Comments on: The Right to Respond

By: Todd Defren

Todd Defren — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:22:33 +0000

Amanda, Dee -

I think you’re missing Tom’s point. I can’t speak for him, but, I believe what he is striving for is a way to prove AUTHENTICITY and FAIRNESS.

Authenticity of authorship (i.e., I am an official representative, and/or the “actual” individual in question).

Fairness in regards to defending one’s self or one’s company from unfair or innacurate remarks, AT the source of those remarks.

I think whether or not a blogger/news source decied to ALLOW that Right-to-Respond capability would be up to them. It would need to catch on.

By: Dee Rambeau

Dee Rambeau — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:43:27 +0000

Here I go whipping a dead horse again. Todd, you know I support all things social and cannot deny that things are moving in that direction. That said…my dead horse sentence is…”companies can do this already…and they don’t want to.”

Much like the strategy around social media releases and newsrooms…the technology is already there and the demand from customers ISN’T.

A company already has the “right to respond” without having to wear a stupid badge to do it. If they’re monitoring the web, which they should be doing, they’re making choices every day to respond “officially” either in blog comments, or in the case of larger kerfuffles, via their own corporate website.

What am I missing? Everyone, whether individual or corporate, has the ability and the “right” to respond already!!!

By: Amanda Chapel

Amanda Chapel — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:51:45 +0000

Yeah! And I wanna be able to put Postit notes on the Mona Lisa. I wanna tag the Empire State Building. Hey, ya know what; I think we should start this movement by everyone committing to peeing on his/her neighbor’s lawn!

Excuse me… HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? A fundamental right to fuck with someone else’s property? What are you thinkin’?

- Amanda

By: Silicon Valley Watcher--reporting on the business and culture of disruption

Silicon Valley Watcher--reporting on the business and culture of disruption — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:45:45 +0000

The Right to Respond Should be a Fundamental Right of the Internet

At the Newcomm Forum in Las Vegas this week, I kept hearing a lament that is all too common: how to deal with with negative or incorrect content about a company and its products on search engine results? Especially if those negative links a…

By: Tom Foremski

Tom Foremski — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:35:57 +0000

Thanks for the support Todd. You and your team continue to impress me with your quick ability to forge ahead with new ideas!

By: Adam Zand

Adam Zand — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:17:23 +0000

Todd,
Tom (my new PR hero) is correct – everything within reason posted on the ‘Net should be a living document and allow for feedback/interaction.

I was a bit sleep deprived at the event, but I thought you said it would take 5-10 years for a social media press release that allows comments/objections/clarifications to be in common usage.

Why not now? At least, why don’t we provide that mechanism now?