Comments on: TiVo PayPerPost Update: Program Killed

By: hdtivo

hdtivo — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:37:31 +0000

>Let�s chalk this up to not knowing any better.

Yeah, you can chalk up a heck of alot of what TiVo does to not knowing any better.

By: Jose Alvear

Jose Alvear — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:52:23 +0000

I applaud Tiv for dropping PayPerPost. Let’s chalk this up to not knowing any better. I wonder, however, how Tivo didn’t know about the bad feelings that many people have for PayPerPost. Are they that out of touch with the blogosphere?

By: Chris Heuer

Chris Heuer — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:55:37 +0000

Why is it that so many seemingly smart ‘posties’ (ie, the people who love getting paid to shill for companies without honestly disclosing they are getting paid to do so) continue to misunderstand basic definitions of simple words. For your edification and others, here is the definition http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tactic

Mr. Dew – its not like other other marketing tactics if you are not very clear about the fact that it is a paid advertisement. People know the difference between commercials and tv shows, but they don’t know the difference between a bog post written by a raving fan and one written by some postie who is just doing it for the money, not out of love for the product/service.

And before you ask, no, your disclosure GIF does not adequately count towards fair and ethical disclosure – if it did, it would be machine readable text that would be searchable by Google, not a GIF image.

By: hdtivo

hdtivo — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:12:30 +0000

Such a great lack of knowledge of ethics abounds.

By: dew

dew — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:55:26 +0000

How is it a “tactic” when having people create videos or advertisements for you? It’s just like any other marketing or advertising.

By: Chris Heuer

Chris Heuer — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:12:49 +0000

As I said, I don’t think trusted brands should use PayPerPost tactics – that has nothing to do with whether any of them are doing so today – if you disagree, I would love to hear a real comment refuting that perspective, explaining why they should do so, rather than generically calling BS.

By: alex

alex — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:49:43 +0000

BS. Tons of “well trusted, high value brands” are using PayPerPost “tactics”. I hate statements like that. It’s so generic and general.

By: Chris Heuer

Chris Heuer — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:37:10 +0000

I love Tivo – very sorry their folks weren’t better informed about how this would be perceived – I honestly don’t think that well trusted, high value brands should use a PayPerPost tactic ever. Be real, encourage gennuine storytelling by making it easier for people to get information about the company. Join the conversation via more blogging and continue to participate in the user communities…