iHate: General Advertising Bitchiness Part Deux
November 5, 2007
Our post about general advertising bitchiness on the blogs has gotten some interesting comments from… mostly bloggers. Readers? Holla back! What do you guys think? Comments include:
From the Prince Of Darkness: “Davies posting a complaint about the complaining bloggers. Oh, such irony.”
From NewBizDarkWiz: “Ideally, I’d like a bit less gratuitous snark and bitch. But I still want venues where genuine reprehensible behavior is called out.”
From George Parker aka The Ad Scammer: “Anyway, anyone who doesn’t like it can fuck off.”
From BG aka Make The Logo Bigger: “Still, I don’t think it’s just us bloggers–it’s the readers who need to vent or identify with a given rant: “Yeah, that same thing happened to me.”
November 5, 2007 at 5:26 pm
[...] is a Part Deux to the post, which means that the commentary has been good, bringing in, as it has, some of the top ad bloggers to [...]
November 5, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Ad bitchiness gets readers because it hits a nerve with people in (and out of) the biz that can relate because we live the shit of the job every single day. It’s also usually written by a professional, which helps.
A lot.
Ad blogs are analagous to the old line about Playboy – we all say that we read them to look at good ads/laugh at bad ads, but we really want some juicy gossip or a hit job on the agency that fired us.
Right? Eh? That last part is just me? Oh.
November 5, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Embrace who you are Spy.
People love reading the gossip on your site. It’s what you started out doing. You do it well and the more you do it, the more people will feed you gossip.
Skip the reviews and other stuff where you tell us what ads you like because they just distract from the main act.
November 5, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Frank Lloyd Wright said the thing that’s wrong with architecture is the architects. Citizens of Adlandia can relate. I sometimes wonder why I don’t do more hatchet jobs on AdPulp…there’s so much wood to chop.
November 6, 2007 at 7:48 pm
The thing that bugs me about the bitchy bloggers is that they usually don’t have any really credibility — and come off with such authority. And sometimes when they’re called out, they cower. I never did see a response to this post on Adrant when George Parker slapped Jonah Bloom for defending C+B.
that wasn’t a rant, that was delusional megalomania.
and who the fuck are you, george parker?
i went to your marketing site and your ads are completely lame. maybe you should focus on making a decent commercial, it’s more endearing than your bitter old man routine.
Posted by: Alex on February 5, 2007 10:55 AM
November 6, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Oh Dear… Is it Tessa Stewart, or Alex?
Either way. You seem to question my authority to have the temerity to make comments about the current state of the business. So, you seem to consider that the ads on my “Marketing” site… Do you mean my Web site – http://www.parkerads.com? – Are lame. Obviously, you discount my 2 Gold Lions, 2 Silver Lions, a gold EFFIE, 11 Clios, including one in the International Hall of Fame, plus a shitload of other awards… But hey, I don’t usually toot my own horn. It’s just that fuckers like you piss me off. But, I’ll tell you what, share your award winning work with the rest of us… If it’s better than mine, I’ll eat my hat… On the other hand, if it isn’t… I’ll shove my hat – Which is a solid steel deep sea divers helmet – up your arse.
By the way.. It’s CP+B, not C+B. Get your fucking facts right… Cheers/George
November 6, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Tessa and Alex…
Forgot to mention… The one thing nobody but a retard/retards like you has ever accused me of is “Cowering.” And why do I have the feeling you work for either Draft/FCB or the Department of Sanitation?
Cheers/George
November 7, 2007 at 12:18 am
Nice retort, George. Although I have a different take. Creative credentials, while nice to have, don’t really mean a lot when it comes to being an ad blogger or industry reporter. I would imagine not one person on the staff at Adweek or Ad Age has a single figurine, nor a day of experience in the industry they cover. Yet they are qualified to report and to pontificate. Maybe not as well qualified as those who work in the buinsess are, but qualified nevertheless. Making ads is apples. Writing about it is oranges.
November 7, 2007 at 1:09 am
David…
Good point. I always thought Randell Rothenberg was a great writer about advertising. I just got pissed with the douchenozzle above, not when they comment about what I write on the blog. Hey, I have a thick skin and everyone is entitled to their opinion about what I say on AdScam. It was when the wanker went after my ad work I felt the desire to shove a rocket up his/her arse. As I said, let’s have a look at what they’ve done in their illustrious career and then we can judge who’s better qualified to write about advertising.
Cheers/George
November 8, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Parker,
I didn’t write the quote listed under “Alex” on Adrant, I just cheered it. And, by the way, my Lions and Clios and Andys and Pencils are from 2006 and 2007. When did you get yours? 1980? And, by the way, sorry for the typo on CP+B. I have my facts right. I used to work there. And my name isn’t Tessa.