Comments on: Wellsphere: Creating Communities Of Healthy People http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/ Make Fitness Your Way Of Life Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:00:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: in the know http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-245 in the know Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:07:33 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-245 Losers: Maybe our information will help caution future new recruits as to what they may be getting themselves into if they join the company. I know I and many others would have been grateful for it, if for nothing more than simply getting the insider's perspective. Losers: Maybe our information will help caution future new recruits as to what they may be getting themselves into if they join the company. I know I and many others would have been grateful for it, if for nothing more than simply getting the insider’s perspective.

]]> By: losers http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-244 losers Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:01:50 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-244 Ex employees are so lame. Get over yourselves and move on with your lives. Do you really have nothing better to do than waste your time with this garbage? It's a sad, sad world filled with sad people....and people who can't move on. Ex employees are so lame. Get over yourselves and move on with your lives. Do you really have nothing better to do than waste your time with this garbage?

It’s a sad, sad world filled with sad people….and people who can’t move on.

]]> By: Concerned Reader http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Concerned Reader Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:54:50 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-243 Dude, you are wrong. They all quit without notice. Do not fall for the spin. Dude, you are wrong. They all quit without notice. Do not fall for the spin.

]]> By: in the know http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-242 in the know Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:31:31 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-242 Ummmm, for your information, the employees were not "let go." They got so fed up and disgusted with the founders (Ron Gutman and Dave Kashen) that they resigned without notice and literally packed up their stuff (in glee, i might add) and walked out. I personally know of at least ten people who have done this across several separate instances -- some en masse, others individually -- and I know there are more. Ron and Dave desperately need a good team (of engineers, in particular), but they will never be able to retain them if they don't change their ways. I'm not sure if anyone who has resigned from there has ever given any amount of notice. Maybe that will give you a sense of the sort of people the founders are. I agree with you that readers should make their own decisions about issues, but I disagree that all comments posted should solely be positive. Ummmm, for your information, the employees were not “let go.” They got so fed up and disgusted with the founders (Ron Gutman and Dave Kashen) that they resigned without notice and literally packed up their stuff (in glee, i might add) and walked out. I personally know of at least ten people who have done this across several separate instances — some en masse, others individually — and I know there are more. Ron and Dave desperately need a good team (of engineers, in particular), but they will never be able to retain them if they don’t change their ways. I’m not sure if anyone who has resigned from there has ever given any amount of notice. Maybe that will give you a sense of the sort of people the founders are. I agree with you that readers should make their own decisions about issues, but I disagree that all comments posted should solely be positive.

]]> By: fitnessmantra http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-241 fitnessmantra Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:46:02 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-241 Disgruntled ex-employees! Ah, now all the negativity makes sense (or not). I was wondering about the sudden spurt of negative activity in the Wellsphere comments, when I chanced upon <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/28/wellsphere-launches-wellness-2/#comment-837226" rel="nofollow">this comment</a> in the original TechCrunch article. This comment is from an ex-employee and he explains why there is no much criticism directed toward Wellsphere. Turns out many employees had to be let go recently and they are taking "revenge" by criticizing every mention of Wellsphere on the blogosphere! (Do also read the previous comments before this guy's - the attacks are so obviously coordinated, it's not even funny. I urge readers to always take negative comments with a grain of salt and check things out for themselves. As a policy I do not moderate comments for content unless it's obviously spammy or profane. Once again, my take on this episode is very clear: I just wish to make available to my readers every opportunity they can have of making a positive change in their lives. Will every tool I review be a grand "success". Absolutely not. But I have given my readers a chance to evaluate and make decisions by (and for) themselves. And that is more than any blogger can ever hope for. Disgruntled ex-employees! Ah, now all the negativity makes sense (or not).
I was wondering about the sudden spurt of negative activity in the Wellsphere comments, when I chanced upon this comment in the original TechCrunch article. This comment is from an ex-employee and he explains why there is no much criticism directed toward Wellsphere. Turns out many employees had to be let go recently and they are taking “revenge” by criticizing every mention of Wellsphere on the blogosphere! (Do also read the previous comments before this guy’s – the attacks are so obviously coordinated, it’s not even funny. I urge readers to always take negative comments with a grain of salt and check things out for themselves. As a policy I do not moderate comments for content unless it’s obviously spammy or profane.
Once again, my take on this episode is very clear: I just wish to make available to my readers every opportunity they can have of making a positive change in their lives. Will every tool I review be a grand “success”. Absolutely not. But I have given my readers a chance to evaluate and make decisions by (and for) themselves.
And that is more than any blogger can ever hope for.

