Please quit with the continual product pimping

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

I realize that some people here want to get a free copy of some stuff and pimp products. Heck, I do it at times and even get way off technical topics, but this continual repost of the exact same thing is annoying. I realize that the vendor wants you to put up a post on your blog, but geez, the same dry generic post that the vendor gives you is just a little bit too much. We had this problem about 12-18 months ago and it got ugly then. I would accept a product review. If you like the product say so. The same dry advert from the vendor should not be just blindy copied to your blog.

Additional thoughts:

1. If you were involved in writing the product, please post about your involvement, some technical features, and how to develop with it.

2. If you want to try it out for free, that's fine, just remember not to put the post on the main page.

Wally

PS. You may now return to your regularly scheduled development.

5 Comments

Indeed, some people will do anything to get a free ride...

Frans Bouma - Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:52:00 PM

I think the bigger problem is that people post this on the main feed. There's an option to post only on your blog without syndicating it on the main feed or putting it on the weblogs.asp.net page.

I always think the same thing with the "Test - this is a test from my PDA. If you see this, it works..." - go in afterwards and delete it, or at least remove it from the main page - it worked!

Jon Galloway - Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:17:00 PM

Or just don't syndicate the stupid thing. I posted it to my blog too, but I didn't post it to the main page!

Chris Slatt - Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:19:00 PM

Agreed. Please keep the stuff off the main feed.

Wallym - Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10:34:00 PM

I'm so lame - I never caught any of these. What are some products that have gotten pimped?

Bill - Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:52:00 PM

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