A Purple Star for a Squidoo Lens that was only 6 days old!
The Purple Star programme on Squidoo has provoked some interesting discussion on the SquidU Forum. I am sure that it was only a coincidence that the discussion started after I announced my latest Purple Star 
More about the Purple Star debate later, but I was thrilled when I got an email to inform me that my newest lens: The Year of the Tiger, had been awarded a Purple Star only six days after it had been published! The actual tangible benefits of the award, as pointed out on SquidU, are negligible but it is the appreciation from your fellow Lensmasters that makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
To think that someone enjoyed my lens and appreciated the work that I put into it so much, that they took the time to send an email nominating it for an award is what does it for me.
This made me realise that while it is OK to question processes and procedures, we should not lose sight of the fact that as a Community we should always be pleased if something happens to make a member of our Community happy!
The Purple Star debate got me thinking so much yesterday, that I decided to make a Lensography of my Purple Star lenses. I am proud of my Purple Stars and I see nothing wrong is saying so. However, it does seem that some people feel inhibited about publicly declaring they have received one. They are worried that it may seem like over-promotion.
Obviously, it is a very personal choice that people make, similar to the choice about whether to leave a message in a Guestbook if you have Blessed a lens as a Squidoo Angel. But the diversity of views is what makes the Squidoo Community so interesting and what I particularly like is the people with whom you can disagree in one thread, who then pop over to agree with you in another. It’s what makes the SquidU Forum such a nice (and adult) forum to be part of.
Not everyone visits the SquidU Forum, so I added a debate module to my Purple Star lens, which has already seen some activity. On the whole people seem to be happy with the way the Programme is managed, but it will be interesting to see how the discussion evolves.
My other Purple Star lenses:
- Bullying at Primary School
- 10 Best Plants for Bees
- Auditory Processing Disorder
- Trooping the Colour
- Christmas at AJs
- Environmentally Friendly Halloween Lights
4 Comments »
mulberry said :
January 22, 2010 at 3:20 am
Glad to hear you got another well deserved purple star. I stopped announcing mine because I suspiciously received one star ratings after announcing my first 2 or 3. So I just decided to enjoy it on my own.
Treasures By Brenda said :
January 25, 2010 at 3:35 pm
AJ, I’ll get back to check out your Tiger lens, I’m not sure that I have. While I’m here though I’ll suggest you carefully read the title of this post. I think you made a little typo…although I suppose a lens could be six says old.
Brenda
aj2008 said :
January 25, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Oh Mulberry, I think that is very sad! I hate to hear of things like that happening.
Oops, Brenda – thanks for the note about the tpyo – I mean typo
It’s now been fixed!
Treasures By Brenda said :
January 29, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Not bad, it only took five days for me to get back here…oh well, at least I remembered.
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