Comments on: “Crazy blogs” and “Cribbing websites”

By: pranav

pranav — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:45:32 +0000

@gaurav

couldnt agree more — companies need to take such consumer complaints as constructive criticism and make their product less sucky (as you put it)..

energy, effort and money being channeled in the wrong way.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:58:30 +0000

Pranav,

I wouldn’t (entirely) blame companies like Value Pitch. They ‘say’ what businesses want to hear. Instead of making the product/service less sucky, businesses try to weed out the ‘cribbers’ and the crazy blogs.

- Gaurav

By: pranav

pranav — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:34:18 +0000

The market and the average user understand these comments for what they are and it will not deter anyone from sharing their user experience

Well said Anindya

By: Anindya

Anindya — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:25:21 +0000

@Pranav,
Point taken.. but, you missed my comment at the end about the “wise”and their money..
I guess my take on this is if a brand manager is “wise” enough to trust the protection of his brand in the hands of these folks, he will soon understand that the market has its ways of punishing those who step out of line.
The market and the average user understand these comments for what they are and it will not deter anyone from sharing their user experience (bad or good).
WTF cares for Value Pitch?

By: pranav

pranav — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:29:17 +0000

@anindya,

I am not being harsh, but just realistic here. I have no qualms with folks trying to capitalize on this opportunity, but if they go about using phrases like “crazy blogs” & “cribbing websites”, some one needs to point out how wrong they are abt it.

By: Anindya

Anindya — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:17:30 +0000

@Pranav:
Ah, but you shd not be too harsh on these online reputation protectors.. just another bunch of entrepeneurs jumping in with a business model and trying to make it work..
and, as for the brand managers.. the wise and their money are soon parted

By: pranav

pranav — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:55:00 +0000

@Rajiv

added you as a crazy blogger too.. about how these folks interpret negative feedback, I’m gonna elaborate that in the next post on the topic.

-p

By: COP

COP — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:48:01 +0000

Yea man… WTFing bullshit..

By: Rajiv Dingra

Rajiv Dingra — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:25:17 +0000

Hi pranav,

Now you are a certified CRAZY Blog according to Value pitch! lolz..

I guess this show’s how these guys have no freaking clue how to do any online reputation management. If I were a client Id be very wary of guys who call my customers (especially the one’s who voice their opinions) CRAZY!

Its sad that one needs to look at negative feedback from these so called crazy bloggers negatively rather than positively.. Anyways.. great post..and you can add WATBlog too to the crazy blog list