Comments on: The Fiction Press blog is bad for the Singapore blogosphere

By: XX: The girl blogger who cried man | the(new)mediaslut

XX: The girl blogger who cried man | the(new)mediaslut — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:04:45 +0000

[…] While Motd do not have any problems about creating fictional entries, this whole episode amplifies the need to highlight that a post is fictional, it is important that it should be stated that its fictional earlier if possible. (Read my entry about the Fiction Press blog.) […]

By: Andy Chin JH

Andy Chin JH — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:56:40 +0000

Paddy you are kind, if I am you I will definitely blast that kid up and take him up to task for that and make sure his school knows about it too.

FP also authors another blog for some secondary school, found from ping.

By: APLINK

APLINK — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:23:59 +0000

Just checked TMS - there is NO tag2u.com but i think the domain is purchasable Paddy

what service might be created

By: The sometimes damsel in distress » Blog Archive » My response to the Fiction Press brouhaha

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:57:08 +0000

[…] themediaslut wrote a post to question the ethics of such an endeavour: I should credit Fiction Press blog is […]

By: Paddy Tan

Paddy Tan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:43:05 +0000

the(new)mediaslut, no worries I am cool with that. At least I know it is funny and not just some lousy method to drive traffic to the site.

By: Paddy Tan

Paddy Tan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:41:32 +0000

I agreed with Daniel’s ‘But hey, freedom of speech right? Wait till you become one of his talking points.’

There must be some responsibilities whether blogging or not .. shooting off the mouth whether in a country with freedom of speech or not still means the person has to bear the responsibilities too.

By: the(new)mediaslut sends Fiction Press into Hiding -itsReal « APLINK - itsReal

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:55:44 +0000

[…] sends Fiction Press into Hiding -itsReal Jump to Comments TMS has spoken, well written, and Fiction Press has Heard it Loud and Clear …. long live TMS The […]

By: hanneng

hanneng — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:07:45 +0000

just like talkingcock.com, they warning you before U click “enter” at their main page. So U know the post there is fake, just for fun only.

By: the(new)mediaslut

the(new)mediaslut — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:54:19 +0000

@Daniel, As you mentioned, the attack on gays can lead to hate-mongering. As such, Freedom of Speech comes with its own responsibilities. If you want to satire, do it but be aware of the boundaries you are going to cross. In this case, Fiction blog didn’t and was almost threatened legal actions from a business brand.

Again, I have never asked for the Fiction blog to close. I suggested that they should put the tag in front of their headlines as their bombardment on Ping is just a lure of other.

If this blogger become one of his talking points, why not? If it is satire, I will just laugh with other readers.

@Harro!, If you feel the main stream media is filled with both information and dis-information, that doesn’t mean that blogs and bloggers should follow too.

And if blogs continue to do so, that’s why the title says it will be bad for the Singapore blogging community.

@APlink, I am for fun.. but as you said yourself, “using real companies and real people is NOT fiction and one day will land them in very volcanic water…”

If I was writing a satire on Bak2u (sorry Paddy for using you as an example), I could write a “Tag2me brings lost ugly ducklings to the market” and how tagging ducks ensure there are no lost ducks in the island state. And I wouldn’t use any of Bak2u’s logo, but create a new Tag2u logo. (Hopefully there isn’t a Tag2u out there either).

By: APLINK

APLINK — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:46:01 +0000

have any of you seen what they write on blogs about the US presidential hopefuls - this in the land of where blowing a kiss might land you in court defending a lawsuit -

Come on, is it that hard to lighten up and have a bit of fun in Singapore ?