Comments on: The Pepsi Maneno: Further Thoughts https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:42:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Rob https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520181 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:42:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520181

Are you saying that there is nothing that scienceblogs can do to make this right?

Sure they can. Issue a mea culpa, kick them to the curb. Next time, involve the existing bloggers in the decision.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520180 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:42:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520180 Rob, I’m not sure if I get your meaning. Are you saying that there is nothing that scienceblogs can do to make this right?

]]> By: Rob https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520179 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:37:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520179 (I posted a response similar to this in the Pepsi blog responding to one of your comments. I didn’t cut and paste it, so this isn’t exact. Let’s see if it shows up…)

Sorry Greg, I can’t agree with your wait and see attitude. If the person in charge of the blog was someone from R&D, sure. PR, not a chance.

]]> By: JohnV https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520178 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:05:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520178 See Isis there’s a silver lining in every cloud!

]]> By: Isis the Scientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520177 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:18:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520177 Wait. I’m sorry. I can’t get past the first paragraph. Did you just say that you agree with me?

]]> By: JohnV https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520176 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:30:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520176 I find it very amusing/depressing that 1 ScienceBlogger who is “taking a hiatus” over this also blogs at Huffington Post. Because, apparently blogging somewhere that pushes a very strong anti-vaccine, anti-science pro-ignorance agenda is a-ok but elsewhere if PepsiCo sponsors a blog IT IS JUST TOO GREAT AN INSULT TO BEAR.

]]> By: ponderingfool https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520175 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:28:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520175 For those wondering what the current Food Frontiers looks like:
http://foodfrontiers.pepsicoblogs.com/

]]> By: RBH https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520174 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:17:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520174 Greg, a few hours ago you wrote

If you look at the Pepsi Food Frontiers Blog you will see that it now says “ADVERTORIAL” along the top of the blog.

Not any more. That’s apparently gone now.

I’m very glad that we at Panda’s Thumb decided not to go with ScienceBlogs some years ago.

]]> By: E.V. https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520173 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:48:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520173 And it is illuminated
Thanks for the “fuck you”, I always know when I’ve yanked someone’s chain juuuust right.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520172 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:44:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/07/the-pepsi-maneno-further-thoug/#comment-520172 Um, did someone at Seed drop you a line Greg or did you just suddenly dismiss the blurring of the lines between advertising and propaganda/Corporate shilling via association with credible science minded bloggers?

Fuck you too. There is no way you can say that and have read what I’ve written. And yes, someone did drop someone a line. I dropped Adam Bly a line, as did many other sciencebloggers.

I’m simply pointing out that this is not a black and white situation. We did not go from a non-profit open access journal to an evil corporate run entity. What we saw here was a screwup (that is getting fixed) not black helicopters coming down from the heavens.

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