Comments on: You Break It, You Buy It – Even If It’s Free

By: Jennifer Gniadecki

Jennifer Gniadecki — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:57:41 +0000

It started a little rocky, but it’s getting better.

I know you didn’t call me a busybody, but I am. So are you. We’re having a conversation about a third party…if that’s not busybody-esque, I don’t know what is.

Have a great night, thanks for commenting!

By: Marijke

Marijke — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:56:26 +0000

Yikes, my head is spinning here. I think I’d better go back and read everything all over again.

By: ChefMark

ChefMark — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:46:53 +0000

I didn’t call you a busybody. I agreed with you that people wonder things, and gave an example of something I wonder about. I also acknowledged that it’s the kind of thing for which there is not always an easy answer, and expecting there to be one only causes one to waste time and energy and lash out at others.

You did succeed today in getting people who don’t know who you are to read your blog. Whether they will come back again is another matter, and I guess you’re also free to wonder whether they will or not.

Enjoy your night :-)

By: Jennifer Gniadecki

Jennifer Gniadecki — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:57:55 +0000

I’m a busybody? LOL! You feel the need to put me in my place just as I felt the need to call out the branding mistake of someone teaching a class on branding.

Pot. Meet kettle.

I don’t feel obligated. I think you’re projecting :)

By: ChefMark

ChefMark — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:49:31 +0000

I didn’t actually ASK what you sell, nor did I say that I was curious. I just stated that I didn’t know, and my point being that that’s just that. People may or may not know something, but my not knowing doesn’t mean that YOU have an obligation to tell me.

People WILL indeed wonder things. It’s what we humans do. I wonder why there are busybodies everywhere, especially online. But I know that I will probably not have that wondering answered readily, and that’s just fine.

Your last sentence kind of proves my original point. You have an axe to grind. Just sayin’….(out loud)

By: Jennifer Gniadecki

Jennifer Gniadecki — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:38:15 +0000

@ChefMark – I don’t have an ax to grind with Chris – I’m questioning what he’s doing. Out loud.

Transparency is a myth. It would mean people would talk about bodily functions…I’m not into that. I’m more of a believer in boundaries.

I also don’t think I have ANY right to know Chris’ business plan – nor does anyone else. My point was that people will begin to wonder if you don’t tell them what you sell.

My second point was you shouldn’t do things like say, “It wasn’t me it was them.” When someone questions how you’re presenting your brand. Not when you’re teaching a *class* on branding, anyway.

As to what I sell? According to you I shouldn’t tell just because you’re curious :) But you know what, I’ll give you a hint…you’re two clicks away from it.

This lady has been sitting on the fence for a long time now. Methinks it’s about damn time someone protested a little bit.

By: ChefMark

ChefMark — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:25:55 +0000

PS – Transparency doesn’t mean one has the obligation to share every detail of every plan or of every business relationship just because someone is curious.

By: ChefMark

ChefMark — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:22:28 +0000

I don’t know anything about you or what YOU’RE selling (or not selling, besides ebay info, payroll, and rich jerks), and maybe that objectivity make me the perfect person to comment on this. reading both these posts, they’re both suffused with an animosity that’s palpable. Anytime someone protests repeatedly that the LIKE someone they’re slamming, it’s clear that it’s coming out of inauthenticity.

So what gives? What’s your axe to grind with Brogan? Your main point seems to be that the simple fact of using the internet to build a base and having a brand means that you OWE it to people to explain how you’re monetizing the relationship, or…dun dun dun! They’re going to ask!!!

Just because it’s not readily apparent withing 2 clicks of a mouse what all the specifics of a business relationship are to any busybody in the internet doesn’t mean that there’s something nefarious going on, or, as you imply, that they’re naive.

methinks the lady doth protest too much.