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As I've been going through June Build Your Blog month and visiting all the Yakezie members and challengers, I'm noticing that many of the blogs the list aren't really participating in Yakezie. They don't have a badge, I don't see them on the forums (and I'm a stalker!), and their sites don't appear to be promoting other Yakezie members. I know that this group is all on the honor system, but I'm wondering: at what point are they removed from the list of challengers, and do people get removed from the list of members if they're no longer participating? 

I created the list of challengers and members to give us all a quick reference place to go to promote one another, but there are so many of us and I'd rather that list contain only those who are active, so we are best able to spend our reading and promoting time on blogs that are participating. 

Should I sent an e-mail to blogs that don't appear to be participating anymore before removing them? Or just remove them and let them add themselves back in if they decide to rejoin?

Yeah I think if we just ask them if they are still interested in participating, they will either say yes or no. Then, at that point, we can decide

I'll start e-mailing bloggers that don't appear to be participating, or who are missing badges, and will remove those that don't respond. Trying to visit all of the Yakezie blogs takes a good amount of time and it's helpful to have the list accurate so I know who to promote in network!

JT, was this a response for another topic? I don't understand the earnings connection here.

Post edited 4:40 pm – June 16, 2011 by Buck Inspire

Hey Penny,

Thanks for cleaning up the list.  There are sooo many Yakezie members and challengers.  This would help quite a bit!

JT,

Good point, if something smells good, you're bound to attract some riff raff.  Such is life. 

That's a good question. i think that inactive members of the Yakezie should be dropped after a 6 month period. That is just my two cents. The final solution will come from Sam.

Might be worth modifying the BoH script.  If people don't participate, they could lose points over time.  It'd also be nice to scrape every site in the network and dock their BoH score by 100 points every week there's no badge.  No badge, no participation, no benefits.

As a start:

The badge is the first requirement – if there is no badge just drop them from lists?

Hi SQ, I am new here and I want to know more of it before going for any challenge. How can I participate in it?

Jonny

The College Investor said:

The Saved Quarter said:

As I've been going through June Build Your Blog month and visiting all the Yakezie members and challengers, I'm noticing that many of the blogs the list aren't really participating in Yakezie. They don't have a badge, I don't see them on the forums (and I'm a stalker!), and their sites don't appear to be promoting other Yakezie members. I know that this group is all on the honor system, but I'm wondering: at what point are they removed from the list of challengers, and do people get removed from the list of members if they're no longer participating? 

I created the list of challengers and members to give us all a quick reference place to go to promote one another, but there are so many of us and I'd rather that list contain only those who are active, so we are best able to spend our reading and promoting time on blogs that are participating. 

Should I sent an e-mail to blogs that don't appear to be participating anymore before removing them? Or just remove them and let them add themselves back in if they decide to rejoin?

I sent Sam an email yesterday with some thoughts, but we all know how busy he is.  I think we should remove non-participating challengers if we reach out to them and they don't change. 

Financial Samurai said:

Hi Guys,

Wanted to chime in before I leave the country this weekend and before I forget.

The basic premise ia that anybody can be a Challenger, but not everybody can be a Member. In the beta class, we had sign up questionnaire with around 10 questions one had to answer in order for us to accept them to write a Member Post. I am focused on making our network as best as possible. It's what we all want.

The official Yakezie Member list will always be here http://yakezie.com/personal-fi…..nce-blogs/, despite whatever other list that comes out. As for an official Challenger list, that is much more fluid given it's a challenge. The Google docs is a great resource, but that will always be changing.

As for lower participating Members, we can do a review once every six months. We can also implement a Alexa 250,000 cutoff (allow 50,000 buffer given life happens). People need to understand that there will ALWAYS be differing levels of effort in any organization, and it's impossible for us all to be at the max. We'll figure out an appropriate minimal standard and go forth with plenty of lead time for one to improve. I want us to not forget that we should be having fun & not be overly concerned about what others are doing. Ultimately, if we do our best, we will do great.

Someone find the link to the beta class sign up page if they can. Ill find it later tonight if not.

Thx,

Sam

 

Thanks for chiming in, Sam. You're right that the Challenger list will continue to change as people come in and out. 

I don't expect the same effort from every blogger in the network, but I do expect that members do at least the basic of having a badge and occasionally mentioning the network. I'm not overly concerned about what others are doing but I do think that if you're getting the benefits of the network that they should maintain at least a minimal level of participation. I'd rather put my effort in promoting others into those who are also promoting within the network, so my effort builds all of us.

I don't have any authority over the member list, but I can keep the challenger list up to date. I don't want to remove anyone without a general concensus as to what constitutes failure to participate, so it's not just me arbitrarily dropping people!