Comments on: Jason Calacanis Whines Again http://walkingtowel.org/2006/10/07/jason-calacanis-whines-again/ by Shawn Dowler Tue, 17 May 2011 16:27:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: intergrity http://walkingtowel.org/2006/10/07/jason-calacanis-whines-again/comment-page-1/#comment-300 intergrity Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:57:39 +0000 http://walkingtowel.org/2006/10/07/jason-calacanis-whines-again/#comment-300 Jason is right on the money (in so many ways). F*** PPP. Has the human condition sunk so low that people can actually justify trying to make a buck by lying to friends? Screw that. Have some self-respect and go earn yourself a decent dollar. This is a crap off-the-list blog anyway. Jason is right on the money (in so many ways). F*** PPP. Has the human condition sunk so low that people can actually justify trying to make a buck by lying to friends? Screw that. Have some self-respect and go earn yourself a decent dollar. This is a crap off-the-list blog anyway.

]]> By: Billy The Blogging Poet http://walkingtowel.org/2006/10/07/jason-calacanis-whines-again/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Billy The Blogging Poet Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:11:03 +0000 http://walkingtowel.org/2006/10/07/jason-calacanis-whines-again/#comment-299 JC is just jealious because he can't have it all. JC is just jealious because he can’t have it all.

]]> By: Jason http://walkingtowel.org/2006/10/07/jason-calacanis-whines-again/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Jason Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:52:59 +0000 http://walkingtowel.org/2006/10/07/jason-calacanis-whines-again/#comment-298 The reason I hate the idea so much is because it is covert marking. No one likes to be tricked or deceived--do you? Even worse is getting tricked and deceived by someone who you consider a friend who is doing it for money. If PayPerPost *forced* their bloggers to put in the first sentence a line that says "I'm be compensated by INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE to write this blog post," I wouldn't have a problem with it. However, PayPerPost can't do that because no advertiser would want to look desperate like that. There is a reason why PayPerPost bloggers and advertisers are covert--they are ashamed of what they are doing. If PayPerPost and their bloggers are so proud of what they are doing they should be 100% transparent with their advertising. They should expose their advertisers on their site and under each advertiser have a list of the bloggers and their blog posts about that advertiser. This will let the public understand what is going on. I'm not against paying people to blog obviously--Weblogs, Inc. has paid bloggers more money than anyone in the world--but I do have a problem with deceptive advertising. best, Jason The reason I hate the idea so much is because it is covert marking. No one likes to be tricked or deceived–do you? Even worse is getting tricked and deceived by someone who you consider a friend who is doing it for money.

If PayPerPost *forced* their bloggers to put in the first sentence a line that says “I’m be compensated by INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE to write this blog post,” I wouldn’t have a problem with it. However, PayPerPost can’t do that because no advertiser would want to look desperate like that.

There is a reason why PayPerPost bloggers and advertisers are covert–they are ashamed of what they are doing.

If PayPerPost and their bloggers are so proud of what they are doing they should be 100% transparent with their advertising. They should expose their advertisers on their site and under each advertiser have a list of the bloggers and their blog posts about that advertiser.

This will let the public understand what is going on.

I’m not against paying people to blog obviously–Weblogs, Inc. has paid bloggers more money than anyone in the world–but I do have a problem with deceptive advertising.

best,

Jason

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