Comments on: Plausible Deniability Just Doesn’t Cut It Mr Arrington

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2007 in Review » ColoradoStartups.com — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:10:45 +0000

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By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:26:28 +0000

Duncan I think if Michael hadn’t been so ambiguous in his first post on the subject, and preferably he had posted before the event in some way (or the organisers) things would have played out differently.
I would think half the exhibitors have appeared on Techcrunch in the past or their competitors, and a chunk of them are past or potential advertisers.

Mikes initial message, if it had been the whole story, would suggest that even his likeness was used without permission.

It is pretty much water under the bridge now… Ricks post cleared up a lot of what happened, though I don’t agree he should take 100% of the blame.

By: David Cohen

David Cohen — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:13:14 +0000

Let me just add that while (as you pointed out) I was expecting Mike to be there, that this was just based on the agenda posted for blog world, not from any direct communication from mike.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:27:32 +0000

You naughty bloggers lol. Mike Arrington is a good guy. Leave him alone!

He did not forget. He was to busy interviewing senator McCain. Of course I am disappointed in the interview, I would love to hear what senator thinks of Pornotube. I hope Mike gets a chance to interview all of them. So one more time, please leave Mike alone.

;)

By: Jordan Mitchell

Jordan Mitchell — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:22:17 +0000

I think Mike is a straight shooter. It doesn’t resonate with me that he had some sort of motive in manipulation here.

If the blogosphere is looking for drama/conspiracy, then perhaps consider the benefit Rick/BlogWorld received by *announcing* Arrington’s presence — surely that alone drove many other speakers, exhibitors and attendees.

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Reminder: Think before you blog - - mathewingram.com/work — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:37:09 +0000

[...] the ones in Tony’s comment section at Deep Jive Interests) and conspiracy theories about link-bait. In the end, conference organizer Rick Calvert set the story straight by explaining how confusion [...]

By: Deep Jive Interests » BlogExpo’s Mea Culpa Puts “Forgot-Gate” To Rest. I Hope.

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:01:26 +0000

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By: Duncan

Duncan — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:39:02 +0000

Actually Andy
Michael never once told me he was going: the BlogWorldExpo people told me he was going and it was in this context as part of a long conversation which is not included in your quote. It’s entirely unfair to quote what I’ve written out of its full context to use it in one that its doesn’t apply to.

As for TechCrunch gaining from exposure, you’ll have to forgive me but if it wasn’t for this current debate, the spam I received and my personal (now resolved I’d note) issue with Rick Calvert I would never had known the event was on. I’m really struggling to recall anything at all I’ve read about it in my 300 odd feeds I read every day, until of course this point on Michael’s attendance. Please put a little bit more perspective on this: most of BlogWorldExpo’s audience isn’t TechCrunch’s main audience, and it’s not even on the radar on my reading list. I can’t speak for Michael but I know that he reads a lot less than I do because he’s a lot more time poor: simply he wouldn’t have known about the use of his name prior to this…heck, aside from me being told by someone involved in the expo that Michael was speaking I wouldn’t have known, and I certainly had zero idea that it was some sort of major keynote etc.

End of the day if Michael said he’d see what he could do, and it wasn’t resolved that’s not a confirmation. There’s even a Facebook invite decline prior to the event with Michaels name on it.

If anything there’s been a communications breakdown that leads to the organization of this event, nothing more: how hard would it have been to ring the week before to confirm attendance for example? If it was my conference I would have :-)

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:06:00 +0000

Wait a minute… MA has a staff of writers … heck, he’s even hired a CEO for his blog and yet… he hasn’t bothered to hire a PA!! (Hint: When you’re only able to read 10% of your email… it’s time for a PA or a VA… and a new “private” email address!)

I know they say that there’s no such thing as bad press… but this could very well be the exception to the rule.

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Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:55:06 +0000

[...] Andy Beard has a good post on the whole saga. He mentions some aspects of Michael’s denials which do not quite jell, such as the excuse [...]