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- sockpuppets, on 06/22/2009, -1/+45I was sitting here drinking a Pepsi™ reading this great article on my Dell™ widescreen monitor when I decided to digg it up.
- KibibyteBrain, on 06/22/2009, -4/+34While on the surface this looks good, I'm a bit more skeptical about it. Just looks like an excuse for the US Government to get in the business of regulating the Internet more.
- Eurynom0s, on 06/22/2009, -5/+35"Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
Scarier than a lot of horror movies. - inactive, on 06/22/2009, -3/+24So our government is spending money to monitor BLOGS? Seriously?
I wonder how much more we could accomplish as a nation if our politicians didn't throw money away on stupid *****. - dmanmax99, on 06/22/2009, -3/+16Free Speech goes out the door when people are getting paid to say good things about a crappy product. Then it's fraud.
- KingFog, on 06/22/2009, -1/+11As was said above, Freedom of Speech no longer exists when people are paid to say good things about a ***** product... Then it's Fraud, plain and simple...
- arunforce, on 06/22/2009, -1/+10Good luck FTC. You will need it.
- deweyhewson, on 06/22/2009, -0/+8I support throwing stupid ***** on our politicians.
- mrsteveman1, on 06/22/2009, -0/+8The first amendment doesn't just apply to congress
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -2/+10this is ridiculous. one step closer to regulating content on the internet
- michaelpinto, on 06/22/2009, -2/+8"Hi I'm Mawky, I'm not a real lawyer but I play one on TV"
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -2/+8drink a ***** coke. who the hell drinks pepsi
- bakaoni, on 06/22/2009, -0/+6Great news, Diggers!
The FTC is going to fix the problem with the (supposed) power users/submitters here on Digg. SEO workers, your days are numbered!
(yeah, right) - mrBitch, on 06/22/2009, -0/+5@ sockpuppets, RE: ".. I was sitting here drinking a Pepsi™ reading this great article on my Dell™ widescreen monitor when I decided to digg it up."
I was going to digg you up, until I noticed that my widescreen Samsung SyncMaster™ monitor is just plain better "bang-for-buck" value than your Dell... - deathandtaverns, on 06/22/2009, -1/+5Wait. Are you putting out a fire in SemiSarcastic's house with my tax dollars? What a load of *****!
- kplo, on 06/22/2009, -1/+5I'm curious to see how this pans out...
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 06/22/2009, -1/+5Dear FTC,
You *might* want to start you investigations with price-fixing and racketeering amongst...
The Big 5 Studios, who don't *really* complete against each other since they share the same medium.
The Cable Companies, who have local monopolies everywhere, making it impossible for each consumer to see any meaningful competition.
The major telcos (same reason above) and cell phone companies, who just price-fixed SMS messages (which cost them precisely NOTHING to send or receive) to the same rates, again without any sense of competition.
Etc. etc.
All of these things affect everyday American consumers in tremendously negative ways, doing far more damage than a few bloggers getting free product. After all, magazines have been doing the same thing for DECADES and you haven't seen fit to look into *that*.
Sincerely,
The Royally Screwed American Consumers - praisethelard, on 06/22/2009, -2/+6It's like, people only do these things because they can get paid. And that's just really sad.
- SemiSarcastic, on 06/22/2009, -2/+5Hey we hold our journalists/reviewers accountable for what they write, why can't these same standards be set for bloggers? If bloggers got us into the Iraq war would we treat them differently than say the journalist that did it instead? Or if a blogger got a million dollars in revenue from a game company to say something good about their latest game? I think the only people who are against idea are those who are either benefiting from the loopholes or have a positive media bias towards blogs. Too often we forget that behind both new and old journalism (or reviews in this case) there are people working behind them and they are pron to error. New media journalism is beginning to supersede the old and someone isn't watching this new wave we could possibly find ourselves once again not trusting a system that we put all our trust in the first place.
*sigh* but honestly we need to stop raising things up on a pedestal just so we can tear it down later. I see this far too often on the internet. - TheBlueVulcan, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3"It's like people only do things because they get paid...and that's just really sad."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R22qigXhFjk - Oinkie, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3You forgot digg™
- StuartGibson, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3I can't think about it any more, it's giving me a headache.
- vault, on 06/22/2009, -1/+41) Because many blogs are not hosted in the US, nor are they written by American citizens. The FTC has no authority regulating what is said in other countries. Even if the FTC prevented American bloggers from saying good things about products they're selling, it doesn't really protect consumers much because Americans can still view foreign media...and on the internet, that's much easier than other mediums.
