Is it me, or is all this social media making me grumpy?
Today I've had someone who sent me a message on Facebook in order to try and sell their creative design services as well as a researcher from one of the UK media databases wanting to list me as a blogger in their database so that PRs can spam me.
In these two instances, I think I have a good case for being grumpy. Firstly, it's against Facebook's Terms of Use to use the platform for unauthorised advertising. Secondly, I'd rather someone read my blog before spamming me (and notice that I actually work for one of the biggest PR firms in the world) rather than just get my details from a database.
I think it's going to take an industry-wide effort to stamp out bad practice in blogger relations, rather than a single vendor adding bloggers to their databases. I'm waiting to hear what they intend to do to any of their customers who ignore bloggers' preferences. I'd bet they won't get their accounts cancelled.
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