There used to be a post here.
I removed it because the company it was about (which the post praised, by the way) asked me to. Actually, they asked me to remove a lot of stuff from this blog that pertained to them. Logos, images, etc.
This kind of reminds me of FedEx’s deal with the furniture, only worse, because while Jose Avila’s brush with FedEx had to do with an “alternate” uses for FedEx boxes, I only said nice things about this particular company. I presented them and their products in a positive light. I encouraged readers of this blog to find out more about them.
So much for that.
So here you go. All images or your products have been removed. all marks and logos have been removed. Any links to your sites have been deleted. I did this gladly because to be featured on this blog is a privilege you obviously do not deserve.
Good riddance.
Some companies get it, and others don’t.
Update: hey look, I am using this post as a mule for this image. (Now it serves a purpose again.)
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Boo. Yah.
Well damn.
Yeah. It was a good piece, and they asked me to take it down. It was… bizarre.
Too little too late. I hate it that I missed the “who” of the original post. But makes for a heck of post even without the “subject”. But it does raise questions about freedom of speech etc. Did you feel like you had to honor their requests or did you just do it not wanting to waste the time and energy fighting about it?
About a year ago, I did a negative post but never mentioned any names, company, or industry. But the COMPANY in question apparently was a reader of my blog and sent me a scathing email threatening legal action if said anything negative about them. We had a pissing contest via email. I won of course.
In this case, it didn’t come to legal action. They couldn’t rightly sue me for saying nice things about them.
But the request was so… unfriendly and condescending that I no longer felt that keeping a positive post about them was relevant. I gladly obliged, even though their reaction was both bizarre and unfortunate.
I am intrigued to know who it was. I had a similar experience earlier this year. A lawyer for an electronic consumer goods company wrote an extremely nasty email about an article I had written (in mainstream press). It was very personal attack. My response. Sorry you feel that way and I guess I’ll switch to your competitor. Some people just do not get it.
It’s a bizarre situation, isn’t it? Imagine complimenting someone at a party, only to see them turn around and ask you never to say anything about them again. It’s, at best, completely paranoid and antisocial behavior. I think that some people bring their neuroses into work and pollute their work environment with them. It’s the only explanation I can come up with.
Olivier – that is SOOO true. People DO bring their paranoid anti-social behavior to work with them and plant the seeds in others around them. I have known people exactly like this that poison the waters. That cut off their nose to spite their face and bring down the company with them, and the company might not be aware of what they are doing. It probably comes from a fear of the unknown or mis-understood, in this case of Social Media.
Oh, well. I am glad I have read that post and yes, I too found it as “thumbs up” kind of a post for that company, even tough most of the world is pretty pissed off with them.
As you said, with such attitude, they do not deserve a single line spot on your blog.
Keep on shipping great stuff, Olivier.
Thanks!
WOW! This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard in a while. I’m really curious who that was now. And why would they NOT want free publicity? Most companies spent HUGE budgets to have people talk about them in a positive way! They obviously don’t get what this is all about and they definitely did not deserve a spot on your blog (I’m a big fan btw!)
Thanks for the kind words. Yes, it was weird. I’ll never understand it.
Good for you Olivier! I am glad to see you were able to recycle the post and prove it more useful than advertising from a company that does not appreciate the free publicity from such a high ranking blog.
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