Comments on: Ape-Brained Bloggers Are Getting on My Nerves (and Wal-Mart’s) http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/01/ape-brained-bloggers-are-getting-on-my-nerves-and-wal-marts.html The Idea Grove is a full-service agency specializing in public relations, marketing and Web design. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kalisah http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/01/ape-brained-bloggers-are-getting-on-my-nerves-and-wal-marts.html/comment-page-1#comment-543 kalisah Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:45:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=539#comment-543 When you're that big, people are desperate to drag you down. Remember Target, last holiday season (04) when they decided not to have Salvation Army bell ringers? <br/><br/>Never mind that Target gives millions of its earnings to charity every day of the year. <br/><br/>Bloggers do propigate the outrage, b/c everyone's looking for an audience. Everyone wants to break something big and new, ethics be damned. When you’re that big, people are desperate to drag you down. Remember Target, last holiday season (04) when they decided not to have Salvation Army bell ringers?

Never mind that Target gives millions of its earnings to charity every day of the year.

Bloggers do propigate the outrage, b/c everyone’s looking for an audience. Everyone wants to break something big and new, ethics be damned.

]]> By: Michael http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/01/ape-brained-bloggers-are-getting-on-my-nerves-and-wal-marts.html/comment-page-1#comment-541 Michael Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=539#comment-541 Scott,<br/>Excellent post about some ax-grinding and not-so-common-sense posts. Wal-Mart is an easy target for people who want to jump to conclusions without using common sense. The example of other movie search titles linking to unrelated topics proves that Wal-Mart isn't corporately racist. (Unless that was just a lie!)<br/>It is posts like those that attack Wal-Mart that really gives bloggers a reputation of being uncivilized, unprofessional and nothing short of a mob.<br/>Mike Scott,
Excellent post about some ax-grinding and not-so-common-sense posts. Wal-Mart is an easy target for people who want to jump to conclusions without using common sense. The example of other movie search titles linking to unrelated topics proves that Wal-Mart isn’t corporately racist. (Unless that was just a lie!)
It is posts like those that attack Wal-Mart that really gives bloggers a reputation of being uncivilized, unprofessional and nothing short of a mob.
Mike

]]> By: Robert http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/01/ape-brained-bloggers-are-getting-on-my-nerves-and-wal-marts.html/comment-page-1#comment-539 Robert Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:52:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=539#comment-539 While I do not disagree with you, it is understandable that this is happening.<br/><br/>Wal-Mart is viewed by many as a southern company. So, there is the inclination (by some) to apply the racist stereotype, for instance. It is unfair.<br/><br/>A similar incident happened about a year ago (November 29th, 2004) regarding Target/Amazon and <a HREF="http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2004/11/29/target-is-not-having-a-good-month/" REL="nofollow">the quirks of a database driven Web site</a>.<br/><br/>I guess one thing that this does highlight for online retailers is the myriad of potential semantic algorithm-caused (item mapping process) problems that may arise. And, blogs give everyone a voice. Some of those voices are like fingernails on a chalkboard. While I do not disagree with you, it is understandable that this is happening.

Wal-Mart is viewed by many as a southern company. So, there is the inclination (by some) to apply the racist stereotype, for instance. It is unfair.

A similar incident happened about a year ago (November 29th, 2004) regarding Target/Amazon and the quirks of a database driven Web site.

I guess one thing that this does highlight for online retailers is the myriad of potential semantic algorithm-caused (item mapping process) problems that may arise. And, blogs give everyone a voice. Some of those voices are like fingernails on a chalkboard.

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