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Started by LakeNeuron · 11 months ago

I stated in the last post that I disapprove of the programs in which people are paid to blog about a particular business, deceptively, as if it were unsolicited praise. I do; I think they’re sleazy. However, I do want to clarify that I have no problems with people, including me ... Continue reading »

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  • And I hear you here, too. I have no problem with telling how much you like something (I buy a lot of things based on other people's recommendations) or having an Amazon.com link or the like...but it's those fakey posts made up just to advertise something that annoy me.
    Goodness knows I've plugged BlueBell Ice Cream enough that they should pay me for it ;), and I am actually a volunteer (not paid) advocate for Advanced Bionics cochlear implants, so I mention them from time to time (but more on my CI blog, http://stereophonicbionic.blogspot.com/ ). If you go to their corporate webpage and locate their blogs, they actually link to one of my blogs there (still not paid, but I like the attention I get from being on that webpage ;) ). I draw the line, however, at advertising things I don't even know anything about just for money...people don't come to my blog to read that junk! :)

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