Comments on: When Good Bloggers Go Bad?

By: Gerard McGarry

Gerard McGarry — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:57:02 +0000

No, I think conference organisers and media outlets treat blogs and other publishers on a case by case basis. If the publisher is also an influencer, then it makes sense to invite them along.

If Gizmodo screw up one year, does that mean Engadget will be tarred with the same brush? I don’t think so.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:00 +0000

I don’t think it’ll have a big effect on bloggers as a whole. Bloggers being invited to CES? perhaps. Their blog? definitely.

But while I’d heard of Gizmodo occasionally I don’t think they can really be used as any kind of standard.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:30:01 +0000

They didn’t just turn-off someone’s annoying TV. They turned off TVs being used for a presentation. Killing TVs showing Fox News is one thing. Ruining a presentation is another.

They’ve been banned from CES for life, by the way.
http://digg.com/tech_news/Giz_Banned_for_Life_from_CES_and_Loving_It

By: Elaine Vigneault

Elaine Vigneault — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:23:21 +0000

It was harmless. Seriously, who got hurt? NO ONE.
And TVs are annoying pests. They ought to be turned off.

That gadget has been around for years. If TV manufactures want to keep TVs on, they can figure out a way to bypass the gadget.

By: Think Like An SOB

Think Like An SOB — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:19:30 +0000

Ok, I have to admit that them messing with presentations was just wrong! But that put aside, it makes me go, how come I never thought of that? It would have been funny as hell to see a whole wall of monitors go blank and the techs trying to figure out what went wrong.

By: Daniel Stout

Daniel Stout — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:43:43 +0000

It seemed a pretty minor prank. A few turned off TVs is an inconvenience but nothing more — even at CES. It’s interesting to see the reactions on various blogs though. It’s basically a litmus test that shows whether you have a sense of humor or not.

By: Nickie

Nickie — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:48:06 +0000

I can see the humor on one hand, but on the other, blogs are still looked down uppon. This kind of behavior won’t help the fight to be taken seriously at events like this. There’s a big difference between the parties in the evening at conferences and events and the business of the day. That’s based on what I’ve seen at other conferences. So there’s a time and a place and I don’t think that was either.

By: Vincent McBurney

Vincent McBurney — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:18:47 +0000

Most of the people complaining about this stunt were in no way impacted by it. They need to get a life, or a sense of humour. Some people found this funny, it created a lot of free publicity for the show, it brought a lot of readers to Gizmodo. Mission accomplished. Gizmodo will get heaps more invitations after this.

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:57:24 +0000

Childish, not funny, not cool. All of those vendors went through a lot of work and preparation for their CES presentations. I’m sorry to hear gizmodo behaved like 13 year olds. Gizmodo would do well to keep in mind the saying “don’t sh*t where you eat.” Will their behavior affect blogger invitations to CES?…no, I don’t think so.

By: Minic Rivera

Minic Rivera — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:41:44 +0000

Cool prank BUT for someone like me who requests for accreditation in certain tech events…

By: Rhys

Rhys — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:29:57 +0000

Hilarious!

I don’t think Gizmodo will be invited back. We’ll see if it bites them on the bum.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:55:16 +0000

I want one of those TV-Be-Gone devices (or a Ninja Remote). Basically they can turn-off any TV. You push the off button and the device cycles through all of the known turn-off codes. I hate seeing Faux (Fox) news on all over the place, and it would be great to have the power to covertly turn-off the TVs.

That said, I don’t advocate what Gizmodo did. You can bet that people will make a big deal of it, and basically say you can’t trust bloggers as much as “real” journalists (or something like that).

By: Leighton Cooke

Leighton Cooke — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:57:01 +0000

Bad taste=good publicity?

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:25:43 +0000

Of all the things going on in this world, choosing subjects like this to get riled up about just blows my mind. If we put as much attention into real problems as we do into inconsequential stuff like this, we might actually accomplish something as human beings.

Immature? Absolutely. Relevent? No.

By: Jason Cartwright

Jason Cartwright — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:25:54 +0000

Not sure it effects other bloggers, but if I were CES organisers, I’d certainly be inclined to prevent them from attending again.

One things for sure their IR TV remotes will be banned and ceased at the door next year.

By: Ninja Steve

Ninja Steve — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:28:24 +0000

I don’t find anything wrong with that. As long as nobody else looked stupid, then its fine.

By: Dr.Mani

Dr.Mani — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:16:18 +0000

Well, they’re in good company! Steve Wozniak details how he did something like it at college in his autobiography, “iWoz”.

Of course, he didn’t get caught – or confess until years later, when it didn’t matter.

Half a lesson learned, maybe?!

All success
Dr.Mani

By: PropertyFag

PropertyFag — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:05:53 +0000

Talk about overreacting…

The joke wasn’t funny, but people need to chill out.

By: CompuWorld

CompuWorld — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:19:52 +0000

don’t take me otherwise Darren but sometimes it feels like you post few articles just to let people leave comments and increase the interaction in your blog.

I found two mistakes in this post. Looks like you were in a hurry?

By: Jon Moss

Jon Moss — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:38:40 +0000

Hmmm…. fine on the show floor once or twice, but disrupting a press conference? Not fair, not nice, childish and just plain mean. That poor chap presenting must have been mortified.

I am sure there are plenty of people who have spoken at big events, and it is a nerve-racking affair at the best of times and this could really throw you off.

So, Gizmodo – wise up and don’t be such jerks.