Comments on: Disclosure and You!: A poll to soothe my noodle.

By: ChrisRobot

ChrisRobot — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:34:34 +0000

I think that it’s important that advertisers allow PPP’ers the choice of what to write because it preserves the freedom of the PPP system. The freedom to choose the content of paid posts means that bloggers can disclose payment in any way they see fit, if at all. Lately I’ve just been categorizing a lot of the PPP posts in their own category.

By: Carrie S.

Carrie S. — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:47:23 +0000

I do paid postings through another service–I haven’t managed to get signed up for PPP yet–and every posting I do for them is labelled as such in the title and in a standardized first line. I don’t want anyone who’s reading my blog to be able to miss the fact that a given posting is being paid for; it would threaten my credibility in other postings.

I hasten to add that I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being paid to post; it’s a fee for a service and perfectly legitimate. But there needs to be a distinction between paid postings and those I’d make even if I weren’t being paid.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:03:37 +0000

Cool, thanks…but to comment…anyone that reads my blogs knows which ones are PPP entries or not. I’ve never had any complaints, and a few of them actually like seeing the new web site or products I found. I really can’t see the anti-PPP side.

By: Xial Lunashine

Xial Lunashine — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:32:15 +0000

Julie, that’s been fixed. I’m adding people manually, and I’m way the heck behind. ;<

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:38:15 +0000

Hey! I just noticed that you don’t have me linked under the “Posties.”

By: techie

techie — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:48:01 +0000

I started by disclosing on all my posts, but after a few posts I was tired of putting this disclosure. It didn’t bother me at all to disclose that I was paid for the post, but I also didn’t see any reason why I should have to put that on my blog post. It’s one thing if I blogged about something that I didn’t agree with. However, everything I write about is my opinion and so why should I waste my time disclosing anything?

Plus, I think it’s really naive and innapropriate for me to think that my blog readers can’t make a judgement for themselves about products I blog about.