More in the video marketing debate.

#4 superb , i am very much happy with this input . I want to add this point in my article. Thank you so much Ma'am :)

Excellent post! I would like to add the benefits of offering live videos (these can be part of the learning process) in order to increase engagement between instructor and learner / student, answer questions and discuss comments in real time. The students will feel more involved in the learning process and the instructor can customize the topic even more. I am a huge promoter of live video and I always include this component in all my coaching programs with excellent results.

#1 true & very soon the majority of the communication will go by visual. Thanks for your comment though :)

We learnt many things from our visual. Thanks for sharing your post @Ravi Ranjan

Bad news for sure although not surprising. Will be the last blow to the blogging platform which will then die because where else to share content... I see you've unfollowed me (for whatever reason Anne so can't tag you)...

One of the foremost LinkedIn Experts just posted that she has heard LinkedIn groups will close in about 4 months. So rumours are 1 - 4 months. She quotes a source at LinkedIn so take this seriously.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/108192040419269411690/posts/72cvt36w5fi?cfem=1

Has anyone successfully migrated a LInkedIn Group to beBee, Facebook Groups, or Google+?

How did you do it and what advice can you give to help the transition go smoothly?

It is an excellent idea Scott.

Related to my post on importing, I would think that the site operators would find that having some "tool" to manage the inbound migration of LinkedIn profiles would dramatically increase migration. Is this not a good idea?

Is there ANY way to import a profile from LinkedIn or Mosaic or somewhere, instead of trying to create one from scratch? With all the different things going on, spending an hour doing this seems a bit wasted...

Still pumping out the original announcement and added this post

Shared 🐤🐳 🔥& 🚴

@Scott Simmerman I have no choice but to move the Executive Team Building Network. I have tried but, as I said in my open letter, without basic tools, we're dead in the water. I hope people will migrate here.

Good job on all of this. So many things to get caught up on, moved, adjusted and all that. But it certainly appears that this can happen. Thanks for all that.

@David B. Grinberg I am a passionate person. When I find something that works, I tell everybody about it. Social media has been such a struggle lately and this has put the fun back into it. It's easy, it's fun. There is interaction, deep thought and great conversations. What more could anyone ask for.

Kudos, Anne, on all of your exemplary advice and admirable efforts in writing about beBee and moving your groups to this fast-growing social startup which has unlimited potential. I can't say enough how thrilled the beBee community is to have you here.
Moreover, no one likes moving, generally speaking, whether to a new house or a new social platform. But you have done so with savvy, style and grace, for which I commend. Keep buzzing, Anne, as we appreciate all YOU do!

#4 I am glad that you all found it to be beneficial.

Excellent advice, Anne. Thank you for sharing.

What a clear description with clear advice! Thank you @Anne Thornley-Brown, MBA 🐝!

Lots of useful information here @Anne Thornley-Brown, MBA 🐝. I'm excited this move over here! It's a great time to be a part of beBee family.

@John White, MBA @Jim Murray @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher @Renée 🐝 Cormier @Katyan Roach

There is an obvious reason why the anarchists voted for Trump, they were first to know where this is going, and there is his buddy Steve Bannon who actually believes that economics involves 80 year cycles that culminate in a horrific war, that is necessary for the good of people or at least he has made movies with that kind of message. Why would organizations like CNN give up a good thing, in just the rise of Trump and the election process, CNN profits went through the roof. There is a point where listening to what this new administration is doing simply consumes quality of life, It sometimes feels like the "Say Anything to Win" party is the actual winner of the US Electoral College Vote.

#4 ah, Obmacare - what a clusterf*ck. The marketing cry of this monster is that 42 to 48 Million people in the US didn't have health care.....So they ram the PPACA down the throat of America with the penalties, fines and thuggery of the IRS - they pass it (without reading what was in it) and suddenly only 31 Million are now without healthcare - nearly overnight ...... except they weren't. What they did / and the CBO is complicit in this bullshit - is remove the 11 to 13 Million of 'Illegals' from the count of how many were uninsured because they were not 'eligible for coverage' ......There has been no Statistical net gain in Insurance coverage in over 8 years. Go ask the carriers. I am well in touch with their enrollment and performance numbers. The expansion of Medicaid has been meteroic - but that is NOT insurance and many doctors, clinics, and facilities have long refused to accept those patients - John Hopkins being the most recently vocal about it. http://bit.ly/2nEKYE1 Doctors dont work for free. Health Care in America is a Casino - those lights are one because of generations of suckers before you and next to you, paid - and oftent through their lives (go take a long look at deaths related to medical errors). - I would be happy to have a discussion that involves numbers, performance, stats and historic precedence - because as you all know by now - I grant no currency to feelings. NONE.

The 'news' has been fake produced lies much longer than Trump.....and where were the Soviet Alarmists when y'all put a confirmed Marxist Leninist Red Banner Loving Revolutionary and his Cult of Personality into 1600 Pennsylvania 8 years ago? https://youtu.be/WtGrp5MbzAI View more

#4 Doesn't everybody in America, who can afford it, have access to health insurance. This is the key issue that's either going to bankrupt or in point of fact kill a huge number of Americans. This is the most incompetent, uncaring administration in the history of your country. Sooner or later, somebody or some group will strike back.

I watched an interview today with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price. It was completely disheartening to see him deflect every question about the currently pending healthcare bill (including the projection that 14 million people would lose their coverage immediately, and perhaps 24 million over the longer term) with absolute politic-BS about how this bill was only part of a multi-prong plan, the other parts of which would follow at some indefinite time in the future. And that the Trump administration is committed to assuring that every American would eventually have "access" (direct quote) to healthcare insurance. What he assiduously avoided answering was what "access" meant, how access would make a difference if people couldn't afford the insurance, and what would happen to those who immediately lost their insurance in the meantime. Either Price is a liar or self-delusional. Hmmmm... sounds like his boss, doesn't it? Good thing California wine is good and still cheap.

#2 @Paul Walters. I am. I just pray (not really), that the shit doesn't rub off on us. That stuff smells really bad.

@Jim Murray Aint you glad you live on the right side of the border!!!

It pains me to think that our youth might look back at this time a decade from now and consider it "the good old days." Another fantastic post, Jim.

#53 Welome, Randy, to "Mission Quite Possible" and to the Back Shed (or is it well fed) Poets' Society. 🤗

HaHa! That's great @Ken Boddie,

I didn't realize that the caliber was so high here. I'm going to have to work on my responses with a little more thought. Your comment to Gert Scholtz' article about the "relevant" button was the most poignant in that it crystallized in my mind what my mission now is; and YES I choose to accept it. (This is going to be fun!)

"The gauntlets been thrown
my skills I must hone
to reach the stature
of that ultimate master
true wit and humor
both solar and lunar
I must dig deep
to climb the heap
Maybe say something naughty
without being haughty
about my new buddy
Mr @Ken Boddie "

#51
What's this I see, from DLE?
A lovely poem, just for me.

