Controversy in Irish blogging community
Writing by aj@lecraic on Sunday, 15 of June , 2008 at 8:28 pm
I like checking out Damien Mulley’s fluffy links and other various things he writes about, but there have been a number of posts lately on mulley.net that have just left me shaking my head thinking this isn’t the way a professional communicator and social media expert should put their message across. The How not to get blacklisted by me post is an example. There are lots of very valid points in there which are important but if I was someone that wanted to hire him as a consultant, I’d read a post like that and have second thoughts.
As a champion of the Irish blogging community and the Irish Blog Awards, I think it is shameful the way a person who voiced an opinion about the Irish blog scene and the awards was, apparantly, labelled “a bitter c*nt” on a twitter post.
In this interview, Damien was asked if the Irish Blog Awards can achieve anything. His answer was :
I think we are about to reach the tipping-point for blogs in Ireland, not as a new revolution but just a new way of conversing and sharing opinion and working with people. I don’t think it can change the world or make companies millions but it might change attitudes just ever so slightly and might teach people that their voice can matter.
Well, Rosie’s voice matters too and name calling like that is truly dispicable and unprofessional behaviour from the leading light of the Irish blogging community. It sickens me to the core and I think an apology is warranted. Rosie doesn’t need anyone to stick up for her, I know that, but I’m surprised that no one has picked out this shameful episode and called the perpetrator to task.
makemulleyhappy.net has been registered and I plan to do “something” with it. Don’t know what yet – but a link to an apology to Rosie might make a nice front page to start with.
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Made Sunday, 15 of June , 2008 at 11:19 pm
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Comment by B'dum B'dum
Made Sunday, 15 of June , 2008 at 11:58 pm
An apology is vital, it’s his duty as a professional.
However, I’m just wondering is this all now building into an all-new group mentality of being anti-establishment.
…the sex pistols and all their followers annoy the sh!t out of me an awful lot, so I’m anti-anti-establishment despite also having a strain to be slightly different which makes me anti-establishment, leaving me at meh-establishment.
Comment by Deborah
Made Monday, 16 of June , 2008 at 8:53 am
I don’t know… this whole thing is getting a bit junior high…
Comment by Thriftcriminal
Made Monday, 16 of June , 2008 at 9:23 am
Hear hear on the name calling front. Unecessary.
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Made Monday, 16 of June , 2008 at 11:23 am
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Comment by Rosie
Made Monday, 16 of June , 2008 at 12:40 pm
thank you for the thought, AJ, but i’m not looking for an apology. Damien is as entitled to his interpretation of my post as i am to the opinions expressed therein. i do not want the focus to turn to Damien vs. Rosie (though the Jazz Biscuit piece is very funny).
Comment by aj@lecraic
Made Monday, 16 of June , 2008 at 8:21 pm
@B’dum B’dum (still having problems typing that!) - love your humour - meh establishment 
@Deborah - I know you’re right, but in Junior High you can get expelled for less.
@Thrift - I thought so too.
@Rosie - Jazz Biscuit has an amazing capacity for wonderful posts like that - wish I had his comedy timing! I understand your position totally about not wishing the focus to be diverted - well noted.
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Made Tuesday, 17 of June , 2008 at 10:21 am
