Yeah, he did take a little bit of a beating. It was primarily due to his lack of participation I think, but I will admit that some of it was less than professional. Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my comment. I also do apologize if I sounded a little on the offensive. I just don’t want people thinking that I had it out for Matt for some reason.

Take care,
Scott Baird
mediapirate

All that said, I enjoyed participating in the thread and I appreciate your input here on mine.

While I do appreciate the link to my blog and you sharing my belief in transparency I feel that I have to defend myself to some degree. I just doesn’t appear to me that you actually read the entire thread.

First off, I really never piled on Matt. I simply stated the facts of the situation. Yes, some of the comments placed on my blog were quite angry and negative but if you take the time to read the entire conversation, my personal comments remain only focused on the issue and not on attacking Matt.

Secondly, if you read the whole conversation you will see that a very large amount of the people who placed negative comments about Matt were actually helping and encouraging Matt by the end of the post. Once Matt began using social media effectively and conversing with the readers anger quickly turned into a productive conversation. Regardless of how this conversation started I feel very strongly that this example showcases the power of a true social connection. People disagreed, connected, discussed and learned all in the space of one blog.

Sounds like a pretty powerful and positive story to me. I invite you to take another browse through the conversation and let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Scott Baird
mediapirate