Never had a poem just for me before. Must go and get me a tissue. Got some dust in my eye. 😭

What more can I add,
To a guy who makes me glad
A man who makes me smile
A fella, from another isle.
You make us feel at ease
With words you always tease
We're never having a bad day
Cause you are sunshine all the way.
I'm not ever going to sink
with @Ken Boddie as my link
To the shores,
To the seas,
To all the places I want to be
Every day you make us smile
Walking the @Ken Boddie mile.

Never a moment is lost
When I'm sitting at the streets called lost
Inspiring me to be
Bebee and happy Me!

*** Think I water up every-time I read this post @Ken Boddie. You never know when someone needs the words , so keep sharing!

I love China. It's the land of the dragon after all. Don't confuse me sharing the cracks of my story with a dislike. Have a great day.

#47 Your "better than pie" comment, Franci, is the gravy on my platter, but you have me thinking that perhaps I should be eating my words. 😂

Oh, my, my
This is better than pie
You're so clever
with your endeavor
You're a grand poet
and we all know it
Your ways to express
are simply the best

Wowsa! Standing ovation, @Ken Boddie View more

#45 Well I'll be dogged, Aleta!

A rhyme for mediocre,
Must have taken quite a while,
You're quite the thought provoker,
And I really like your style.

#38 #42

Now 'doggerel'
Is kinda swell
It says that you're a joker
It means your poems
Are rather fun
Not merely mediocre!

#43 Ah the funny farm "where life is beautiful all day long". Always happy to add some complementary giggles, Aleta, to your eminently enjoyable posts, particularly the ones where you reveal the 'realities' of country life. I have quite a few of yours stashed away for Vol III, which I hope the dogs will also enjoy.

Fortunately for me, @Ken Boddie, my dogs a) cannot talk and b) have gotten used to me sitting at my desk, staring at that bright light thingy, and cackling, (especially when reading your comments), else they might phone the funny farm and inform them that Mummy has finally lost it!

#38 If 'doggerel' means poet hell,
Your comment's got me wishing,
Why waste your time on my poor rhyme,
You might be better fishing.

Well said the Church Lady, "Isn't that special?" Because,
I think someone snuck a barrel of prunes in my food
I had to excuse myself, it's not nice to be rude.

#39 not quite, Lisa ..... prunes are a reliable laxative.

In the land down under,
Where men will chunder,
If your plumbing's stuck,
Don't run a muck,
Some prunes, no doubt,
Will help it out.

#36 I'm assuming the bot gets the prune? ;-) I am not a poet and I know it.
I wanted to mention, cool pic... cool jeep Ken!

Now, listen Ken,

Your "poet's" pen

Has caught my eye.

Not being shy,

I need to blurt

What may well hurt.

Your rhyme is swell,

But doggerel.

#31 You've got my interest now, Dean-san. Got to do some research on this one. 🤔

#21 Pardon the medical advice, Lisa .....
If you're hot to trot,
But are hosting a 'bot',
Don't wait 'till noon,
Just grab a prune.

#19 See you later, alligator.

#18 Hi Fatima. Thanks for your poetic response 😄

Glad I raised a smile, on your lovely dial,
But I don't pack a gun to shoot,
I'd feel so strange, on a rifle range,
'Cause I'd rather aim to hoot!

Great List

🐤🐳🏍

#38 Being a bee its my duty to acknowledge the achievements of my fellow bees and let everyone know. You deserve this felicitation, @Lada 🏡 Prkic

@Javier 🐝 beBee Bravo! This is an fabulous way to show that beBee acknowledges their members for the personal value they bring to the platform, not based on an algorithm or a transaction. I am glad beBee's leadership is people-centric. Thanks a million beBee for including in this list of amazing women. Long live beBee! Javier, I am including this LI link since most of us responded there: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6245337094852481024/

#23 I am honoured by your words, @Tausif Mundrawala. Thank you. :-) Congrats to all exceptional women on beBee!

Thank you for including me @Javier 🐝 beBee =)

vamos !

p.s. Aren't all the Queen Bees turning lovely shades of red? :D

@Sara JacoboviciCongratulations to all the Queens in the hive ! and to celebrate here is a quote (that I personally agree) “I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been” William Golding @Katyan Deb 🐝 Helfrich Sandra 🐝 Smith Mamen 🐝 Delgado 🐝 Fatima Williams @Candice Lisa 🐝 Gallagher Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman Joyce Bowen @Claire Cardwell Sara Jacobovici @Ivette @Emilia @Christine @Susan @Gloria Ochoa Aleta Curry and many others ...

Wow! I don't often make lists, but when I make a list, I REALLY make a list!

I am honoured and really rather awed to be spoken of in the same breath as these exceptional women, especially on International Women's Day!

Of course, I'm just one among many, many fabulous women here, but I'll take it!

Thank you, Javier!

Vamos!

#25 So many women do so many things and the last thing they think of is to be thanked or honored or mentioned.

Got it in one, Gloria! Raising a glass to Queen Bees everywhere!

What a nice surprise @Javier 🐝 beBee! I feel honored to be mentioned with all these lovely women. I'm also glad I've gotten to know so many, much respect! Great photo of the women who work for beBee (with those of you at beBee), everyone always looks so happy and I'm going to guess they are! I'd like to mention @Pamela 🐝 Williams who I've gotten to know very well. We knew each other on linkedin but I don't think we would have ever connected beyond virtual if we didn't have the chance to get to know each other so much better on beBee! Pam has a heart of gold, humor that is contagious and she's full of ideas. I feel like I met someone I've known for years.

This is amazing! Thank you @Javier 🐝 beBee for adding me to this list of wonderful women. I feel very fortunate to have joined beBee and having the opportunity to get to know many happy bees. I admire you @Javier 🐝 beBee for taking the time to genuinely appreciate the value that we all bring to this platform. I also admire you for showing your human side. Stay the same and you will definitely reap the rewards. Keep the heart of beBee beating through your people-centric leadership style.

I'm beyond honored. Thank you so much, @Javier 🐝 beBee for including me on this impressive list. I am adding @Renée 🐝 Cormier @Donna-Luisa Eversley and all the women on the beBee team.

Wow, Javier, that's most certainly an admirable and impressive group of women on beBee. Frankly, I don't know where beBee would be without them? Kudos to all of those mentioned above, as well as to those noted in the comment section below. Each one of these female bees is unique in their own special way and helps add value to, and greatly enhance, the overall user experience platform-wide on a regular basis.
Again, where would beBee be without them? I shudder to think.
Bravo to all of these absolutely amazing women who make beBee the place to BEE in today's social media space....applause, applause, applause!

So many women do so many things and the last thing they think of is to be thanked or honored or mentioned. Mothers, Business Women...all of us! I am very honored that I am included in this mention by @Javier 🐝 beBee View more

I am very humbled and honored to be mentioned with all these wonderful ladies! Thank you @Javier 🐝 beBee !
All these ladies are inspirations as are so many more!

@Lada 🏡 Prkic for her remarkable contribution in the field of engineering and all her efforts to build a beBee community in Croatia.

#16 wow honored to read that, thank you @Tausif Mundrawala

What everybody else already said, especially Milos, Sandra and Deb.

