Social Media Cash Grab

This post is from from my other blog here

Do they care about those that help build them? (I wasn't going to post this, but thanks to Li Evans first step (http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com/search_marketing_gurus/2008/07/social-news---i.html) , and the support of others - the die is cast)I took a day away from the world of social to spend some long needed time with my family. It seemed some retrospective evaluation was needed, emotionally and financially. In the end analysis there is every reason to wonder why I play in Social Media at all (and I mean media not networking)? A few things are for certain;I don’t actually care for power user popularity (only real peeps liking me)I have never made a dime for my efforts - so no financial gain The management of these websites are less than appreciative (this is the big one)In my musings and ranting over the last couple days, more than a few folks told me that these websites...