Disclosing the Double Standard

July 22nd, 2008

Pat Phelan is upset.

He is mad that a videoblogger is getting paid…and not disclosing it.

Pat, don’t fret. It is not worth it my man. I am not sure when everyone decided that the Internet was pure and full of goodness; that the purveyors of it followed some sort of golden path of righteousness.

Honestly, I assume that everyone is getting paid (in some way, shape or form) to write online. It might be cash, it might be in gaining connections, it might be indirectly through a sale consummated as a result of someone “finding you” online. Pat, this is not an attack on you, I know you do not take direct advertisers on your blog, but how many people have you met, befriended, had write about you, your company, your products and services as a result of your writing online? You might not be getting paid directly, but your efforts are indirectly rewarded.

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