#13 Well stated, @Deb 🐝 Helfrich, and I agree 100%. My time spent on social media doesn't include bullying nor do I want to read about someone's political or religious views. There are several bees that I like and enjoy reading what they have to say, however, if it is a political or religious opinion, I hide it from my feed.

Regarding someone, anyone, who has a different slant on life from yours, that doesn't make them wrong or make you right?! My motto is, if you don't like it, don't read it.

This is one for the Gipper

Ah the days of dual cassette deck and a screaming upgrade from 14.4 .... I can still smell the charred ether from some of my exploits. Here's the shit about HARD moderation, courtesy of a website that is close to home for beBee. I like their content in that it is written well - but it is rarely supported by anything of fact - any statistic is a feelly mushy ball of SJW blathering prattle that has no source - and the comments are hard edited. So if you disagree with the article - and I often do - your comment will NEVER be posted. The dialogue box - Your Comment is Waiting Moderation is nearly your only interaction with the platform. I have less than a 10% post rate there since the early days of joining. I am not sure if it is universal across the board - or if my brand of perspective has been specifically targeted (I may create an alternate account to test that theory) So, what you end up with - is a 'discussion' where nearly every comment is - "Great Post" or 'Insightful" or the ever present - ditto head quote. Any disagreement with the article is never seen. Nearly any challenge to the author's SJW Virtue Seeking Grandstanding is never viewed, and any retort with facts, evidence, precedence, performance, trajectory predictions and of course personal anecdotal instances NEVER meet the Comment section. It must feel like a Rainbow Brite Glitter Sparkle Enema of Hearts and Flowers delivered whilest riding a Unicorn - because it is nowhere near a C0NVERSATI0N.

#34 Me too Michael O'Neil and I highly respect your opinions. It has nothing to do with the uniformity of principles. Hitler's principles were wrong, terribly wrong and manipulation was not detected in time because of the repression.

#26 @Milos Djukic I'm happy to respect everyone's right to have an opinion. I think that is quite different from "It is important to respect other people's opinions" Hitler had some interesting opinions.

#32 I agree with you Michael O'Neil, but I don't care Regards, Milos

#27 @ Milos Djukic "What we write is the undistorted image of ourselves" gets turned into the distorted image of ourselves by the reader.

@Robert Bacal I learn from everything I read on beBee. A lot is what I learn about me. I'm often surprised that I also learn from people I don't always agree with.

my 2c... when people come together on social media, there's always going to be a degree of disagreement. i am not on facebook anymore for personal use because I didn't want to fall out with close friends who were posting political opinions time and time again that I felt were insensitive. In the end it was just easier to close down my account. And these are people I've known for over 30 years and went to school with. If I had entered into any form of discussion on these views, our friendship would be over by now - guaranteed. Why lose a friendship over social media or political differences? It's just not worth it. If social media is making you miserable, maybe stop for a while. I took a 6 month break recently. I didn't miss it that much, and now I can enjoy it again.

#24 Same @Robert Bacal.

Ok, this is a compilation of my thoughts on this subject, already published within LI articles.
Part 5:
I'm an imperfect person with a bunch of weaknesses. What makes us unique is not our professional successes, social media itself or other trivia. Professional success in social media is a result of our humanity and willingness to recognize what is important and that's nobility. Not only humanity and nobility directed towards our family, but also towards others: "little"- great people in social media, with all its weaknesses. Our social media image must be consistent. What we write is the undistorted image of ourselves. This is one of the truly great manifestations of personal integrity. It is wise to publish only when you have to say something honest, thoughtful and helpful to others. Avoid blatant self-promotion at any cost. Only write about your interests in the field of personal knowledge and expertise. The need to write on social media may be something quite abstract or very intimate, but also a source of money, success and fame. I can not reveal why one should accuse those who might write out of necessity for a little spiritual exhibitionism only. The beauty of social media is primarily reflected through diversity and willingness to accept other people's views or motivations. Writing is the best way for a personal expression of gratitude to ones who read. What is important is the way in which we manifest our disagreement. A good foundation is certainly unquestionable respect of diversity and a very careful interpretation of other people's attitudes.
All text in Part 1 -5, comments #22, 23, 25-27 withn beBee post: The "Old" Internet: When People Cared And Covered Your Back by @Robert Bacal, Copyright © 2014- 3O17 by Milos Djukic - All Rights Reserved

Ok, this is a compilation of my thoughts on this subject, already published within LI articles.
Part 4:

It seems that most of us here have a soft pen. Both “engaged” and “detached” writers should make a proper balance. I prefer the latter type. Only activism, propaganda or aggressive self-promotion and pompous self-aggrandizement can be like a sword. Writing is more like teaching and mutual shaping of perception rather than activism. Even when we disagree, exchange of opinions brings us closer. Short-term influence is also short-lived. My idea is to be a support, never an instructor. My job is to point out what is worth. It is not generosity, but the pursuit of truth. Teaching is the most impressive way to help people. All great thoughts have a weird root, that’s why they are great. We can learn from children, they know everything. Only if we have the attitudes, then we can share them with others. It requires courage, which is often incorrectly characterized as a harsh word. The learning process requires dealing with opposing views. Of course, respect and kindness are certainly welcome. Offensive people are often insecure. It is important to communicate with people and to assist them. It is important to build successful relationships and trust. It is important to respect other people's opinions.

Ok, this is a compilation of my thoughts on this subject, already published within LI articles.
Part 3:
I support all dedicated writers, who have not yet earned well-deserved attention. Carefully read the comments and also feel free to promote your thoughts and writing among like-minded people. This is my vision of a fruitful networking. People are not products. People are much deeper than stereotypes. Only if we learn, we progress. We must honor those who have helped us, and then we are "live" once more. As long as someone's pen carries a personal touch and insight, there is a hope that an expression will be recognized as а valid, even if it was alternative, obscure or even quite unusual. Insights is the final and primordial manifestation of our spirit framed by thoughts, words and feelings. On the other hand, only the expression of personality was never a real attack, rather a desire to be accepted. "Cogito ergo sum" - René Descartes. Only when we are awake, but also a little imaginative, we are able to share with others the most valuable parts of ourselves. I am more prone to self-criticism. Self-confidence is particularly difficult for people who feel things deeply. Any kind of generalization is rather dangerous. To be, or not to be, i.e. mainstream or alternative, that is the question? I choose always what's inside of me. What I have learned is to recognize honesty in people. I think that I've always been able to recognize the noble intentions. This type of recognition, sometimes hidden, is the most important quality of these social media.

Ok, this is a compilation of my thoughts on this subject, already published within LI articles.
Part 2:
Mindfulness is a skill that is gained with an age and through practice. Please respect other people's writing, thoughts and dilemmas. In this way you keep reputation and integrity as a writer and also as a man. This is something that is hard to acquire and can be lost very easily. What are the most important values of this social media: constructive dialogue and exchange of good will in a pleasant atmosphere. It is very easy for a writer to surrender in front of the pervasive and intoxicating magnetism of superficiality. It's costly and has unpredictable consequences. That's the main reason why any social media, will hardly become a platform for quality writing. Writing motivation is the most important. Extrinsic writing motivation is provided through the support, human attention and interaction. The process of transmitting messages to the curious reader requires knowledge, dedication, writing skills and fresh ideas. Someone's writing must have color, clear personal touch and scent. It is better not to write at all than to write nonsense. Always, listen to yourself and not others. Writing is an exclusive and privileged activity. This is a reflection of your mind, when it makes sense. In the second case (hyper productivity - I am a "productive" writer syndrome), it's a nonsense. After all, writing is a serious profession.

