Comments on: Edenfantasys’s unethical technology is a self-referential black hole http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/ Because 'kinky' is an adjective, not an activity Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Backdoor access to your FetLife profile remained open permanently « Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-262304 Backdoor access to your FetLife profile remained open permanently « Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:03:59 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-262304 [...] If you already knew that you currently have little to no protection when using FetLife and you chose not to do anything differently in light of that—if you already knew the emperor is naked and you chose to pretend that he is clothed anyway—then, great! More power to your polite fiction! However, if you falsely believed you were secure because you were intentionally or accidentally misled, then I say shame on those who mislead you. [...] [...] If you already knew that you currently have little to no protection when using FetLife and you chose not to do anything differently in light of that—if you already knew the emperor is naked and you chose to pretend that he is clothed anyway—then, great! More power to your polite fiction! However, if you falsely believed you were secure because you were intentionally or accidentally misled, then I say shame on those who mislead you. [...]

]]> By: Robert Miras http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-144855 Robert Miras Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:08:32 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-144855 Thank you for this thorough investigative information about EDENFANTASY 's unethical behavior. Thank you for this thorough investigative information about EDENFANTASY ‘s unethical behavior.

]]> By: Jeff http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-132678 Jeff Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:47:49 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-132678 Haha wow this is amazing, SEX & SEO in one blog? I LOVE it! Haha wow this is amazing, SEX & SEO in one blog? I LOVE it!

]]> By: maymay http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-132340 maymay Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:13:02 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-132340 <blockquote cite="http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-131437">So what’s with the nofollow links on these comments? Seems a bit pot and kettle.</blockquote> No, <a href="http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/why-you-should-nofollow-your-blog-comments.html" rel="nofollow">it's not</a>, <a href="http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-131437" rel="nofollow">Tony</a>.

So what’s with the nofollow links on these comments? Seems a bit pot and kettle.

No, it’s not, Tony.

]]> By: Dave http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-132217 Dave Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:32:36 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-132217 "EdenFantasys’s publishing platform has effectively outsourced the task of “link farming” (a questionable Search Engine Marketing [SEM] technique) to sites with which they have “an ongoing relationship,” such as AlterNet.org, other large news hubs, and individual bloggers’ blogs." Google seem to be getting better at filtering and are evolving all the time. To the best of my knowledge, link farms are now practically useless. Apart from that, it's hardly a fair trade for you to link directly to their site and they not give a reciprocal link. Saying they have a link on another site going to yours is not reciprocal in the 'eyes' of the google bot. Dave Webmaster of - <a href="http://interviewquestionsandanswers.net" rel="nofollow">Interview Questions and Answers</a> “EdenFantasys’s publishing platform has effectively outsourced the task of “link farming” (a questionable Search Engine Marketing [SEM] technique) to sites with which they have “an ongoing relationship,” such as AlterNet.org, other large news hubs, and individual bloggers’ blogs.”

Google seem to be getting better at filtering and are evolving all the time. To the best of my knowledge, link farms are now practically useless.

Apart from that, it’s hardly a fair trade for you to link directly to their site and they not give a reciprocal link. Saying they have a link on another site going to yours is not reciprocal in the ‘eyes’ of the google bot.

Dave
Webmaster of – Interview Questions and Answers

]]> By: Tony http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-131437 Tony Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:53:44 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-131437 So what's with the nofollow links on these comments? Seems a bit pot and kettle. So what’s with the nofollow links on these comments? Seems a bit pot and kettle.

]]> By: Anti-censorship best practices for the sex-positive publisher – Atlanta Poly Weekend 2011 « Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-130803 Anti-censorship best practices for the sex-positive publisher – Atlanta Poly Weekend 2011 « Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:37:03 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-130803 [...] being used by Internet sex toy retailer EdenFantasys on two of my blogs on different domains. When a commenter expressed concern that I’d receive a cease-and-desist letter from EdenFantasys I suggested that they copy and cross-post my exposé to their own blog, which they did. As more and [...] [...] being used by Internet sex toy retailer EdenFantasys on two of my blogs on different domains. When a commenter expressed concern that I’d receive a cease-and-desist letter from EdenFantasys I suggested that they copy and cross-post my exposé to their own blog, which they did. As more and [...]

]]> By: Sonya http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-114348 Sonya Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:18:34 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-114348 Love this post Love this post

]]> By: Kink.com’s correspondent incompetence or deliberate malfeasance? « Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-113699 Kink.com’s correspondent incompetence or deliberate malfeasance? « Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:47:26 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-113699 [...] It’s fair to say staying on the “good side” of Kink, Inc. employees is a prerequisite for models, but a luxury for bloggers like me—and I can do without such luxuries. There’s only one other company of analogous size whose PR efforts are as skillful, and I was not above publishing email correspondence with them, either: EdenFantasys. [...] [...] It’s fair to say staying on the “good side” of Kink, Inc. employees is a prerequisite for models, but a luxury for bloggers like me—and I can do without such luxuries. There’s only one other company of analogous size whose PR efforts are as skillful, and I was not above publishing email correspondence with them, either: EdenFantasys. [...]

]]> By: Maria http://maybemaimed.com/2010/05/19/edenfantasyss-unethical-technology-is-a-self-referential-black-hole/#comment-104834 Maria Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:47:03 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1745#comment-104834 I'm a little late to the game, but I have always loved the EF website and as someone who feels strongly about SEO and usability - I am horrified to hear they are doing this. They won't be getting any business from me until this stops. I’m a little late to the game, but I have always loved the EF website and as someone who feels strongly about SEO and usability – I am horrified to hear they are doing this. They won’t be getting any business from me until this stops.

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