Comments on: Companies turn Evil: How major publisher Sys-Con ruins their reputation in one fell swoop. http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/ International technology news, business & culture Fri, 25 May 2012 16:43:20 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: James A. Brannan's Blog on all Things Programming, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Objective-C http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383780 James A. Brannan's Blog on all Things Programming, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Objective-C Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:27:52 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383780 [...] http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-sw... [...] [...] http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-sw… [...]

]]> By: Sys-Con caught operating a massive splog http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383779 Sys-Con caught operating a massive splog Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:34:09 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383779 [...] Aral Balkan exposed the scam when he saw his name appear on the site via a Google News alert. After going public about the issue, Sys-Con then defamed Balkan on the site, calling him a Turkish Fag and a homosexual son of a bitch. The Next Web has more details and screenshots here. [...] [...] Aral Balkan exposed the scam when he saw his name appear on the site via a Google News alert. After going public about the issue, Sys-Con then defamed Balkan on the site, calling him a Turkish Fag and a homosexual son of a bitch. The Next Web has more details and screenshots here. [...]

]]> By: Zee http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383778 Zee Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:45:10 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383778 Not that I know of, only the main guy involved http://aralbalkan.com/2022 Not that I know of, only the main guy involved http://aralbalkan.com/2022

]]> By: Tad http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383777 Tad Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:42:00 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383777 Are any other news sites covering this? Techcrunch, etc? Are any other news sites covering this? Techcrunch, etc?

]]> By: Zee http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383776 Zee Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:39:29 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383776 Yep, but none as yet... :( Yep, but none as yet… :(

]]> By: Tad http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383775 Tad Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:31:28 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383775 Have they made any sane reply yet? Did you ask them for comment? Have they made any sane reply yet? Did you ask them for comment?

]]> By: Zee http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383774 Zee Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:29:20 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383774 thanks a lot for stopping by Tads. Yeah, I'm stunned by the whole thing myself...even had a 2nd thought about posting about it to be honest. thanks a lot for stopping by Tads. Yeah, I’m stunned by the whole thing myself…even had a 2nd thought about posting about it to be honest.

]]> By: Dan http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383773 Dan Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:22:58 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383773 Ha, I just found some of my stuff on the web site, this ought to be fun cause the holding company I work for did not authorize the release of the information. :-) Thanks for the heads up on this one, asking for my content to be pulled down now. Cheers/! Ha, I just found some of my stuff on the web site, this ought to be fun cause the holding company I work for did not authorize the release of the information. :-)

Thanks for the heads up on this one, asking for my content to be pulled down now.

Cheers/!

]]> By: Tad http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383772 Tad Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:20:17 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383772 Hey Zee! Thanks for publishing this. This story is so incredibly over the top it makes me wonder what was going through some people's heads. Wow. Hey Zee! Thanks for publishing this. This story is so incredibly over the top it makes me wonder what was going through some people’s heads. Wow.

]]> By: darrelplant http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/30/companies-turn-evil-major-publisher-syscon-ruins-reputation-fell-swoop/#comment-383771 darrelplant Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:20:57 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=13857#comment-383771 To be brutally honest, not all of the authors on Ulitzer can be counted among "6000 other prominent figures." I mean, I'm so non-prominent that my personalized Ulitzer domain misspells my last name with an "f" instead of a "p".... To be brutally honest, not all of the authors on Ulitzer can be counted among “6000 other prominent figures.” I mean, I’m so non-prominent that my personalized Ulitzer domain misspells my last name with an “f” instead of a “p”….

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