Ok, this is a compilation of my thoughts on this subject, already published within LI articles.
Part 1:
My entire professional career has been built on writing. What's important is to find a balance between what makes money and what makes a business man or academic worthy and respected. Each writer has the responsibility for designating which information should remain within articles. Do not forget that there are messages that can only be divided in written form. Everyone chooses what will write. If we opt for the highly specialized professional articles or intimate articles about our thoughts, we cannot expect great popularity. It is certainly not a measure of quality. You do not need to pay attention. Writing is still our inner needs. Maybe our writing is blatantly trivial to capture someone's attention or imagination. I respect everyone's writing. It seems that sensationalism is what is required. Not at all! Seriously creative writing is certainly deeply spiritual category, that is difficult to subsume under standard forms. I also believe that enough dedicated people, can encourage one's insight, perspective and innovative perception through the mutual writing, discussions and spiritual learning (elevation). What is important is the human interaction as an inexhaustible source of unusual and most valuable inspiration.

I don't know if this is a :) or a:(

thanks @Robert Bacal for your contributions ! have a good day ! 1:16 PM in Canada ?¿ Here it is 19:16 PM :-)

#13 @Deb 🐝 Helfrich you are right. It is great NOT to invest time interacting with anyone who is unable to show people respect.

I do have to disagree about the 'Nada, Nothing.' I wrote two posts defending not just @Max🐝 J. Carter, although he was the poster boy, but the right of anyone to be able to participate on beBee, without being judged or disrespected for non-standard views. Many more people demonstrate support for his presence than the few who feel they have the right to veto his participation.

I have went on record numerous times about the constant, repetitive, demeaning comments of certain parties on this site. Not only are many diverse individuals targets, but they also frequently devalue the activities of ambassadors, the validity of their actions, and the program itself with all sorts of specious claims.

As many know, I refuse to invest my precious time interacting with anyone who is unable to show people respect. The currency that this sort trades in is locking up people's time in ongoing tirades so that they are not able to contribute productively.

I do reach out to people directly when I see egregious comments in which they've been attacked, so that they know they are supported.

I speak out frequently for tolerance so that anyone hurt would feel free to discuss any issues with me. But I just will not waste my time giving this type of attacking behavior any attention.

Also wonder, is it possible to set up a business profile without a personal profile?

Same problem @Lori Mullins-Johnson: "I tried to follow the five steps, but when I click on post, there is no pop up, it gives me three choices, share a buzz, produce honey or post a job."

Headed that way. Thanks a lot

#12 Thank you for your words @David B. Grinberg :)

#9 @Federico 🐝 Álvarez San Martín and @Itziar Ruiz López: you both deserve much praise and recognition for all of your exemplary work in making the beBee user experience, user satisfaction, user engagement, and customer service the very best of any platform in the social media space -- new or old. And ditto that for the entire brilliant beBee team. Your efforts are very much appreciated by all. Thank you!
Now that's something to buzz about...
cc: @Javier 🐝 beBee @Juan Imaz @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood @John White, MBA

#7 Hi @Mike Rana, I just sent you a private message with all your doubts. Thanks for the feedback. ;)

#1 Hi @Lori Mullins-Johnson. I write a private message to solve this and any questions you may have. Thank you very much and sorry for the inconvenience.

#6 Thank you very much @David B. Grinberg! The important thing for us is the user.

#7 Of course Mike, feel free to send me a DM :)

@Lori Mullins-Johnson, please note that @Federico 🐝 Álvarez San Martín and his customer service team are very responsive in addressing and resolving any user experience issues. That's one big reason why this platform has such a high satisfactory user experience and high engagement. Thank for all YOU do, Federico!
cc: @Javier 🐝 beBee @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood @John White, MBA

#3 If you have any question, just let us to know. :)

#2 Hi Itziar, I figured it out! Thanks!

#1 You can write to support@bebee.com , they can help you. Have a lovely night.
CC @Adriana Bevacqua García

Is this not set up yet? I tried to follow the five steps, but when I click on post, there is no pop up, it gives me three choices, share a buzz, produce honey or post a job. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

#17 @Emily🐝 Bee: Me too!

This Buzz is for me!

Thanks for the tag @Emilia M. Ludovino. I respect your professionalism and sense of responsibility by writing: "Please note I am neither a psychiatrist nor a psychologist if your anxiety is severe or debilitating please seek appropriate professional help." And: "There is no one way to settle anxiety, and each person responds differently to anxiety and to the techniques available." After this, I can say that your list is sound and offers thoughtful opportunities to consider in our day to day needs to gain control over our emotions. I highlight two of your points: 1. Awareness is crucial to maintaining control over our emotions. 2. Learning to listen to our emotions as communicating to us, bringing something to our awareness, can also reframe our experience and avoid moving into a reaction which an emotion can cause.

Obviously, this may not work for everyone nor, for that matter, more than a few, but when I feel myself getting anxious, I ask very consciously "What could be the worst possible thing that could happen?" And if the answer is something other than fatal, I remind myself that, one way or another, it can be managed.

FWIW, I have also determined in my life not to worry and stress over things that have not yet happened or not yet even imminent. My experience is that significantly more than 50% of potential problems do not ever come to pass. So if you stress over all possibilities, however remote, you will spend more than half your time worrying about nothing. And even in those cases where bad consequences do come to pass, following this path means that you eliminated a lot of useless worrying anyway. Cheers!

When my daughter was very young, she used to describe those butterflies as a "bonkie in her tummy." She was born with an exaggerated sensory response to sudden noises...I can't tell you how many birthday parties we had to leave prematurely because someone popped a balloon. Her anxiety was rather extreme, however we have engaged in many of these techniques and quite a few modifications of our own to avoid medicating her...at times that too has been necessary. But sometimes, we just had to let her cry it out...I realized that children dealing with such powerful emotions are like open conduits to all the sensory input around them....they are unable to mute it as we tend to as adults. When they are at school among so many other children with their chaotic energy it is like being thrown into a snake pit! My little girl would come home sometimes after school and just lie across my chest for an hour or so and sob uncontrollably...Now, at thirteen, she's too cool to have me pick her up at the front door! Fortunately, most of the time given the proper coping skills, they grow out of it;-)

Good article with concrete tips instead of fluff.

@Emilia M. Ludovino This is a very important post with good advice Emilia. Stress and its cousin anxiety is increasing to the detriment of mental and physical health. The five steps are a master plan to counteract anxiety. Thank you for the information.

excellent post @Emilia M. Ludovino!a panacea for reducing anxiety! Great share! enjoyed read. thank you for the share.

