God forbid people pay their bills in a capitalist society.
So youāre saying the people who run bb make money from it? Well Iāll be . . . who knew?!!!
2 Likes
Blink camera just shipped. Local storage. Standalone. Kickstarter. Weāll see.
I think Samsung makes a Nest clone, too.
(I am agreeing with you) There was a time when we were all young, and idealisticāI guess I just have different ideas about how to make the world a better place than moaning about advertising. A problem? Yes. Current place on the list? About 9000.
1 Like
But she specifically asked for alternativesā¦ If she was pushing Nest, donāt you think sheād have left that part out?
1 Like
The video says " sign in to view video ". Sign in how? I signed into BB but thereās no video in the āShow Postā post. Markās page does not have the video listed. Is it my browser? Do I have to sign into youtube? Why post videos that you need to sign into on a public web page? Iād like to watch the thief but guess I am too stupid to figure out how.
D-Link has some decent (low-to-mid-range) cams that can be wifi or cat5 connected, have IR functionality, a web-based a management suite, and multiple storage options.
http://us.dlink.com/home-solutions/
I used āThe Classicā with IR function as baby monitor two years ago and was satisfied (the baby never stole or identities, just our sanity). The quality and resolution has only improved on the newer stuff they offer.
To me, that seems like the worst part of the problem. I have no issues with paid-for advertorial, if thatās what keep the doors open and the boingboing team producing interesting content.
This, however, feels like an attempt to pass off Amazon referral links (donāt forget, once you click a link the bb team gets a referral on any purchase you make in the next 24 hours, regardless of whether you buy the item in question or not) as legitimate journalism, which I find much more troubling.
This, however, feels like an attempt to pass off Amazon referral links
Based on what exactly? Just the fact that they included an Amazon referral code is far from proof that this whole thing is paid product placement. In fact itās the best kind of monetizing content: theyāre showing something thatās obviously newsworthy to the boingboing audience, and if thatās going to result in the purchase of a camera or two they might as well get paid for it.
I agree that if the news was created in order to sell cameras that that sucks, but thereās really no proof of that at all, and as a longtime reader Iād be super super surprised if that was the case.
I hope youāre right and Iām just being cantankerous.
There have, however, been a few notable examples recently of articles that were clearly written as sales pitches but which have had no attribution to distinguish them from the rest of the content on the site. In at least one of those instances the product was utterly panned as being shoddy junk in the comments, and this sort of brand dilution makes me trust the other articles less. If I were the manufacturer of a home security system, this is exactly how I would advertise itā¦
I like bb a lot and itās one of very few sites I read on a regular basis. As I said, I get that bills have to be paid, I just feel like there are probably alternative revenue sources that donāt directly undermine the relationship the bb writers have with their audience.
1 Like
No telling what those pesky evil cats are up to and better to just not know. 
This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
