Joel on Bribing Bloggers
Long, long ago I stopped reading Robert Scoble’s blog because I felt something was off with what he wrote about. Well, in truth I thought he was a moral caveman when he tried to get his massive audience to get him a new phone.
(I say some crazy things on this blog, and perhaps I my self am a moral caveman, but this blog has been a good sounding board for me so I just roll with it. If I make mistakes, so be it.)
So now I see that Joel (on Software) has written a blog entry that ruminates on whether it’s ok for bloggers to accept gifts from vendors. The quotes Scoble, who seems to think that vendor gifts are, “an awesome idea.”
Joel eventually decides, for himself, that’s it’s just not worth the risk to his credibility. I feel somehow vindicated by this since I agree with his thinking.
Joel also quotes from my new favorite book, Influence by Dr. Robert Cialdini. Get it from Amazon and make sure that you click on this link!