Thanks @Emilia M. Ludovino for sharing another insightful appraisal of an important subject. The problem with anxiety and it's nastier big brother, 'panic', is that the amygdala (the seat of fear, anxiety, panic and rage) mediates its effects by secreting adrenaline-noradrenaline and cortisol, which in turn stimulate the amygdala. So you end up with an amygdala 'locked-in' spiral where one is a sustained victim of flight/fight. The only way that you can wind out of this spiral is through a 'break-state' - a diversion of attention, as you correctly point out. The second factor conspiring against us in the anxiety state is that the somatic symptoms of anxiety are invariably more forboding than the thing that actually triggered the fear in the first place. Hence when we administer Beta-blockers, by blocking the symptoms of anxiety but not the mind state itself, we observe a marked improvement in the overall anxiety state.

You offer a great recipe for dealing with anxiety @Emilia M. Ludovino. I enjoyed all. I liked what you wrote "5 - Focus On Something Else: Distracting yourself from an intense focus on anxiety can also help". This is exactly what I do if somebody is talking angrily. I look the person in the eyes, nod my eyes occasionally let the person know I care and listen.In fact, I don't listen for two minutes and send my mind thinking about other issues. In two minutes anger cools down and then I may be truly listen, observe and think. It seems your prescription applies to anxiety, stress and other negative emotions.

#117 Already done, @Donna-Luisa Eversley. Cheers!

btw @Phil Friedman when you have a moment please check out and share your thoughts on this https://blog.markgrowth.com/understanding-blogging-social-media-ec52fc944079
Question.. can I share this to your business hive?

#115 Consider it a good day then. It is far better to be criticized than to be plagued with an imitation of truth. Happy is the man who one is willing to show himself, for he is the holder of the honor of truth.
One of my truisms I developed as I learn to appreciate the reality when it is shared.
You are richer today than yesterday. 😊@Phil Friedman

#114 Thank you ever so much, @Donna-Luisa Eversley, for the very kind words. They are especially welcome in view of the fact that I've been just recently criticized by a couple of Honey Bees who finally came out from behind their veil of phony sweetness and love for all. My best to you.

@Phil Friedman when words are inadequate, thank you very much is easiest.
You don't suffer fanciful musings unless they are real and true to your beliefs. Thank you very much for being a great blogging mentor and guide. I have been able to improve my writing and communication skills from studying the work published by yourself and @Jim Murray . You guys also help to keep me sharp and filled with laughter. It has been a difficult time for me even with the sun I insist on finding daily, but we must never allow the light to hide what is true and real. :-)

#108 Neil, thanks for reading and commenting. You say that well-meaning people can, "somehow end up supporting people who want to publish the plans for a bomb or the recipe for nerve gas on Facebook." No, they can't if they have any brains. Speech which ends in or encourages actions that harm others is not protected under the concept of free expression. Not to my mind, nor to that of any thinking person. Just a racial, ethnic, and religious based hate is not. The line is hard to draw, I admit. But the extreme cases are easy enough to spot. Cheers!

#111 @Donna-Luisa Eversley, I never use the term "Dear" in addressing people on social media, for I have always felt it to be somewhat affected. But I am moved here to say, "Dearest D-L" for your comments here are of such value and exhibit such a degree of insight. Summed up by, "I also can appreciate more the people I thought were very negative and unkind in a different light, as the glare from the positive rays can mask reality. We must seek to live in truth."

I believe that we've grown together over the past year on beBee. Me toward more tolerance of those who don't understand me or my writing, and you toward more understanding of those who do. And I am touched by your loyalty and courage in speaking your mind these days. Your thoughts are both welcome and intellectually gratifying. Cheers!

Part 3 - @Phil Friedman and @Jim Murray Censorship and freedom of speech will always be a hot topic. I've come to appreciate the need to speak freely without having to self censor, and I've also learnt that one size does not fit all words. Thus, I cannot publish my writings all in one place if I am serious about growing a following. I must spread based on 'fit' and on my own personal site everything will be shared. I also can appreciate more the people I thought were very negative and unkind in a different light, as the glare from the positive rays can mask reality. We must seek to live in truth.
My apologies for the length of this feedback. The discussion was quite provocative :-)

Part 2 - @Phil Friedman and @Jim Murray I've been the guinea pig to understand why people gravitate to one site over the other, and the real appreciation for freedom of speech, which I think is really about 'freedom of discussion'. The two are different and I think social media is to blame to the mix up in understanding. Everyone shares, but not everyone reads what they share. To feel you must read. When someone moves to try a platform the culture presented has to be one they are comfortable with. Some folks need positive, nice, good engagement, with any negatives covered in cheesecake. Some folks need to be hit with both the bad and the good and an opportunity to discuss with freedom of speech - expressing in the best way they can. Then some folks need the challenge of a debate of passions and truth. Others, don't care one way or another, they are just cruising and that's fine. I have learnt a lot about myself and grown from this experience. (Seems its 3 parts)

Great discussion @Phil Friedman and @Jim Murray. In my opinion social media platforms seem to have their own culture of inhabitants. Some are more conservative than others and some have a following which is both provoking and provocative. Let me share experiences as an example. I've written on several sites and though I may prefer to publish on one because of the nice cushy engagement, I sometimes wonder about the authenticity of the emotions I evoke and their realness. I have found there is a site I absolutely love reading and commenting on because the culture there is vastly different. The writings are controversial, and one is expected to express true feelings - thus I'm having a field day with satire and most topics I'm interested in reading. Then there is a closed writers group I was invited to, and those folks shred every post published to bits. The folks there are sharp, opinionated and its disruptive, and its a serious mine -field were you have to be good about delivering your point, or at least passionate enough to take a bullet. Then there is the platform which is neutral, they have a hodgepodge of everything, with a throwaway culture of superficial professionalism - I don't publish there anymore and only visit to check my friends and do sporadic reading and support. I sometimes use that highway with my posts also. (2 parts)

Thanks for the interesting and topical chat guys. It is certainly a hard balancing act for a lot of people. These days there seem to be a lot of calls for things and people to be banned by those who believe that their own desire not to be personally offended trumps the right to free expression. This is hard to agree with but the problem is that someone can start out in favour of non-censorship and the right to espouse unpopular views and somehow end up supporting people who want to publish the plans for a bomb or the recipe for nerve gas on Facebook. When there is a conversation going on this can be resolved in a messily human way by consensus and compromise. In the current climate however lots of factions are setting out intractable positions from the get go and refusing to budge an inch. So does the decision go to whoever shouts the loudest?

#78 Thanks for the feedback. To promote the personal brand will show articles written by the author. We understand that is the most important. Although it would be interesting to offer other points of view, we want to bet on the personal brand.

#105 Good to hear from you, Larry. You ask, I think, a couple of excellent questions. So let me answer: 1) Where the explicit mission of a social network is to create a "community" of users, I'd agree that, within the boundaries of the community standards for acceptable forms of expression, every community member's comments should be protected against removal. 2) Censorship is, in the strict sense of the word, prior restraint, either by active prohibition or by threat of sanction in the event of publication. Under which strict definition, removal or comments or posts by community officials would not, I think, be censorship, but as you say enforcement of community rules. Which is why I've repeated referred to an explicit statement of guidelines for removal or deletion. (The guidelines should be for the sanction because it is easier to define what is not acceptable than what is.)

