Comments on: George Did a Great Job

By: melaniekissell

melaniekissell — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:03:05 +0000

Trust is at the forefront of everything you do in social media. Social media users are learners, leaders, and influencers that should never succumb to bullies. After all, we teach third graders not to give in to playground bullies, right? Same principle applies here. I support George.

By: melaniekissell

melaniekissell — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:03:05 +0000

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Are Bloggers Going Swag Crazy? | Blog World Expo Blog — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:33:09 +0000

[...] the other hand is a whole other ball game. I was thinking about this the other day after watching Chris Brogan’s video about that ugly little incident between the BlogHer attendee and Croc’s George Smith, Jr. I [...]

By: carriewriter

carriewriter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:14:09 +0000

I think this is another example of social media and blogging being still “new enough,” so that users are still learning best practices, and other “influencers” are still learning boundaries. Even so, this is an ethical situation no matter what the medium, and George was totally correct in holding his ground.

By: TedCoine

TedCoine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:11:07 +0000

Chris, Is this even an issue? Who ISN'T with George? Integrity is all we have. We must guard it with our lives. http://savvycapitalist.blogspot.com

By: richdixon

richdixon — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:54:30 +0000

Tough to judge a spur-of-the-moment reaction, but I'd say he missed the mark. Good that he didn't just cave, which would have been the easy path, but bad that he responded with the same threat. He “won” because he owns a bigger stick, but if threatening is wrong, then it's always wrong. End doesn't justify the means, because the means modifies the end.

By: stevehartkopf

stevehartkopf — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:39:15 +0000

Another (more agressive) tact might have been to take the woman's info so you can ship her a pair of Crocs. Ship the Crocs, because we are honest people, and then explain to the world what she did, by name. She'd get some pub but who cares. It's like reporting a crime, it can be perilous but it's the right thing to do if we want a civil society.

By: havilah

havilah — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:19:51 +0000

We live in a great world as evidenced by all of us coming here to show our support for making the right choices in business. Pretty cool :O)

By: Real Life Sarah

Real Life Sarah — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:08:35 +0000

Ridiculous to equate protest against negligent, property destroying behavior with refusal to give free stuff. Ridiculous.

By: mikemccready

mikemccready — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:02:55 +0000

That's crazy. I can't believe it. Web 2.0 Blackmail. That's worse than SPAM 2.0.

Granted I think social media is a great vehicle for sharing honest and valid negative experiences with companies. Its a way to help keep them in check - hence all these review sites or even review sections on their own website like Amazon.com. But to attempt to make up negative posts about a company in an attempt to gain something is absolutely nuts.

Thanks for sharing this and opening my eyes.