Over the past weekend, there was pushback over on ENWorld (to the point where a long time poster was blocked) over Sean Fannon's outright refusal to declare his use of affiliate links in his Sean's Pick's posts.
From this morning's Sean's Picks post:
Changes like this and the prominent labeling of Sponsored Content at ENWorld wouldn't have happened if the community weren't vocal, and you were. Well done.
What was the long time poster's comment that got him blocked? Is it possible for you to provide a screenshot?
ReplyDeleteyour looking at it :)
Delete...that gets you blocked? Another reason Enworld is a Shit Show run by balloon-eating clowns.
DeleteTechnically just ignore-listed by Sean (which evidently also blocks any news articles he posts), but yeah. That's it. Not banned.
DeleteFucking ridiculous!
ReplyDeleteWell Erik your chosen career path makes you follow a higher standard of ethics and morals and I salute you for that.
ReplyDeleteProps to Sean for giving it full consideration, despite his initial negative responses. It goes a long way towards upping public perception of his integrity when he's willing to set aside his emotions on the issue. As far as I recall, most people talking about it (myself included) took no issue with the affiliate links and such, only the concealment of it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as a community at large, if we're going to call people on their missteps, we should also point out when they make amends. Thank you Erik for leading the way in this. You are to be praised for reporting on the entire event, not just the negative start of it.