Notwithstanding that, however, I think we have to admit that the stated missions of most social media are not to create a "community", but something else, often a "platform" for self-publishing, personal-brand building, business and professional networking, job hunting, recruiting, and so on. So any inferences about what should be, cannot be drawn from accepted premises about a social community. IMO. Thank you for reading and joining the conversation.

Excellent point @Phil Friedman and @Jim Murray and I agree on the points of censorship. However let me throw out another view where a social network is about creating a community of users. From a perspective of a community, as opposed to publishing platform, does user behavior and the removal of a user or their comment take different perspective? Could a user have every right to make a statement welcome in the community? If you have a state community value of respect and a user is not respectful are you censoring or simply creating a community where respect is valued by all and if not they are simply not part of the community? The results may be similar but the reason is different.

#103 His manifesto illustrates how in matters social media the line between reality and a created virtual image is often blurred... even for the master manipulators of the landscape. Thanks, Franci. Cheers!

#10 Zuckerman is a pretty smart cookie but IMO, he has visions of grandeur.

Since you asked: You lead the conversation to borders. "Speak when you are spoken to..." I didn't want to be rude. [please do not respond to me, I'm going away now]

#100 thank you, Antoinette. I am sorry to be obtuse, but what does this have to do with censorship? This is a post about censorship, not a general chat room. Thanks and peace. ✌🏽✌🏼

#97 At least you admit we have a border.

I compare our laws with other countries and we are EXTREMELY flexible. So flexible everyone seems to pick and choose which ones to follow.

I am not one that picks on people whose legal status fluctuates because I know the complexities of immigration. The wall wont stop people coming here either or those that get paid to bring them. People whose status is in question are exploited and targeted for crime by their own people. They often cannot get home because they don't have a home or their home is over seas, not across a border... etc...

Change is inevitable... hoping for the best possible outcome as always. Agitating people does not help and neither does masking reality.

#96 In the absence of having anything good to say, say nothing. Even better, ignore that about which you have nothing good to say. It may be your right to speak, but it is also my right not to listen or read or pay attention. Cheers!

I love Paco de Lucía. I don't know much about Carlos Montoya and Andrés Segovia (except for this performance of "Asturias - Leyenda"), but I'd like to mention Sabicas. Honestly, I've never seen anyone play with such grace as he did.

Here in Brazil, there are/were many very fine guitar players also, but the one I'd like to highlight is Baden Powell. Among others distinctions, he's the first guy that i know of that could play effortlessly while holding a cigarrette :-D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgR7YJpOoPE

Great buzz @Javier 🐝 beBee. I was especially impressed with the technique of Carlos Montoya..powerful, technically brilliant and it seems he can improvise at will. He makes his instrument sound like an electric guitar and even a bouzouki in places. Paco de Lucia brought back fond memories of Las Ramblas in Barcelona ..relaxing at the side walk cafes eating jambon and croquettes and listening to the street flamenco players...great holiday!

I love guitars and it's so cool to learn about the spanish guitars. And Flamenco OMG He is a magician with the guitar in his hand. I love the guitar as most of my friends are pretty good at it and this is such a musical buzz and I just love it. All the musicians here are insanely fantabulous with the masterpiece in their hand. Wow I'm just wowed 🤗 Thank you @Javier 🐝 beBee we would love to see you strike a few chords I'm sure you have one 😉😉😉😉

#35 U're right, I had the pleasure of witnessing him in the studio during an unplugged session for TV more than 20 yrs ago! It's my first guess when I saw German.

And Javier, thank you for posting this.

Want to hear someone that will blow you away? This German, yes GERMAN, is one of the "baddest" (this means "good" for those unfamiliar with kid slang here in the US) Spanish guitarist you will hear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIN6L3mKDpg&list=RDOIN6L3mKDpg#t=42. If you don't have 1hour and 10 minutes right now, Jump to 9:02 BARCELONA NIGHTS.

How I wish I had continued my lesson when I was kid myself. I've tried to listen to good Spanish guitar when I'm driving. But, I always eventually close my eyes. The two don't mix to well.

@Sara Jacobovici @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian this is the context Javi vs the Plow: Speculative Fiction https://www.bebee.com/producer/@paul-croubalian/javi-vs-the-plow-speculative-fiction

By the way if you search "javi vs the plow" google show nice results 😂😂😂😂

Google is starting to fall in love with beBee

I would love to get a hold of the some these recording my brother introduced me to classical guitar when I was 12, the music. I always felt like there's a musician waiting to jump out of my brain. @sittingpretty61 @dorothy-cooper

#31 Careful @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian. Your response needs a context. Only after I read Javier's preceding comment did I get what you meant ;-)

#30 Bring a shovel

#29 @Robert Bacal Canadians are very important for beBee. Hopefully I will have the opportunity to travel to know Canada !

#27 @Sara Jacobovici you were really lucky !!! Canadians seems to be really smart ;) CC @Kevin Pashuk @Jim Murray @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian @Don 🐝 Kerr

#26 I had the honour and pleasure of hearing Segovia live in concert when I was living in Canada. It was a sound and experience I'll never forget.

#23 @Sara Jacobovici @Phil Friedman I am happy you enjoy spanish guitarist. They are leyends. And Phil I agree ... bordes are set by humans... beBee flag will be made of diversity, multilingualism, and no barriers at all. The fact beBee was born in Spain is a simple coincidence. We are not better because we are americans , europeans , asians, oceanians or africans. It is very sad to see how human can be so stubborn.

Guitar music can cover a wide variety of genres and styles. Spanish guitar is the most beautiful, IMO. This is a very enjoyable buzz and beautiful music.

I went to a workshop from one of Segovia's students once, many years ago. Best music event I've attended...

Years ago, I saw Andres Segovia in NYC. A memorable performance that said to me he belongs to the world, not just to Spain, @Javier 🐝 beBee

Bravo @Javier 🐝 beBee! A most wonderful and enjoyable buzz. I enjoyed it tremendously!

Spanish guitar.... is the guitar!!!....

Falmenco is one of the greatest kind of music in the world. I've seen Paco twice in Italy. Unforgettable!!!

This is so inspiring, thank you @Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee for sharing! "But I’m alive and here for the moment. I am delving into this new world of platforms, graphics, and picture manipulation. After giving up for over a year, these things have breathed new life into me. My mind is greedy for more. What is beBee about? It’s about people and community and support. I’ve experienced tremendous support and strokes for my work in just a few days. I couldn’t get that on LinkedIn in months. Community is everything. I read other writers’ works and revel in delicious prose and poetry. To me, beBee is like no other place in cyberspace. BeBee represents diversity. Members join from all over the world. I can only imagine what’s to come. You see—beBee is a place to grow." @Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee @Javier 🐝 beBee

@Juan Imaz and @Andrew Young thank you!! I will enjoy it here.#23

thank you very much for your words @Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee!

You will enjoy it here Joyce!

