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Bloggers Must Disclose Payments for Reviews

October 6, 2009

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Wait, you can get money or freebies for reviewing things? Sheeit. I must be some kind of chump. The Federal Trade Commission on Monday took steps to make product information and online reviews more accurate for consumers, regulating blogging for the first time and mandating that testimonials reflect typical results. The FTC will require that […]

FTC to crack down on “sponsored” blogging

June 24, 2009

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Soon, I won’t be able to tell you about that rich, Colombian coffee I’ve been drinking. Oh yeah … buy Moxie. In case you’re not familiar with the practice of “sponsored blogging,” imagine that Your Favorite Blog written by Joe Schmoe of Little Rock, Arkansas often gives rave reviews of certain home appliances that he […]

As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios. This can be a problem, since artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves, and aren’t used to writing about themselves. They tend to treat the bio like an interview, or a conversation, and while it may work some of the time, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

That said, this blog, as it currently stands, isn’t that kind of blog. It’s a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I like, etc. In this case, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.

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