Talk:Glogster

This Wiki page would appear to be a marketing site for a product. In the interests of balance some of the criticisms should also be included. E.g. http://techcrunch.com/2007/12/29/glogster-like-geocities-in-a-bad-way-and-in-flash/

  "Glogster - Like Geocities (in a bad way)..."

http://zacharyosborne.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/glogster-a-tool-for-creative-expression-with-awkward-incentives-for-re-use/

   * ... spelling and grammatical errors reflects poorly on the product and the leadership behind it
   * ... policies on inappropriate content... alarmingly open-ended and brief...
   * ... Why limit hate to race and ethnic background? What about every form of prejudice? I think a Muslim would feel offended by statements against his/her religion, and would deem it to be inappropriate content, as would a female to misogynistic language. Glogster admin. should update these policies to be more inclusive.
   * ... strange incentives for users to interact with, and even promote their site. 
   * ... 'G-points', described as 'a reward for your activity on Glogster...creators try to encourage (... peer pressure) users to compete towards earning the elusive 'G-points'
   * ... Interesting ploy, but I'm not a fan of the incentive program.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.110.218.145 (talk) 13:26, 11 November 2010 (UTC) 

This article does not mention the parent company, where it is located, who owns it, etc. It also goes into far too much promotional detail, with too many links into the site/service itself, for an encyclopedia article. An abundance of IP addresses editing this article are located in the Czech Republic, the location of the parent company--leading to the obvious suspicion that people involved with the company are editing the article. This company/service is a big deal in the education world in America, but very little is disclosed, especially on their site, about who is in charge. A good Wikipedia article with proper citations could help change this. --hmcnally (talk) 19:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

I have made some edits to the original Glogster Wikipedia page. These edits include the correction of grammar/spelling errors, the removal of certain elements (the sections regarding Glogster Commandos, Contests with Glogster, Cooperation with educational services, awards, and financing), the addition of a critique (http://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/glogster), as well as the addition of the co-founders and location of the company headquarters.--Stephlachman (talk) 11:04, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Being abused?

This page seems to be being abused, used as a platform for WP:PROMOTION Advertisement of the topic. Features that lead me to believe this are:

• (Ab)use of buzzwords throughout the article (bold and italics indicate specific terms and phrases I wish to highlight):
  • "Glogster encourages interactive, collaborative education and digital literacy."
  • "Creating posters allows learners to engage closely with a subject, exercising critical thinking and research skills in selecting appropriate media and creative skills in structuring and arranging the finished piece." (not the slightest justification is given)
  • "The Glogpedia library is a constantly-growing collection of over 21,000 top-quality glogs, hand-picked based for accuracy and presentation, and categorized by 80 subjects under 9 disciplines according to the K-12 currciculum. Glogster users can nominate glogs to be considered for inclusion in the library by clicking a button at the top of any public glog."
  • "The iPad application is intended to expand learning beyond the traditional classroom, allowing users to create glogs based on events as they happen, and giving them freedom to learn and create in their own time."
• A major contributor to this article- User:Admbin- appears to be a single-purpose account, having edited only this page and the file for the company's logo.
  • Admbin regularly deletes massive sections of the page with no reason given. In at least some of these cases, the content deleted happens to be content unflattering to the company (n.b.: After writing this, I found that Adbmin also added some of these sections in the first place, which is more confusing):
    • In one edit, the entire section on the company's revenue model (a freemium setup where the service is advertised as free, but space is limited and some features are unavailable) was deleted
    • another edit cleared off large swathes of the infobox for no apparent reason.
  • Many edits by Adbmin which add content also have troubling features:
    • Several edits (such as here, here, here, and here) include trademark symbols next to names of products.

In short, there's something fishy going on that, in my opinion, requires some investigation. Hppavilion1 (talk) 23:57, 28 May 2017 (UTC)