Well put. @Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee, I am glad you are here. For cyberspace, I feel that sense of 'community' more here, than any other platform currently in existence. I had never considered that it would be coming from Spain, a land that I had previously stereotyped from a North American perspective. I thank @Javier 🐝 beBee, and @Juan Imaz for expanding my world view and giving me a place to grow, as well.

Im so happy you found your comfort zone on beBee!

@Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee beBee is a second home to many bees. Living isn't just about breathing it's about giving a piece of yourself to others and in the process both grow. That defines living for me and I am so glad that you found beBee and we have become beBee's :)

Well, @Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee, looks like you found that home.

@Ken Boddie gentle prodding and poking of my professors did that. I remember being brought to task about stylistic transgressions and being brought home gently. PC is not always immediately helpful, but is not hurtful. Thank you John Nelson and Donnalee Rubin. Thanks to all for your comments @Paul Walters @Deb 🐝 Helfrich @Mohammed A. Jawad @Fran 🐝 Brizzolis and so on.

A succinct summary of the joys of beBee, Joyce. Our story telling becomes futile without a platform and an audience, and the fire in our bellies to keep going can only be rekindled by engagement. For me, writing is like throwing a boomerang. Follow a few basic rules and it'll come safely back to enable us to throw it out there again. But break the rules of polite engagement and the boomerang will either fall on stony ground or come back and hit us on the head. I see your throwing skills are well honed, Joyce.

@Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee Thanks . My sentiments exactly

Phenomenal, @Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee!!! "BeBee represents diversity. Members join from all over the world. I can only imagine what’s to come. You see—beBee is a place for growth."

I am so glad to have you here and sharing your precious words with us.

We really are taking part in something special and it is in some way about separating humans from all the judging we participate in when dealing with people in our immediate vicinity. When a community is build on inclusion and celebrating humanity and the joys of being social, then growth factor is built right in, because we all spend our lives searching for the places we belong.

Aha...beBee is like an inspiring platform where souls gather to seek and share tidbits of passing lives!

One of the best places for growing!!!!...

@CityVP 🐝 Manjit Eloquent, as always. #10

"After giving up for over a year, these things have breathed new life into me. My mind is greedy for more."
This is a significant thing to say because the act of breathing in is exactly what the word INSPIRATION means.

We are normally seeking inspiration from others but that breathing in is what inspiration is. Inspiration is not a hope, it is an action and I do see that in you. My mother has a huge aneurysm in her head, the specialist we took her to recommended we operate immediately, but when we asked him what the prognosis is for recovery after the operation, it was hardly worth considering. Yet that was 12 years ago.

Engaging life this way also sends a message out to other people who have multiple sclerosis that the affliction does not define their lives, unless they want to be defined by it. That by itself is another form of inspiration - the breath those people with MS take in recognizing that while there is a new day, take one day at a time and make the most of that day - as well as one can and is able.

It also represents a great testimonial to beBee that you recognize (like I do) that this is a place for personal growth and in your case a place to develop a personal brand. These are individual life choices and not ideologies - what you write here is about a life in action. I applaud that attitude, that resolve and that awareness. We engage the things we control and remain free in and this is where the rubber meets the road.

The free in freedom is a blessing unless we buy into the curses that accompany life - the challenge is to keep our mind as focused on the blessings, as much as can be or as Doris Day sings que sera sera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azxoVRTwlNg

I AM PROUD OF OUR BEES. beBee is attracting the best humans you can find...

I wish you luck for your future endeavors and never say die, until you try. Don't worry, almighty is there to help you. I agree with you that this the best platform. God bless you always.

@Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee proud of having you on beBee !

" What is beBee about? It’s about people and community and support. I’ve experienced tremendous support and strokes for my work in just a few days. "

@Pascal Derrien @Jim 🐝 Cody @Gert Scholtz Thank you for your comments. I intend to be here for awhile. Writing is my life.

#19 @Phil Friedman 🎯

#18 @Gerald Hecht, a couple of decades ago, I read about a semi-secret retreat/conference of CEOs and Chairmen of a number of transnational corporations, the theme of which was that within a few decades giant transnational corporations would replace nation-states as the basic units of global economic and political division. If Zuckerberg and others in similar positions aren't directly aware of that conference, they are nevertheless walking down the same arrogant intellectual path and need a good smack in the back of their heads. Oh wait, isn't that the theme that brought POTUS to office?

#17 @Phil Friedman okay; so this is comforting; I was starting to assume that I was suffering from that "mild cognitive...thingie".
Did you see this, BTW?
It's really spooky Orwellian:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6238725360012271620/reshare/share/

#16 You are not alone. It's only the dweebs over in the School of Business who understand "marketing" — and maybe guys like David Suzuki and Carl Sagan.

#13 @Phil Friedman yeah; to me, it's still has a (though not as fluid as it once was) "chicken/egg --ness" quality; part of that is due to (I've no doubt) the influence of the zeitgeist on the sociopolitical capital of the "mad" part of mad scientist.

Lately, the "Back to the future --Jekyll/Hyde thingie seems to be falling out of favor --meaning of course that it's not as useful for picking up chicks as it was --even a couple of years ago (this last part is also a flight test of the latest "He Said, He Said installment")...with a new crop of Ambassadors monitoring the proceedings.

#12 @Phil Friedman exactly! I (not being schooled in customer service) just assumed that it was self-evident to the customer that the good or service which one is a customer --meets, and even exceeds the expected quality.

I remember that a journalist once asked Bob Dylan how he got his kicks --his rejoinder was that he found a person who was more skilled than anyone else...so he paid this person --and this person only to kick him.

He didn't seem concerned with any other aspect other than the kick quality; he was obviously a serious customer --not distracted by "bells and whistles" and/or "dog/pony shows"...fancy coffee, marbled restrooms, business card/brochure quality.

He was a customer in the market for the highest quality kicks available period.

The very model of what a customer is.

#7 Thank you, Alexa, for reading, commenting, and sharing. As you might guess by now, I'm with you in rejecting the notion that market segments can be defined by "generation". IMO, there was a temporary lag in acceptance of the "medium" by Baby Boomers and older because digital technology was introduced and advanced so quickly. And that, bolstered by special interest who were pushing the idea that social marketing to Millennials and younger was the only thing to do, distorted the view of how contemporary marketing needs to go. For example, I remember seeing marketing articles pointing out that Boomers like to hear stories and that Millennials like flash and interaction. Now, after wearing out that BS theme, many of the same marketing gurus are extolling the value of storytelling and the building of "relationship" to Millennials, X-ers, and Y-ers. Well, duh! Hence, my point that marketing principles pretty much stay the same, and it is only the "medium" that changes. And god help us all, if a truly McLuhan vision of marketing ever comes fully to be.

#11 Have you considered that perhaps, Gerald, that is part of the reason you are a Mad Scientist and not in the business of Trust-me Selling of Bull Chips in a bag?

https://www.bebee.com/producer/@friedman-phil/selling-bull-chips-in-a-paper-bag

#9 Yes, Gerald, in the past I've used the same example as you. In a choice between a brain surgeon with a good bedside manner and a mediocre surgery record and a gruff practitioner with a nearly 100% success record, I'm not going with Mr. Personality. In the luxury yacht building business, the situation is mixed. Part of what a buyer is paying five to fifty million dollars for is the experience of building a custom yacht, the planning, watching and participating in (in a conceptual way) the process, and interacting with those who are carrying out the work. Like having a high-end custom house built and decorated. Consequently, a (big) part of the product IS the process, and the most successful companies are those who understand that.

