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Tweet My Blog! LOLs for Hols

08/03/2008 by simoncollister 6 Comments

Twiterfuel

I’m on my hols visiting family in the Isle of  Man for a few days, so tweeting will be light and blogging lighter.

But this site caught my eye, made mehave a bit of sick in mouth and then laugh loudly. The sad thing is ….. stuff like this still works!

Via @badgergravling

Technorati tags: Isle of Man, Twitter, Spam

Filed Under: blogs/blogging, Ethics, New media, Spam, Twitter

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  1. Dan Thornton says

    08/04/2008 at 00:15

    BadgerGravling here!
    I can’t say it actually made me physically sick – more just disappointed that people still seem to think plastering any service or link with adverts is a good thing…
    I’m tempted to try it, as I suspect a day or two will be enough to prove it doesn’t add any value or make me rich!

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  2. Simon Collister says

    08/04/2008 at 10:09

    Hi Dan. It didn’t actually make me sick – just feel a little nauseous. It was the language and capitalisation in the ad – “You will have YOUR LIFE changed by using THIS AMAZING etc etc.”
    It’s the online equivalent of those ads that promise to do something impossible but do it in a way that those of us living in hope can’t help but try. πŸ™

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  3. Mark Hanson says

    08/04/2008 at 16:30

    John Merrick – wasn’t he the Elephant Man?

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  4. Chris Hoskin says

    08/05/2008 at 21:31

    What does make me sick (with worry) is how professional looking these types of outfits are.
    Chris

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  5. Chris Hoskin says

    08/05/2008 at 21:32

    What does make me sick (with worry) is how professional looking these types of outfits are.
    Chris

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  6. Simon Collister says

    08/05/2008 at 22:14

    @Mark – Yes! LOL. Bad choice of fake name… if it is fake. MAYBE… it *is* the Elephant Man?
    @Chris – thanks for stopping by. I totally agree with you. The web has lowered the barriers for outfits like this to look professional unfortunately πŸ™

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