Comments on: The Ethics, Or Lack Thereof, Of Ghost Blogging

By: PR Connection: Ghost Blogging-Is it Ethical? « Michellev21's Blog

PR Connection: Ghost Blogging-Is it Ethical? « Michellev21's Blog — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:33:09 +0000

[...] ***Jason Falls of Social Media Explorer has some great views on ghostblogging. Check out his post-it really puts the issue into perspective! http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/08/21/the-ethics-of-ghost-blogging/ [...]

By: PRCA 3030: TOW 3- Is social media monitoring ethical? «

PRCA 3030: TOW 3- Is social media monitoring ethical? « — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:00:12 +0000

[...] side of the issue is what a company should not do, and that apparently is “ghost blogging”. Jason Falls wrote an interesting blog post about what ghost blogging is. The post stemmed from a talk he had [...]

By: Linzstar | Social Media Management | Ghostblogging | Indianapolis IN

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:21:24 +0000

[...] months back, Jason Falls interviewed me for an article he was doing on the same subject entitled, The Ethics, or Lack Thereof, of Ghost blogging. I would like to mention a few things from this article as well as a quote by me. Doug Karr, an [...]

By: andyswan

andyswan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:07:29 +0000

I'm with you but it seems like the more you discuss it, the more narrow your definition of “ghost blogger” gets…almost to the point of meaninglessness.

BTW Andy Swan did not type this comment but I think it's something he would probably say.

By: The Ethics of Ghost Writting in Politics « Politics Revealed

The Ethics of Ghost Writting in Politics « Politics Revealed — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:56:20 +0000

[...] Falls of social media explorer was recently asked “What do you think about ghost blogging?” This is what he said: [...]

By: The Tagsmanian Devil » Blog Archive » Poisoning the well for EU social media

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:14:28 +0000

[...] firm interns posting fake reviews about iPhone clients. Ghost blogging and tweeting, including by though-leaders in social media. Bloggers not disclosing sponsorship. [...]

By: Can you out-source authenticity? | businessesgrow.com

Can you out-source authenticity? | businessesgrow.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:30:08 +0000

[...] The ethics, of lack thereof, of ghost blogging by Jason Falls [...]

By: CarlosHernandez

CarlosHernandez — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:40:21 +0000

Dear Jason,

I pushed the point to make a point.

As a relative newcomer to the social web, i.e. two years and after having been in the corporate world for 28, I was struck by the blogosphere's writers who kept stressing their value of being authentic and transparent (as compared to the "dark side", for profit world).

It seems that the argument for authenticity and transparency has its holes too and I suspect the economy's state is compelling bloggers to exploit them and hence spinning modes of justification.

The lesson learned for me is that the blogosphere has its own issues similar to the corporate world.

The following New York Times article, "Study Says Ghostwriting Rife in Medical Journals" published on 9/11/09 reminds me that neither side is alone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/business/11gh...

I will be sure to introduce myself to you at BlogWorld '09.

By: CarlosHernandez

CarlosHernandez — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:40:21 +0000

By: Ethics of Ghostwriting Social Media Content | Search and Deploy

Ethics of Ghostwriting Social Media Content | Search and Deploy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:11:00 +0000

[...] another attempt to deal with the ethics of the matter (link pulled from the article cited [...]

By: ronvalarida

ronvalarida — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:52:28 +0000

A lie is simple to define, yet as a whole we have decided that a simple black and white definition cuts too close to the truth so we shy away. Most marketing is simply lying to achieve the goal of making a sale. Case in point, many years ago while working for a large corporation we were looking to purchase some expensive equipment from an overseas company. When we went to view the equipment we asked how many pieces of product this equipment broke or damaged while it was processing the product. They showed us the paper work processed by the employee while running this equipment and all of the data showed that there were no losses counted at this piece of equipment. However when we made the purchase and started using the equipment it damaged and broke over 20% of the product. Why the difference? The company selling the equipment did not count the loss at the piece of equipment, but farther down the line. A lie? Yes. Wrong? Yes. Misdirection in any form is still a lie and still wrong. Just because society accepts a lie, does not change the lie into the truth, nor make it morally acceptable.