In the case I referred to previously in this thread, the millennial customer was spending a few thousand dollars, and receiving more than full value, yet expected to be treated as though he was the King or Queen of England. And moreover that he was entitled to be rude and overly demanding to company employees who were genuinely trying their best to deliver fair value. And the final straw was his lecture on how "communication is everything". Even the customer spending millions of dollars doesn't believe that. Cheers!

#10 @Phil Friedman yeah --ultimately, the way I look at it is: "I Got Yer Friggin Customer Service Right Here!"
http://psiwebsubr.org
--gerry

#6 In fact, Milos, although I agree in part with what you are saying, part of my point is that the points you make are applicable only for particular market segments. For example, "crowdsourcing" do not, and will not play a significant role for market sectors in which high-end goods and services are sold to relatively experienced and knowledgeable consumers. For in such sectors, documented peer recommendations are important, but by definition, those do not include the kind of interchange you see in many cases of social marketing. Cheers!

#4 @Phil Friedman yeah, I must be autistic or something; it really never occurred to me that there are actual people who would rather be misdiagnosed, and, by extension, killed --by a physician with a fabulous bedside manner...

...than have their disease cured, and their health restored --by someone like Dr. House (or me for that manner, if they have a drug problem).

There are actually "give me fabulous customer service/bedside manner; or give me death" people out there is what you are saying.

Well, this is a revelation; "give me exotic coffee, and regular status updates on my transatlantic yacht...
...over a yacht that can actually make a transatlantic crossing"
Wow!!

Now that I know this ; I have some "most excellent customer service oriented advice" for these customers:

"Yo Customer; YOU'RE A FUCKING MORON!!"

I think I'm now clear about this "personal brand thingie".

I also could not be more proud of mine.

Thank you again Phil (seriously).

Sage advice from @Phil Friedman

I use "under promise, over deliver" mostly as a hedge to keep myself from over-promising. For example, if I think I can finish a project in 3 days, I'll ask the customer for a week so that if the unexpected happens I've got a cushion. However, I can see how this, taken to the extreme, could be a problem.

Oh and thank yo for pointing out that "millennials, as a group, do not exhibit a uniform economic profile or demographic."

Good one @Phil Friedman. The level of engagement will be a critical parameter for the success of any marketing. Also, customer generated content and customers and potential customers crowdsourcing becoming an increasingly important factor of marketing.

#3 Right on, Wayne. Receiving a birthday greeting doesn't make up for delivering a crappy product. And you can't pack customer service into an app. (Unless it is the app you're selling.)

BTW, Apple may falter somewhat now, because Jobs understood the the product remained central, even though the sales trappings also had a secondary impact. Thanks for reading and commenting.

#2 Well, Gerry, how naive can you be. I was told by a customer (a millennial) that he didn't care the firm I was helping delivered to him a great product with a high level of value. He felt his customer experience was lacking because of minimal communication - which meant it sometime took a day to get back to him when he was checking on progress, and he thought the firm should have bee much more attentive when he showed up without an appointment. He said, "communication is everything". He was horrified when I pointed out that even a dedicated communicator to stroke him twice a day would not make up for poor quality wirkmanship and materials. So "communication" was NOT "everything".

Excellent, @Phil Friedman. The best part is the obvious part, but what so many small companies miss: The core focus of a company must be the company itself and the goods or services they offer. Everything else is the "back end" of the experience. Crappy products or services cannot be "fixed" with - what - longer guarantees, a wonderful website or anything else.

But there is something else to consider -- big companies can "absorb" their mistakes - they can afford them in terms of their existing reputation and duration in business, small companies cannot afford that.

I think the Apple Watch may be in this category, but time will tell (sorry).

Here's my take (uh oh) on this: If the goods/services are delivered in a timely and expected way (things that were promised/contracted/guaranteed...actually occurred) --to me (as the customer) I DID have a "positive customer experience".
In fact, at the risk of revealing my stupidity, I thought that's what the phrase meant.

Right on brother.

Thank you Pascal for the time warp. I think I will stick with my cousin's quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVEiskNv1hs

#20 thanks @🐝 Fatima G. Williams complex equation it is to be a human being :-)

When your mind's made up ! There's no point trying to fight it ! - What a song @Pascal Derrien Gave me the chills.
Open your eyes and see, there is a better world for you and me. We need to look beyond !

Here I am... in the front! lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDzutIb6p6I

#16 thanks @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher indeed indeed :-)

I saw them at US Festival too. I'm looking at the lyrics - lol - Class... Class... Class... SHUT UP!

Few answers and so many questions, the story of our lives?! Deep like the sea @Pascal Derrien!

#12 I meant "THEM" lol - I only knew two songs at the time. I got used to being teased about thinking he was Judas Priest then... some things haven't changed lol... I have to say that is the best show I've seen. I thought for sure I was going straight to hell for going too. Shhhh don't tell anyone.

#7 thanks @CityVP 🐝 Manjit indeed real people real lives not digitally filtered :-)

#8 @Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman thats right :-) or is it hell or hight water ?

#10 thanks Antoinette Capasso-Backdahl , I saw them probably 5 or 6 times sinc eI was a kid :-)

#9 indeed :-)

Saw him in Los Angeles as a teen and he drove his Harley up on stage and waved to me and my boyfriend because we were lucky to have special seats off to the side on our own. My boyfriend teased me and told me "you know you still have to go home with me" lol

"If you think I'll sit around while you chip away my brain
Listen I ain't foolin' and you'd better think again"

No longer treading water. :)

Scratching the surface of any human being is a privilege like opening the doors of perception, especially when we live among a multitude of souls who are as predictable as melting ice lolly, who are too busy knocking on the doors of the day-to-day.

There has to be fundamental depth to a human being, where removing the onion layer yields even richer layers underneath and then discovery is mutual, friendship is profound and humanity is renaissance.

What I read here is that and I enjoy scratching this surface.
Otherwise it is learning what the masses learn and that is never that much.

#5 oh thank you @Emilia M Ludovino a sould dive indeed that a nice metaphor

#3 most probably @Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee different place different time same sh*t :-)

We hit the same wave, did we? :)

#1 thanks @Devesh 🐝 Bhatt much appreciated you droping by :-)

#1 Happy Bee here. :D

#1 Thank you so much for this another tag! @Jan 🐝 Barbosa :)

Thanks for including me @Jan 🐝 Barbosa. It's a great lineup of articles here for sure!

Jan, thanks for another excellent edition with great advice and insights from @Candice 🐝 Galek @John White, MBA @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood @Katyan Roach Bravo 👏👏👏

Featuring @Candice 🐝 Galek @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood @Katyan Roach @Rebecca Matias @Jaz Greer @John White, MBA