Comments on: No Disclosure Necessary

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:04:35 +0000

This seems to have become a lively conversation. And quite funny as well. I’m getting popcorn and sitting back to read all the comments.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:22:45 +0000

Please don’t give porn distributors and scam artists any ideas.

Um, do I sound worried?

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:12:20 +0000

Rant away! Take up as much space as you’d like any time! As you said, I think that’s why blogs were invented.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:08:36 +0000

I think bloggers should put up guidelines that say: “If the FTC doesn’t use clear language, it must pay a fine of $1,000 and a Snuggie to every blogger who writes reviews.”

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:53:43 +0000

Not only does the Fiat come with a bucket of wings, I’ll throw in two breakfast burritos if you test-drive today.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:47:09 +0000

A week ago, I was using the teeth-whitening product. That's how I discovered it was a scam. It turned out to be Shout stain remover in a tray and made my breath smell like dirty laundry.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:39:27 +0000

I do appreciate what the FTC does and would rather have them around than not. I just don’t like nonsensical things which cause mass anxiety among people who are writing out of sheer passion and for no monetary gains.

I agree with you re: the sheeze mongers! (Like Shell, I’m stealing your “sheeze.”)

By: Reader#9

Reader#9 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:13:24 +0000

The internet is basically the wild west all over again. There’s not much you can do. It is too vast to try and regulate and I pity the idiots who try. They might have a few small victories, but it’s a losing battle. Bloggers, hackers, scam artists and porn distributors will always be the ones with any kind of power. If they combined their forces as some sort of union or society (something like BLOCKER CON) they would be unstoppable.

What I’m think I am rambling on about here is that I wouldn’t worry about it, PCN.

By: GMR

GMR — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:08:55 +0000

LOL. Your posts are always so fun…and yet informative! It’s nice to hear this whole FTC thing clearing itself up. I will still list the line stating where I received the book from if it was somewhere other than my TBR pile…mountain…box…(you get the point)….but it’s definitely a weight off the shoulders of many that would have listed something a lot more long winded. For crying out loud, IT’S A BLOG! They are suppose to be places you can rant, you can rave (hey, is that what I’m doing now?)…you can basically put what you want. Most bloggers either put the time in to make a personal review or they put up a quoted summary from the jacket (etc.)…regardless of how they got the book, I agree with you….you can tell the “rockers” from the “fakers”. (Whew, done now! Sorry for occupying SOO much comment space!) =0)

By: Jen Forbus

Jen Forbus — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:57:11 +0000

I wish they’d make up their minds about what they want to do for crying out loud!! LOL Good lord!