Thursday, 22 February 2007

Bringing an end to Flogging

Check out TimesOnline from 11 February.

Have you ever wondered if a review of a book on a site such as Amazon.Co.Uk is genuinely from a potential consumer, and not the author? Such deception will be illegal within the European Community from December 31st, when a European Directive makes
“falsely representing oneself as a consumer”
illegal. Perpetrators can be shamed or taken to court. This includes fake blogs - ones set up to sell products surreptitiously.

Since a fake blog sets out to flog you stuff, some are calling them Flogs. i.e. Fake Blog. Some called a food log a Flog, but I think this term may catch on.

I don't know any faking floggers myself, but they should be ashamed of themselves. Roll on Christmas.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

why should they be ashamed of themselves? If people are gullible enough to buy in then why spoil their fun.

Quotidian Hopes said...

Imagine me with a superior grin as I wryly said they should be ashamed.

Floggers may take away my own readers ...

Anonymous said...

Perhaps 'Public Floggin' should come back into society as a result or, even just for the sake for this arguement! I mean wouldn't it be great to see internet floggers publicly punished? You know even like in the good ol' merry days of medievil times?