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Either way Rob, we'd love for you to get in touch to let us know if this is an official GSM Association critique or not.
I wrote at least 3 responses that I deleted before heading out for a calming sandwich :-)
All your Disqus are belong to Ewan!
I called the GSMA's London reception and they hadn't heard of him, which is good for him really as if he did work there I'd have popped by for an impromptu chat as they are just around the corner :)
<pops on tinfoil hat>
‘journalists not to contacted with a good scoop’.
isnt that 'not to contact ....
or 'not to be contacted ...
[shakes head in shame]
Regards,
Mike Davis
A web development pro..... err wait....
I do think this might raise the issue of right to anonymity (in workplace, if not name. his comment was under his Disqus profile name).
For example: I might post comments here that 'the management' ;-) might take issue with. I might even go way beyond what's considered acceptable. That's what moderators are for. However, in posting something that rubs the MIR cat up the wrong way, does this mean MIR folk can ring up my workplace or publish its name/location, in what *could* be perceived as some sort of counter-strike?
Such an action could bring to an organisation's attention employee views that they may not want to have linked with themselves, and disciplinary action could follow. e.g. Rob Conway (CEO) of the GSMA seeing this as a potential PR nightmare (for example, had 'Rob Preston' been outed as a GSMA staffer having publicly bagged Vodafone's roaming policy or stood up for something Viv Reding said, the proverbial could hit the fan and dismissal could result).
While this is most likely all a storm in a PR cup, I think MIR commenters should be aware of the house rules in commenting, as should MIR staffers.
Me - I'd think the safest thing would be for nothing like IP addresses to be revealed publicly. I don't believe (could be wrong) this info was visible to anyone except the MIR staff, and thus should have remained confidential.
£0.02.
/m
I think it's safe to say that if the extent of your "contribution" is to tell us how crap you are then you're asking for trouble*
(*trouble to be defined by a future "MIR Terms of Service" document).
There is an element in me that gets frustrated that I can't see who flamers are (especially on Youtube) and sometimes I'd like to give them serious verbal abuse in return, but ultimately i make my own mind up whether they have a good or ridiculous point. Being loyal and rallying around a bloggers opinion is one thing, but aggressively 'outing' someone who disagrees by following up on their IP address is a bit like a modern day witch hunt on a 'nay sayer'.
...and I distinctly heard him say 'nay' in Episode 37 (about 10 minutes in).
He's a witch! Burn him!
Jeez..
Scary because:
* As a PR person Rob doesn't understand the etiquette of online
* As a PR person Rob clearly doesn't know what a blog is or who bloggers are
* As a PR person Rob hasn't heard of MIR ;-)
Not sure if I buy the 'none IP address disclosure'. If you're going to be a troll (or in this case a sockpuppet) then why shouldn't you call them out?
Increasingly it is the views of opinion formers on the web that are helping to shape the strategic direction of the industry (so writes a 10 year mobile strategy veteran). Traditional PR “experts” are struggling to comprehend and manage this change, refusing to acknowledge that the landscape is shifting in favour of specialists such as MIR.
It’s great to see Ewan and team challenging the status quo and not simply regurgitating press releases – keep it up. Mobile Industry Who? That’ll be the leading mobile industry blog site that attracts 30k more readers than copies of the Independent newspaper are sold every day…
a lot of crap is written about how blogging is changin the world, changing mainstream media, etc. 80 percent of it is utter boll*cks.
....but don't underestimate the influence that the collected wisdom here has on MSM tech journo's. Sites like MIR, AAS etc are at the cutting edge of mobile geekery, but the stuff anguished over and debated here will filter into the masses. Underpaid and overstretched MSM journos need feeds and leads...and what better place to pick up the mobile zeitgeist than here? Thus it's wise to keep a weather eye on Ewan, Rafe & Co.
And if that weather eye happens to pick up a post, or an opinon, or a theory, and runs with it into the MSM world, then indeed the bloggos will have changed things.
/m
It's all a matter of personal opinion.
I won't make any assumptions about your knoweldge/experience. Just saying ;)
I'm so googling him...
He's just hard to get a hold of, but always friendly and willing to listen when you do.
Screw you, Preston!