2) It's a total waste of cash. With everything this country is dealing with and has to spend money on, are what bloggers say about products really that important? Caveat emptor.
3) It's a lot easier to monitor a small number of newspapers/tv stations/magazines compared to the vast endless sea of blogs in existence. - superkendall, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3This is complete bullocks, bloggers would never do anything for money. It's got me so worked up, I'm off for a tasty bowl of Cheerios™.
- praisethelard, on 06/22/2009, -1/+3This guy: http://www.mtv.com/bands/s/suicidal_tendencies/ins ...
- dienaked, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2The IRS will be right behind them to collect the income tax on their non-monetary income of perks, trips, and free items.
- Ymeg, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2and how is your college raping you? Usually you have to sign a contract for them to rape you.
- FairDinkumMate, on 06/23/2009, -0/+2@vault -
1. "...that's much EASIER than other mediums." - ie. It's too hard
3. "It's a lot EASIER to monitor a small number of newspapers/tv stations/magazines compared to the vast endless sea of blogs in existence." - ie. It's too hard
Which part of "It's too hard" did I not comprehend? Sure glad you're not a teacher! - ultrafez, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2Not just american consumers. British, and most likely the rest of the world get screwed in the same way. In Britain the standard price for an SMS is 10p to send (nothing to receive - I heard you americans have to pay to receive) which is disgusting considering it's 160 bytes + a small message header.
We don't have such a problem with a lack of competition between telco's as we have LLU (local loop unbundling) in our telephone exchanges which means many different providers can supply a single house in most places, meaning competition is greater therefore we get better quality connections for better prices. - SemiSarcastic, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2Wait. You're coming here to put the fire...in my house? What a load of *****!
- HappyScrappy, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I can't wait to see where this goes. It's clear that companies have realized that swaying the opinion of certain blogs (engadget, etc.) is a great way to sway the public. And the blogs are playing along with it, so I'd love to see the incentives they are giving made clear.
- UberMattMan, on 06/22/2009, -1/+2I don't understand how they can even go about regulating this. Will bloggers have to register with the govt before to start blogging? Do you have to get a license, pay a fee? What happens if you don't live in the US?
- gfox, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I've spent way too long contemplating if Wayne and Garth should have been upset about the sponsorship deal or not. After all they took the money and read the contract.
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Blog - a bunch of text on a website. So some dude got paid to write a verbose ad for Dell, possibly with supplementary graphics, and user comments. Who gives a *****. You want unbiased reviews, we have Consumer Reports.
- Barackalypse, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1If they're as successful here as they are at enforcing the do not call list, I don't think shill bloggers have anything to worry about.
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -4/+5*****' Government!
- sneedo, on 06/22/2009, -2/+3Leo Laporte is gonna go outta business :(
- BobTheTaco, on 06/22/2009, -1/+2Thousands of dollars for one review? Where can I sign up?
Yes, I know it's wrong, but I college is raping me without consent - dampeal, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I call BS on thousands of dollars for a review... I've been doing this for years, and have never seen thousands of dollars for ONE article or review..
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -1/+2It's not fraud, it's advertising. "Viral marketing."
- hmar2, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Magazines have been giving the best reviews to their paid advertisers for ever. Will this be made illegal too?
- Lynxist, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1Just have to be sure to drop some junk in the pipe for them to monitor them I guess.
- Cerin, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Oh, great! More government regulation trying to protect me from reading fake crap. If I want to read outright lies and propaganda, that's my right!!! Now where's my Fox News?!
- mrBitch, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Good luck KFC™? Now you're making me hungry...
- PrestoVivace, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Looks like there is one standard for bloggers and another for big shot pundits.
http://technoflak.blogspot.com/2009/06/does-ftc-ha ... - mytealjacket, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1The internet is serious business
- bennny, on 06/23/2009, -0/+1does this mean MSNBC will also have to have a disclaimer since there parent company will make billions of dollars on any green energy bill or a health care bill that is to be passed. considering how they report the news
- TwizzleNicole, on 08/04/2009, -0/+1Will things ever be easier in the world of computers?
- denver99, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Add tripadvisor to that list:
http://www.splagg.com/story/2009/06/16/tripadvisor ... - duncan202, on 06/22/2009, -2/+3No, they should ignore it because it's idiotic. I'm sure this happens.. but is this really a pressing problem?
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