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Right, so now you’re all looking a little silly

Posted in Uncategorized. on Thursday, May 31st, 2007 by Vincent Maher Tags: ethics, law
May 31

The SA Male Prostitute has removed all the posts from his blog, so where does that leave all the bloggers who commented on it, have posts on their sites that draw attention to it and make the same implications as the original blog did?  If I was one of the people mentioned I would have my tail up now that it’s patently obvious the allegations weren’t true.  In fact, I’d want to sue for the publicity because I have the moral high-ground.

Yeah that’s what I’d do.  I’d sue 40 or 50 bloggers because a) I know it will be ALL over the media, b) I can’t really lose because it’s a text-book case of defamation and c) the bloggers themselves now have egg on their faces and will probably turn on each other quicker than a pack of wild dogs.

Funny that the traditional media was being criticised for not spreading this message a week ago and turned out to be right.  Like I said in my previous post, this was a stupid and hypocritical battle to pick.

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Vincent Maher

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    Vincent Maher is the portfolio manager for social media at Vodacom, South Africa's largest mobile telecommunications company. His flagship product is The Grid, a fast-growing location-based social network and instant messaging platform. Previously he was the strategist at the Mail & Guardian Online and co-founder of Amatomu.com, the South African blog aggregator and analytics system. Before that he was Director of the New Media Lab at the Rhodes University School of Journalism & Media Studies, the managing director of Digital Commerce and a multimedia director at VWV Interactive.

    He has worked in the online media industry since 1996, has presented papers at many international conferences and specializes in profitable innovation in emerging markets.

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