Comments on: Brazilian Blogger Bash

Brazilian Blogger Bash

vacapinta — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:35:05 -0800

Brazilian Blogger Bashing! The respected Brazilian newspaper Estadao decided to promote its new online presence by jokingly producing a series of ads with obvious misfits and asking such questions as "Is this the guy giving you dating advice?" and a video (youtube) comparing bloggers to monkeys. Bloggers are outraged "Why would you read a newspaper that compares bloggers to monkeys?". In today's newspaper, Estadao offers no apology but instead dryly recounts the facts. Meanwhile, the resulting controversy, with thousands of blogs weighing in, has driven a lot of traffic to their new site.

By: gubo

gubo — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:42:34 -0800

Silly bloggers! That's a chimp, not a monkey.

By: DU

DU — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:44:50 -0800

"Is this the guy giving you dating advice?" Whereas newspaper journalists are known for being chest-hair-laden studs muffin.

By: msali

msali — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:47:27 -0800

Adorei, vacapinta, but I won't be surprised if people start complaining that they can't read all of the links, because they are in Porkn'cheez instead of Engrish.

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:55:58 -0800

foi muito engraçado. obrigado!

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:56:45 -0800

Absurd and insulting; monkeys play an important role in our world.

By: Muddler

Muddler — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:58:17 -0800

Holy shit, Bloggers are outraged??!! I never thought I'd see the day.

By: luciaisdada

lucia__is__dada — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:04:02 -0800

It's not just the bloggers they are insulting. It's also the readers who aren't smart enough to tell the difference between a professional and a monkey and, so, need to be warned and guided. Not very clever advertising, I'd say.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:05:00 -0800

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By: exogenous

exogenous — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:16:01 -0800

I think boingboing reported speculation that this was a clever campaign by the newspaper to get folks to link to them. Looks like it worked - maybe a moderator can inserts a "nofollow" tag or something.

By: modernnomad

modernnomad — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:28:35 -0800

the sheer self-belief (or is it self-righteousnesss) of many bloggers in the importance of their mission continues to crack me up. they're the same people who think that the CNN/Youtube debates will "revolutionize" politics because people can ask pre-taped questions and upload them, instead of reading their pre-written questions in person.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:31:28 -0800

I didn't know about boingboing. Undoubtedly, they're probably right but if this was some small rag trying to get attention it wouldnt be worth it. But boingboing lacks international perspective....This was a major ad campaign by an already well-known newspaper in one of the largest cities in the world, read by millions of Brazilians. I don't see the bad effect of a few hits from mefi. It'd be like worrying about sending a few extra hits to the New York times.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:48:07 -0800

See no evil, hear no evil, click no evil.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:53:11 -0800

...olas, I eikl annbaas

By: DU

DU — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:07:48 -0800

...people can ask pre-taped questions and upload them, instead of reading their pre-written questions in person. There seemed to be more variety (not to mention volume) in the questions from YouTube, but that's really beside the point anyway. The real change in having YouTube debates is that people are publicly and visibly enganged. That is, seeing other people get engaged leads more people to get involved. It brings the community back to politics.

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:47:54 -0800

Why would you read a newspaper that compares bloggers to monkeys? Because it's an apt comparison...

By: jouke

jouke — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:01:26 -0800

Mijn god, een krant die kritiek heeft op weblogs?!?

By: aspo

aspo — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:42:15 -0800

Oh my god. Someone made a funny ad that mocks bloggers. How horrid. Don't they know that blogs are the future? I'm going to get justifiably angry and pout till they apologize. That will show them.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:16:35 -0800

Comparing bloggers to monkeys? Outrageous!

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:18:35 -0800

I can't comment, as I'm busy telling someone on ask.mefi to dump that motherfucking banana already.

By: signal

signal — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:20:25 -0800

Sheer genius. This should win an award. I know! I'll start a campaign on my blog!

By: exogenous

exogenous — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:24:44 -0800

I don't see the bad effect of a few hits from mefi. It'd be like worrying about sending a few extra hits to the New York times. True enough... my "nofollow" comment was mostly a lame attempt at a joke.

By: jfuller

jfuller — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:30:00 -0800

They told me "On the internet no one knows you're a monkey." But I think some of 'em are catching on.

By: bradbane

bradbane — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:26:16 -0800

Why are most bloggers so goddamn lame?

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:44:09 -0800

Bloggers are NOT monkeys, dammit! They're self-loathing, girlfriendless nerds who masturbate to the latest Engadget or Seth Godin piece. Discuss.

By: voltairemodern

voltairemodern — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:46:41 -0800

Very clever marketing.

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