Comments on: No such thing as bad publicity? http://webusability-blog.com/no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity/ Tips, insights and meandering thoughts about usability and information architecture Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:34:27 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Els Aerts http://webusability-blog.com/no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Els Aerts Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:26:05 +0000 http://webusability-blog.com/?p=388#comment-890 Thanks for your input, Sebastian. 1) I totally agree with you on this one. 2) Again, I agree. But with a little reservation. Free speech can't be oppressed online, that's true. But do you really have to show every negative comment people make about you? What if somebody who hasn't seen that terrible ad visits the site of Citroen and sees those Twitter comments? Could that really be a good thing? I honestly don't know. Thanks for your input, Sebastian.

1) I totally agree with you on this one.

2) Again, I agree. But with a little reservation. Free speech can’t be oppressed online, that’s true. But do you really have to show every negative comment people make about you? What if somebody who hasn’t seen that terrible ad visits the site of Citroen and sees those Twitter comments? Could that really be a good thing? I honestly don’t know.

]]> By: Sebastian Preuss http://webusability-blog.com/no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity/comment-page-1/#comment-856 Sebastian Preuss Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:43:20 +0000 http://webusability-blog.com/?p=388#comment-856 Nice article and good questions. Here are my two cents: 1) No, advertisers come to your site because you offer a specific audience. If you annoy this audience by bad ads, they might stay away - and thus keep advertisers away. There is an interdependency between content, visits and ad revenue. 2) Yes, unless they are offending below the belt. You always have a chance to respond, and discussions that evolve give you a chance to your strenghts. Anyway, if you gag people on your site, they will speak out somewhere else - freedom of speech cannot be oppressed online. Nice article and good questions. Here are my two cents:

1) No, advertisers come to your site because you offer a specific audience. If you annoy this audience by bad ads, they might stay away – and thus keep advertisers away. There is an interdependency between content, visits and ad revenue.

2) Yes, unless they are offending below the belt. You always have a chance to respond, and discussions that evolve give you a chance to your strenghts. Anyway, if you gag people on your site, they will speak out somewhere else – freedom of speech cannot be oppressed online.

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