TechCrunch's Michael Arrington challenges the ethics of virtual goods offer providers and game publishers. At the end of the last panel for the Virtual Goods Summit, Arrington raised his questions ...
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington challenges the ethics of virtual goods offer providers and game publishers. At the end of the last panel for the Virtual Goods Summit, Arrington raised his questions to the panel. The room went silent. Anu Shukla from Offerpal Media gave her rather fiesty response. Oct. 24th 2009 - Westin Hotel.
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Wow, only a couple minutes in and Shukla's already a fucking bitch. Unprofessional indeed insulting a person in the crowd so shamelessly. No class whatsoever.
Arrington's articles are loaded with emotionally-loaded lanuage, that thoroughly editorializes upon purportedly objective and factual reporting. I'm a frequent player of Facebook games (mostly of Zynga) and frequently cruise the offers just to see what's around -- but have never been compelled or tricked into any of them. Shukla's response (and later follow-up) was to the point, which another of Arrington's posts overtly denies. It seems like Arrington only hears what he wants to hear.
He was right on with video professor. The allegations against Farmville are pretty convincing since I'm related to someone who was duped. Arrington claims the farmville scams have been quietly removed (I can't verify this). My question to you, my friend, is how can you not see this? Why are you so angry? At least Arrington directs his anger to rip-off companies. You direct your own anger towards people. Just like the person responding with "shit, doubleshit, and bullshit".
@TheeUnlikely - I seriously seriously doubt that your friend was duped, unless they consider being held to a EULA without even having read it, being duped. Also, I'm not angry; you're reading too much into it. The person (Shukla) responded accurately and sensibly with "s/d-s/b-s."
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