Comments on: Mad Crowd Media, The Concluding Post http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:31:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: backpacking philippines http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-134863 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:10:56 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-134863 I was late to learn about this issue due to my spotty dsl connection lately paid advertisements, common to mainstream media, is now the norm, not the exception. I still read some of them but taken with a grain of salt. Misleading many people indeed still unaware of the "normal" advertising world. Not all media people are like that though. There are still true journalists out there making a difference against unethical writers. Photography also has that problem. Photojournalists sticking with a strict no photo manipulation against some photographers using photoshop on models to achieve perfect pictures or food photographers taking pictures of fake food that looks so diffrent from the real food served to customers. again, taken with a grain of salt I adhere to no paid reviews policy on my blog, but I rely on Adsense and banners to earn a little on the side. I need money to travel :P I'm one of those bloggers always ranting about those payola-ridden lifestyle shows on tv and print media, now i see them on blogs :( I was late to learn about this issue due to my spotty dsl connection lately

paid advertisements, common to mainstream media, is now the norm, not the exception. I still read some of them but taken with a grain of salt. Misleading many people indeed still unaware of the “normal” advertising world. Not all media people are like that though. There are still true journalists out there making a difference against unethical writers.

Photography also has that problem. Photojournalists sticking with a strict no photo manipulation against some photographers using photoshop on models to achieve perfect pictures or food photographers taking pictures of fake food that looks so diffrent from the real food served to customers. again, taken with a grain of salt

I adhere to no paid reviews policy on my blog, but I rely on Adsense and banners to earn a little on the side. I need money to travel :P

I’m one of those bloggers always ranting about those payola-ridden lifestyle shows on tv and print media, now i see them on blogs :(

]]> by: ems http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-134781 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:53:20 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-134781 thank you for making a very strong stand on this issue, and speaking out. it's when people like you do this that us readers remain confident in the blogs that we read. thank you for making a very strong stand on this issue, and speaking out. it’s when people like you do this that us readers remain confident in the blogs that we read.

]]> by: corrrine http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-132417 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:11:41 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-132417 "That new media had different rules. Excuse me for wondering how technology would change the concept of right or wrong…" A thousand "AMENS" to this, MM. How could it? Never! Also, one can just imagine how organizations and their ad agencies should rack their brains to respond to that thought provoking article in Newsweek dated June 13, 2005 entitled, "The end of Ads?" Did it ever occur to them that the reason why MM has a large following because aside from the good quality of content, his blog has no ads? It's like watching tv without the ads...heaven! “That new media had different rules. Excuse me for wondering how technology would change the concept of right or wrong…”
A thousand “AMENS” to this, MM. How could it? Never!

Also, one can just imagine how organizations and their ad agencies should rack their brains to respond to that thought provoking article in Newsweek dated June 13, 2005 entitled, “The end of Ads?” Did it ever occur to them that the reason why MM has a large following because aside from the good quality of content, his blog has no ads? It’s like watching tv without the ads…heaven!

]]> by: xkwzt http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-132412 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:29:49 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-132412 Shooting off on a tangent-- the rant was effective because it was crafted with organized thought, was well-phrased, and provided sufficient documentation. Nevermind the rabble-rousing rants of other blogs which provide a quick haha in one's long day; I think your intelligent audience appreciated that you gave voice to a common frustration. Sometimes I think it's not the fervor that's lacking in us, but the eloquence and the fluency to bleed color and breathe life into the passions that beat within. And you, MM, have creative juices flowing madly every which way; and we truly adore you for it. Shooting off on a tangent– the rant was effective because it was crafted with organized thought, was well-phrased, and provided sufficient documentation. Nevermind the rabble-rousing rants of other blogs which provide a quick haha in one’s long day; I think your intelligent audience appreciated that you gave voice to a common frustration. Sometimes I think it’s not the fervor that’s lacking in us, but the eloquence and the fluency to bleed color and breathe life into the passions that beat within. And you, MM, have creative juices flowing madly every which way; and we truly adore you for it.

]]> by: wewe http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-132362 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:41:47 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mad-crowd-media-the-concluding-post#comment-132362 hello MM, i am a big fan of your blog and the one thing that i like about it is that it is not littered with advertising. it presents an honest-to-goodness opinion about food. i hate food blogs that are filled with advertising spaces which take half the space of the blog instead of the blog subject itself. congratulations for being true to yourself. you truly inspire us new foodies out there who are starting our own food blog as well. may God bless you and your family. hello MM,

i am a big fan of your blog and the one thing that i like about it is that it is not littered with advertising. it presents an honest-to-goodness opinion about food. i hate food blogs that are filled with advertising spaces which take half the space of the blog instead of the blog subject itself.

congratulations for being true to yourself. you truly inspire us new foodies out there who are starting our own food blog as well. may God bless you and your family.

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