Comments on: Disclosure: Not Just a Crappy Demi Moore Movie Anymore http://blog.vromans.com/disclosure-not-just-a-crappy-demi-moore-movie-anymore Independent Bookstore Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Emma http://blog.vromans.com/disclosure-not-just-a-crappy-demi-moore-movie-anymore/comment-page-1#comment-8978 Emma Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:11:20 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/?p=1069#comment-8978 Good to know you slept with Edan and not Emily, though I'm sure they'd both like a good cranberry juice now and again. Good to know you slept with Edan and not Emily, though I’m sure they’d both like a good cranberry juice now and again.

]]> By: Alessandro Cima http://blog.vromans.com/disclosure-not-just-a-crappy-demi-moore-movie-anymore/comment-page-1#comment-8858 Alessandro Cima Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:21:28 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/?p=1069#comment-8858 This is an obvious court case that the FTC cannot hope to win. The double standard is blatantly unfair and it is a rule that grossly impedes free speech. All kinds of First Amendment stuff going on here that must be way over the FTC lawyers' heads. But for now, I recommend that the following heading be applied to the header of any blog that reviews or writes about any product at all: 'Every single word of every single post on this blog has been bought and paid for by someone looking for a favor. All good reviews are done as favors. All negative reviews are done as favors for someone else.' This is an obvious court case that the FTC cannot hope to win. The double standard is blatantly unfair and it is a rule that grossly impedes free speech. All kinds of First Amendment stuff going on here that must be way over the FTC lawyers’ heads.

But for now, I recommend that the following heading be applied to the header of any blog that reviews or writes about any product at all: ‘Every single word of every single post on this blog has been bought and paid for by someone looking for a favor. All good reviews are done as favors. All negative reviews are done as favors for someone else.’

]]> By: Kristen M. http://blog.vromans.com/disclosure-not-just-a-crappy-demi-moore-movie-anymore/comment-page-1#comment-8846 Kristen M. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:24:51 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/?p=1069#comment-8846 The way I'm thinking about it is that book bloggers (and perhaps some other niche bloggers) are not just handed a product that they take a glimpse at and then spew out a perky "review". To lump together blogs that "endorse" a book that they have spent a few days reading with a site that gives a big thumbs up to Ragu (the kids loved it!) is just silly. It's not the same thing. And there <i>are</i> some bloggers that seem to be in it for the free books but I don't read their sites and I'm guessing there aren't many people who actually trust their opinions. I also don't read many "legitimate" critics because they come off as writers, not readers. I enjoy what the book blogging community does and hope that it doesn't change just because the FTC is bored and likes to regulate. The way I’m thinking about it is that book bloggers (and perhaps some other niche bloggers) are not just handed a product that they take a glimpse at and then spew out a perky “review”. To lump together blogs that “endorse” a book that they have spent a few days reading with a site that gives a big thumbs up to Ragu (the kids loved it!) is just silly. It’s not the same thing.

And there are some bloggers that seem to be in it for the free books but I don’t read their sites and I’m guessing there aren’t many people who actually trust their opinions. I also don’t read many “legitimate” critics because they come off as writers, not readers. I enjoy what the book blogging community does and hope that it doesn’t change just because the FTC is bored and likes to regulate.

]]> By: glockenspiel http://blog.vromans.com/disclosure-not-just-a-crappy-demi-moore-movie-anymore/comment-page-1#comment-8829 glockenspiel Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:57:23 +0000 http://blog.vromans.com/?p=1069#comment-8829 So, I think that the way the law was written is pretty ham fisted. I think that there's no good way to implement this, and, as has been basically admitted by the FCC, there's little hope of enforcement. But... I'm not sure that I would put this in the same category of "bloggers as pajama army in mom's basement" kind of argument. Part of the motivation here is a kind of astroturfing that I readily imagine exists on a wide range of broadly popular sites (e.g., gawker). Must of that is site as shill... Honestly, its probably better to have thrown up their hands and say 'whatever...' but I think that the motivation is not entirely stupid. So, I think that the way the law was written is pretty ham fisted. I think that there’s no good way to implement this, and, as has been basically admitted by the FCC, there’s little hope of enforcement. But… I’m not sure that I would put this in the same category of “bloggers as pajama army in mom’s basement” kind of argument. Part of the motivation here is a kind of astroturfing that I readily imagine exists on a wide range of broadly popular sites (e.g., gawker). Must of that is site as shill… Honestly, its probably better to have thrown up their hands and say ‘whatever…’ but I think that the motivation is not entirely stupid.

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