Comments on: Lonelygirl15 fouls the watering hole http://www.openthedialogue.com/2006/09/lonelygirl15-fouls-the-watering-hole/ Digital media tools, solutions and strategies from MWW Group Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:11:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: CK http://www.openthedialogue.com/2006/09/lonelygirl15-fouls-the-watering-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-84 CK Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:34:43 +0000 http://staging.zubrcom.net/openthedialogue/?p=159#comment-84 "This isn't just the killing of your own reputation, as is the case with accepting money for blog mentions. This is casting consumer suspicion over an entire media format." Very well said--in fact the entire post is the best summation I've seen yet on Miss Lonely. This "experiment" is nowhere near a boon for we marketers. The only thing that's come from this is more suspicion in a medium espousing authenticity. Lonely girl's antics makes me a sad girl since it will take many moons to repair the trust. Sigh. “This isn’t just the killing of your own reputation, as is the case with accepting money for blog mentions. This is casting consumer suspicion over an entire media format.”

Very well said–in fact the entire post is the best summation I’ve seen yet on Miss Lonely.

This “experiment” is nowhere near a boon for we marketers. The only thing that’s come from this is more suspicion in a medium espousing authenticity.

Lonely girl’s antics makes me a sad girl since it will take many moons to repair the trust.

Sigh.

]]> By: Arnie http://www.openthedialogue.com/2006/09/lonelygirl15-fouls-the-watering-hole/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Arnie Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:56:47 +0000 http://staging.zubrcom.net/openthedialogue/?p=159#comment-83 Chris - I agree. I believe most people are missting the point about Lonelygirl15 and I have not seen it mentioned in very many "responses". IMHO, that point is this -- it is unethical to "market" something as "true life", when it is know to be fiction - and there is a profit motive behind the deception. The secondary problem is, how do you regulate ethics - each person has their own ethical compass - and I believe YouTube has some responsiblity to "react" in some way. Just my two cents. Chris – I agree. I believe most people are missting the point about Lonelygirl15 and I have not seen it mentioned in very many “responses”. IMHO, that point is this — it is unethical to “market” something as “true life”, when it is know to be fiction – and there is a profit motive behind the deception.

The secondary problem is, how do you regulate ethics – each person has their own ethical compass – and I believe YouTube has some responsiblity to “react” in some way. Just my two cents.

]]>