{"id":372,"date":"2007-11-30T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgillin.com\/2007\/11\/egads-i%e2%80%99ve-been-strumpetted.html"},"modified":"2007-11-30T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-30T20:39:00","slug":"egads-i%e2%80%99ve-been-strumpetted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/egads-i%e2%80%99ve-been-strumpetted\/","title":{"rendered":"Egads! I\u2019ve been Strumpetted!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The folks at the snarky PR blog Strumpette apparently took issue with my column on Bulldog Reporter this week in which I listed the Five Stupid Reasons to Avoid Social Media<\/a>. They dressed me up in scarecrow clothes and exposed me for the straw man that I am. <\/span>I think I’ll make this my next Halloween costume. Just don\u2019t light a match. <\/p>\n

You can read their review yourself<\/a> and see if it makes any sense to you. <\/span>A free, signed copy of The New Influencers<\/a> goes to the best interpretation of what the author is trying to say.<\/p>\n

As far as I can tell, they believe my piece is opinion masquerading as fact. <\/span>They’re right that it\u2019s opinion. It doesn’t pretend to be anything else. <\/span>I also think they were offended by the headline, which is understandable. <\/span>The title was meant to attract attention, and it appears to been successful in that capacity, at least with the folks at Strumpette. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

I’m not put out because Strumpette is number 8,062 on Technorati <\/a>while I’m a lowly 23,128. I actually like the site and think it does a good job of poking a stick in the eye of the Web 2.0 zealots. But character assassination isn’t a great way to make your point. Clear, well-organized writing is, and that is woefully absent in this garbled mess of a critique. I’m more than willing to debate, but I have to first understand what my opponent is trying to say.<\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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