Not interested in gossip.
Don’t read gossip blogs. Any of them.
Boring.
What people do is far more interesting to me than who they may be doing.
People publicly standing up for what they believe in and taking responsibility for their actions. Now, that’s interesting.
Update: Go to infOpinions and New Millenium PR for the best posts to-date on the recent PR gossip blog. I can’t possibly say it any better so I won’t even try.
2d Update: I was really trying to NOT write about this PR gossip blog apparently originating in Chicago, but I’ve failed. It still won’t be any better than Robert’s and Andrea’s (above) but what the hell.
I’ve been having a bit of a "comment-sation" over at Below the Fold about this, and I finally got a clear picture about why I disliked both the concept and the execution of this blog. It’s not the potshots that are the problem. The target of the nastiness is a big boy and I’m sure he can handle it. In fact, he did, with incredible grace, in this post.
And I like snark. Have been known to write a snarky post myself from time to time.
What turns me off here? Three things. First, the anonymity. Take your shots in public, please. Second, take a shot at an A-lister, fine, but make it about something of substance. A fake office pool on when he might "separate" from his employer? Not so interesting to me. Others may like gossip. To each his/her own.
And finally, the persona. Not a terribly positive image of professional women, and forgive me for stating what should be obvious, but women DO care about that. And men should too.
I know some people like the idea of a blog that humorously deconstructs the PR industry. If "rhymes with Smurfette" (well done, Steve) does that for you, enjoy. I’ll be reading something else.
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Susan Getgood chose the high road on her Marketing Roadmaps blog. She justifiably takes issue with Strumpette’s persona…
Susan,
I’m with you on why this blog is bothersome. John Wagner wrote a post about the two camps, and it seems you and I are in the same one. Good company.
Susan;
Ecellent post on this issue. I have been refusing to talk about it on my blog, call it my silent protest. Which of couse isn’t so silent since I have been commenting everywhere. Ah well, I may give up before the day is done.
Thanks. I was going to ignore it too, and then I just got fed up. Too many people weren’t getting how truly damaging the “hooker“ stereotype is to women.