Comments on: When is a blog a “fake blog?”

By: Susan Getgood

Susan Getgood — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:47:01 +0000

I agree, it is very much buyer beware… as much as it ever was. I suspect we would even enjoy the parodies and the fictional blogs, if they were clearly labeled as fiction, instead of masquerading as something else. No different than how some of us enjoy films like Spinal Tap (which I love) and Blair Witch (which I never saw) — they use the documentary form but are clearly fictional. A well written blog-like thing that did the same, could be okay, even great. As long as we knew what it was.

By: Yvonne DiVita

Yvonne DiVita — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:37:24 +0000

Fake blogs…blogs without comments turned on…blogs without an About Us page and an obvious contact link…the verdict is still out on the authenticity of these kinds of writing. A blog is a communications tool… citizen publishing. I don’t think we can put restrictions on that. I do think the old adage– buyer beware– is truer than ever. It’s up to the reader to search out the true bloggers, true reporters, true voices, from the not so true, or blatantly fake. IMHO

By: PUSHlogs

PUSHlogs — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:34:21 +0000

Marketing Roadmaps: When is a blog a "fake blog"?

Marketing Roadmaps: When is a blog a “fake blog”?

By: Susan Getgood

Susan Getgood — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:38:06 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Kevin, and for visiting Marketing Roadmaps. I think we will see more and more fictional blogs, as distinct from covert corporate blogs, whether parodies or short stories or novels or whatever. And that’s fine, as long as the reader knows that she is reading something created and crafted to tell a story or make a point. It’s not that different from a historical novel — fictional characters placed in reality to tell the story. I wouldn’t even mind if a company did it, as long as it was honest, and told us, up front: “this is something we thought would entertain you, but these aren’t real people.” And it would help if it was really entertaining and not lame

Covert corporate blogs… that is another story.

By: Kevin Dugan

Kevin Dugan — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:23:29 +0000

“So I’ll make a suggestion… if you want to write a fictional blog, go ahead. Just tell the readers somewhere … like in the “about this blog” link … That’s what we do with books, right. We tell the reader whether they are reading Fiction or Non-fiction.”

Actually, this is perfect. I think this puts a fine point on, and hopefully an end to, the discussion.

Hopefully everyone will “fake off” now?

By: Micro Persuasion

Micro Persuasion — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:21:36 +0000

Someone Will Fake a Fake Blog

Susan Getgood asks