Comments on: I’m glad Louis Gray called out Mashable http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Blogs and the attribution dilemma - mathewingram.com/media http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/comment-page-1/#comment-337914 Blogs and the attribution dilemma - mathewingram.com/media Mon, 12 May 2008 20:28:39 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/#comment-337914 [...] This isn’t the first time this sort of thing has come up, obviously. Louis Gray wrote a post about how Mashable was “stealing the B-list buzz” by not providing proper attribution to him (Pete Cashmore and other Mashable writers commented on the post), and later posted a follow-up here. In many cases, Mashable puts a small “via” link at the bottom of a post, without any other link or attribution. Is that enough? I don’t really know, but I do know that it’s becoming more of an issue, and it’s something that every blogger should be thinking about when they write. I wrote about this before after Louis posted his thoughts. [...] [...] This isn’t the first time this sort of thing has come up, obviously. Louis Gray wrote a post about how Mashable was “stealing the B-list buzz” by not providing proper attribution to him (Pete Cashmore and other Mashable writers commented on the post), and later posted a follow-up here. In many cases, Mashable puts a small “via” link at the bottom of a post, without any other link or attribution. Is that enough? I don’t really know, but I do know that it’s becoming more of an issue, and it’s something that every blogger should be thinking about when they write. I wrote about this before after Louis posted his thoughts. [...]

]]> By: Blogs and the attribution dilemma » mathewingram.com/work | http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/comment-page-1/#comment-337913 Blogs and the attribution dilemma » mathewingram.com/work | Mon, 12 May 2008 20:23:46 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/#comment-337913 [...] This isn’t the first time this sort of thing has come up, obviously. Louis Gray wrote a post about how Mashable was “stealing the B-list buzz” by not providing proper attribution to him (Pete Cashmore and other Mashable writers commented on the post), and later posted a follow-up here. In many cases, Mashable puts a small “via” link at the bottom of a post, without any other link or attribution. Is that enough? I don’t really know, but I do know that it’s becoming more of an issue, and it’s something that every blogger should be thinking about when they write. I wrote about this before after Louis posted his thoughts. [...] [...] This isn’t the first time this sort of thing has come up, obviously. Louis Gray wrote a post about how Mashable was “stealing the B-list buzz” by not providing proper attribution to him (Pete Cashmore and other Mashable writers commented on the post), and later posted a follow-up here. In many cases, Mashable puts a small “via” link at the bottom of a post, without any other link or attribution. Is that enough? I don’t really know, but I do know that it’s becoming more of an issue, and it’s something that every blogger should be thinking about when they write. I wrote about this before after Louis posted his thoughts. [...]

]]> By: Forget Mashable; It's the Chinese You Should Worry About! — The NeoSmart Files http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/comment-page-1/#comment-336741 Forget Mashable; It's the Chinese You Should Worry About! — The NeoSmart Files Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:33:49 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/#comment-336741 [...] the original source on certain stories. Gray's post spread pretty fast across the blogosphere, with support coming in from all corners of the web. As a result, Mashable updated several stories with proper [...] [...] the original source on certain stories. Gray’s post spread pretty fast across the blogosphere, with support coming in from all corners of the web. As a result, Mashable updated several stories with proper [...]

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/comment-page-1/#comment-373880 StevenHodson Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:17:24 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/#comment-373880 Or how about those one line lead ins to nothing more than a quote fom the linked site and then as the bottom all you get is either the Via or even worse IMO the simple [Link]<br><br>Boing Boing is notroious for that Or how about those one line lead ins to nothing more than a quote fom the linked site and then as the bottom all you get is either the Via or even worse IMO the simple [Link]

Boing Boing is notroious for that

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/comment-page-1/#comment-341955 StevenHodson Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:17:24 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/20/im-glad-louis-gray-called-out-mashable/#comment-341955 Or how about those one line lead ins to nothing more than a quote fom the linked site and then as the bottom all you get is either the Via or even worse IMO the simple [Link]<br><br>Boing Boing is notroious for that Or how about those one line lead ins to nothing more than a quote fom the linked site and then as the bottom all you get is either the Via or even worse IMO the simple [Link]

Boing Boing is notroious for that

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