Comments on: Gizmodo Gives Bloggers a Black Eye http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/ The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:00:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Timothy Sykes - Stock Trader, Author, Entrepreneur » Blog Archive » Gizmodo Is Golden, Screw All You Uptight People! http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-129694 Timothy Sykes - Stock Trader, Author, Entrepreneur » Blog Archive » Gizmodo Is Golden, Screw All You Uptight People! Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:24:35 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-129694 [...] badass prank at CES. Crunchgear said blah blah blah, John Chow, who I normally respect big time says this gives bloggers blah blah blah, Crave [...] [...] badass prank at CES. Crunchgear said blah blah blah, John Chow, who I normally respect big time says this gives bloggers blah blah blah, Crave [...]

]]> By: ColdFusion Ninja » Blog Archive » Gizmodogate: Funny Stuff http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127813 ColdFusion Ninja » Blog Archive » Gizmodogate: Funny Stuff Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:52:22 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127813 [...] first heard about this when reading John Chow’s blog post about it. When I saw 3 words “Gizmodo, Prank, Video” I immediately thought BLAKELEY. [...] [...] first heard about this when reading John Chow’s blog post about it. When I saw 3 words “Gizmodo, Prank, Video” I immediately thought BLAKELEY. [...]

]]> By: JoeTech.com http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127255 JoeTech.com Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:03:28 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127255 I couldn't agree more. It's unbelievable to me that an organized and successful blog like Gizmodo could be that stupid. As I said in my blog, I would have liked to see an open letter to CES, Motorola, any other companies affected, CES visitors affected, and the bloggers of the world. Instead, they would like to just pretend it was no big deal and hope it goes away. I couldn’t agree more. It’s unbelievable to me that an organized and successful blog like Gizmodo could be that stupid. As I said in my blog, I would have liked to see an open letter to CES, Motorola, any other companies affected, CES visitors affected, and the bloggers of the world. Instead, they would like to just pretend it was no big deal and hope it goes away.

]]> By: Jose http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127235 Jose Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:55:43 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127235 Not nice. Not nice.

]]> By: Rekzai http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127211 Rekzai Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:00:32 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127211 Big mistake gizmodo.. Big mistake gizmodo..

]]> By: Knuckles10 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127201 Knuckles10 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:58:56 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127201 Im glad they are getting sued. Its an appropriate action. I mean, think about it. Lets say you were some big company and you had invested millions into the research, development and production of your new product (and all the money for the jobs that go into the whole process). Then of course you have the cost of the expo space. The cost of the expo is worth it because of all the press about the product. So lets say we're demo'ing your new 150 inch TV, you've got the press eating out of your hands and its costed millions to get up to this point. Then, some little shit comes along and turns off your demo screen. It hurts the businesses reputation by giving all watchers "well, if their demo screen broke... must be crap build quality" and all the press are present to pass on the message. All that free press is now gone and it'll cost even more millions just to get the same value out of it. Good on you Gizmodo. Im glad they are getting sued. Its an appropriate action.

I mean, think about it. Lets say you were some big company and you had invested millions into the research, development and production of your new product (and all the money for the jobs that go into the whole process). Then of course you have the cost of the expo space. The cost of the expo is worth it because of all the press about the product.

So lets say we’re demo’ing your new 150 inch TV, you’ve got the press eating out of your hands and its costed millions to get up to this point. Then, some little shit comes along and turns off your demo screen. It hurts the businesses reputation by giving all watchers “well, if their demo screen broke… must be crap build quality” and all the press are present to pass on the message. All that free press is now gone and it’ll cost even more millions just to get the same value out of it. Good on you Gizmodo.

]]> By: Joe Tech » Childish Gizmodo Staffers Make Us Look Bad http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127199 Joe Tech » Childish Gizmodo Staffers Make Us Look Bad Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:25:45 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127199 [...] treated like responsible reporters by CES, decided to “give bloggers a black eye” as John Chow put it, by playing a childish prank with a nifty little tool called TV-B-Gone. Gizmodo proudly provided [...] [...] treated like responsible reporters by CES, decided to “give bloggers a black eye” as John Chow put it, by playing a childish prank with a nifty little tool called TV-B-Gone. Gizmodo proudly provided [...]

]]> By: Alan Johnson http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127170 Alan Johnson Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:53:56 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127170 I highly doubt that they will make a decision which affects all bloggers based on this incident, that would be plain foolish. Ok, they can ban bloggers now, and, if a journalist does something similar next year they can ban them as well. It will be interesting to see who will be covering the event under such circumstances :) Alan Johnson I highly doubt that they will make a decision which affects all bloggers based on this incident, that would be plain foolish. Ok, they can ban bloggers now, and, if a journalist does something similar next year they can ban them as well.

It will be interesting to see who will be covering the event under such circumstances :)

Alan Johnson

]]> By: Liviu Pantea http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127120 Liviu Pantea Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:25:07 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127120 That was really unpleasant :( That was really unpleasant :(

]]> By: Nicholas James http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127099 Nicholas James Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:51:36 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/gizmodo-gives-bloggers-a-black-eye/#comment-127099 Thinks someone in their team will be fired especially, when they told someone to release that comment. What the hell were they thinking :?: Thinks someone in their team will be fired especially, when they told someone to release that comment.
What the hell were they thinking :?:

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