]]> By: joe chia http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-240 joe chia Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:43:35 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-240 This site is horrible. I personally know the management team of this company -Ron Gutman and Dave Kashen -and these guys dont even know how to create a website, let alone open their email. They have had more than 25 people who have left the company due to poor ethics and lack of integrity by the Ron and Dave. It would be nice if there was some more due diligence done before every new company is featured on this site so that the pure junk is filtered out from promising ideas. This site is horrible. I personally know the management team of this company -Ron Gutman and Dave Kashen -and these guys dont even know how to create a website, let alone open their email. They have had more than 25 people who have left the company due to poor ethics and lack of integrity by the Ron and Dave. It would be nice if there was some more due diligence done before every new company is featured on this site so that the pure junk is filtered out from promising ideas.

]]> By: fitnessmantra http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-239 fitnessmantra Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:42:49 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-239 Woke up this morning to find some negative comments about Wellsphere having very few users, a not-so-easy-to-use interface and one commenter already deciding (on day one!) whether the site will be "successful" or not! First off, I never mentioned even once that Wellsphere will be "successful" (a pretty relative term anyway). The success of any such social-driven site is of course determined by the activity of its users. I also hope new users will agree that a site that launched a day ago will only have a few users and maybe some issues with regards to site navigation (the site is after all "alpha" - which means it's open to the general public but work is still being done on it). New users who really feel strongly about having additional features or suggestions should provide constructive criticism by visiting Wellsphere's feedback section: http://forum.wellsphere.com/ rather than just complain. At FitnessMantra my goal has always been to provide information objectively - I provide positive as well as negative comments if it is warranted (for example I only mentioned Activity Partners and their FAQ section as positives and I don't consider lack of many users as a negative for such a new site). I hope readers of this blog use the information provided here to research further and then make their own decisions. That is the real intent of my writing here. -FM. Woke up this morning to find some negative comments about Wellsphere having very few users, a not-so-easy-to-use interface and one commenter already deciding (on day one!) whether the site will be “successful” or not!
First off, I never mentioned even once that Wellsphere will be “successful” (a pretty relative term anyway). The success of any such social-driven site is of course determined by the activity of its users.
I also hope new users will agree that a site that launched a day ago will only have a few users and maybe some issues with regards to site navigation (the site is after all “alpha” – which means it’s open to the general public but work is still being done on it).
New users who really feel strongly about having additional features or suggestions should provide constructive criticism by visiting Wellsphere’s feedback section: http://forum.wellsphere.com/ rather than just complain.
At FitnessMantra my goal has always been to provide information objectively – I provide positive as well as negative comments if it is warranted (for example I only mentioned Activity Partners and their FAQ section as positives and I don’t consider lack of many users as a negative for such a new site).
I hope readers of this blog use the information provided here to research further and then make their own decisions. That is the real intent of my writing here.
-FM.

]]> By: Bruce Helman http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Bruce Helman Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:14:34 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-238 How is this site like 43things? And why do you think it will be successful? There's no content on the site and there are plenty of much better fitness sites out there. A community means that there are people involved. A site with such an awful interface and no users won't go anywhere. I appreciate your enthusiasm, but check out some other sites. How is this site like 43things? And why do you think it will be successful? There’s no content on the site and there are plenty of much better fitness sites out there. A community means that there are people involved. A site with such an awful interface and no users won’t go anywhere. I appreciate your enthusiasm, but check out some other sites.

]]> By: Pat http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Pat Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:34:37 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-237 It was full of bugs and fake content. It was sad that they are trying to create a community artificially. Not interesting and done much better on traineo and daily strength. Horrible site? It was full of bugs and fake content. It was sad that they are trying to create a community artificially. Not interesting and done much better on traineo and daily strength. Horrible site?

]]> By: Joe Lingusino http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Joe Lingusino Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:31:17 +0000 http://www.fitnessmantra.info/2007/01/30/wellsphere-creating-communities-of-healthy-people/#comment-236 Have you tried actually USING the site? I just tried. It's a twisty maze of mixed up pages. I can't figure it out. Seems like it's not done yet. Have you tried actually USING the site? I just tried. It’s a twisty maze of mixed up pages. I can’t figure it out. Seems like it’s not done yet.

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