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I guess Forbes [bugmenot]; the otherwise intelligent business magazine has gotten the IIPM bug or is it just good’ol satire, as TechDirt supposes. Hate and denounce everything that you cannot control and especially so, if it doesn’t say good things about you. I can understand why IIPM is pissed off at the blogosphere but Forbes? Has corporate America been feeding them with blogger-frustration stories?
Bloggers have been fired from their job by employers for writing about certain information that they didn’t wish to be seen in the public. Some proprietary, other simply amusing, closing of ‘information asymmetry’ gap is not easily tolerated in the business world because their existence depends on that simple economics term. Imagine if someone maintained a constantly-updated list of common grocery items in a particular section of a city for the benefit of consumers. You wouldn’t have to buy something more expensive from Target just because you happened to be there and do not know how much would the same thing cost in Walmart [excessive generalization; I know that they tend to serve different demographics and the question of image also is real].
But bloggers have similarly put out information which otherwise wouldn’t be easily available and not everyone is happy about it. Generally, you see extreme reactions of denial and counter-arguments if the accusations are true for e.g. the IIPM legal notices. No one thanks the bloggers when they write a good review or praise someone. Bloggers do not expect monetary compensation for writing a favorably review of the book they just read or a movie they saw. Just as the word-of-mouth ‘good’ publicity helps the businesses talked about; the negative reviews are bound to make a difference too.
I cannot comprehend why companies or institutions would go after a community that is now 20-million strong and comprises largely of people that are most likely to use their products or services. Peer-opinion in blogger community is stronger than ever. Instead of shooting the messenger, why not make your product “kick ass”? Kicking bloggers’ asses is just going to come back and bite you in the ass. Ask Arindham Chaudhari. Alright, that’s it! That was the fourth ass-inine term I used consecutively.
by Patrix | on Monday, October 31st, 2005 at 3:00 pm | 
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November 1st, 2005 at 7:01 am reply
how did you do the blogroll thing? cool …
November 2nd, 2005 at 3:58 pm reply
I can understand why IIPM is pissed off at the blogosphere but Forbes?
Maybe Forbes is not pissed off by blogs but merely stating facts. I found that particular statement very true.
November 4th, 2005 at 10:51 am reply
Prerona, which one are you talking about?
AAA, Guess you never have seen the Tsunami Help and Katrina Info blogs. Ask Howard Dean what he thinks of blogs. Microsoft actually encourages its employee to blog. Others are following suit. So whom does Forbes represent exactly?