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March 11, 2003
Learn from the Indians
By QBlog in
Lately I've come into contact with a few individuals who run sites about Quixtar. Most of these sites have MUCH more information than this one and I appreciate the service they provide and have learned much from their sites. I purposely don't post much definitive information here for a variety of reasons but mainly because the truth is so incredibly hard to determine when it comes to Quixtar and all the affiliated businesses. Since the truth is so hard to find I mainly post my opinions, emotions and random thoughts which are exclusively mine.
However, it has come to my attention that this site attracts many individuals seeking information about Quixtar. I know that feeling:
- You hear about Quixtar from someone or you "saw the plan"
- You want to find out what this is really all about and what others say about it
- You want to be educated
- Yet it becomes EXTREMELY hard to wade through all the junk about Quixtar on the Web
- Trying to navigate and track down information on some of these sites gets extremely frustrating
- You realize that MOST of the information about Quixtar is several years (if not decades) old and most of that mentions Amway, not Quixtar (I know Quixtar is only about 3 years old)
- You just want straight answers, a site that is easy to get around and figure out what this Quixtar is really all about... you just want the TRUTH
I know this because I'm one of those people. Those feelings are partly the motivation for me to create this site. Now I have bigger dreams. I take my inspiration from the American Indians (Native Americans).
Proposal
My idea is to try to unify some of these sites about Quixtar. Right now I think of them as tribes spread across the Web. Each tribe duplicating information, some doing better than others but none overwhelming successful at presenting and providing that information. Many of the sites are just a visual and navigational mess (I don't fault them, most aren't professional Web designers). The end result is that there is no authoritative, professional and relatively unbiased site providing information about Quixtar. This equals confusion.
The Indians ended up losing all their land partly because they did not unify. Other nations like Scotland succeeded in protecting their land by unifying their clans. Businesses do this too. Why not the Quixtar info sites?
What I want to begin working on is some basic guidelines for content presentation, a code of ethics, a linking protocol, some rudimentary visual standards, a common discussion forum and a system for distributing information to avoid duplication and repetitiveness.
So what do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? You willing to help? I don't think I can do this alone. Leave a comment or send me an email. I'm all ears.