One Mile at a Time [OMaaT] discussions [merged]
#4156
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Blogs, including this one, have been doing marketing masquerading as content for years. It's odd that people only think it's a problem when they have a problem with the service that's being marketed.
#4157
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#4158
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Putting aside that the fact that an individual consumers are having trouble with a product doesn't demonstrate a claim is "false," there is no basis for liability unless a blogger said/posted something they knew to be false.
Again, this is no different than a customer being told a Hyatt or Chase promo is great, or plugging a hotel they got a free stay at, and then a dissatisfied customer blaming the blogger. Should there be better disclosure laws on the divide between marketing and editorial content? For sure. Is a marketer responsible for any problems that an end user uses? No.
And that a specific user is having trouble with a product is hardly the same as lying.
Last edited by Adam1222; Feb 20, 2021 at 5:13 pm
#4159
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While the Brex posts have dried up for now...the OTT sensationalist clickbait headlines have not.
"Terrifying"
https://onemileatatime.com/united-ai...ngine-failure/
"Terrifying"
https://onemileatatime.com/united-ai...ngine-failure/
#4160
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While the Brex posts have dried up for now...the OTT sensationalist clickbait headlines have not.
"Terrifying"
https://onemileatatime.com/united-ai...ngine-failure/
"Terrifying"
https://onemileatatime.com/united-ai...ngine-failure/
It would be odd if a travel blog did not cover an aircraft incident that is being covered by all news media sources.
#4161
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It would be better to simply report things like this without any embellishment.
#4162
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The tone of the article is sensationalist, which is Ben's forte. He seems to revel in conflict, misery or danger. I still can't forget his article about a murder in a Hong Kong hotel (and where he was more bothered about what hotels do with the rooms after such incidents).
It would be better to simply report things like this without any embellishment.
It would be better to simply report things like this without any embellishment.
Criticism like yours here makes any valid criticism you may have seem more frivolous.
#4163
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I wouldn't really count OMAAT, which has recently morphed into the Brex Customer Service portal, as a "news site".
#4164
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#4165
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The tone of the article is sensationalist, which is Ben's forte. He seems to revel in conflict, misery or danger. I still can't forget his article about a murder in a Hong Kong hotel (and where he was more bothered about what hotels do with the rooms after such incidents).
It would be better to simply report things like this without any embellishment.
It would be better to simply report things like this without any embellishment.
#4168
Join Date: Dec 2010
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You can read my Brex comments here:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cred...sn-t-work.html
I also posted them to Ask Lucky. No surprise, they didn't appear.
Certainly not the "easiest" points I've ever earned.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cred...sn-t-work.html
I also posted them to Ask Lucky. No surprise, they didn't appear.
Certainly not the "easiest" points I've ever earned.
#4169
Join Date: Feb 2018
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Things must really be getting desperate now that Ben has resorted to Air Pod advertorials...
Maybe the Brex cash has dried up?
https://onemileatatime.com/apple-airpods-pro-review/
Maybe the Brex cash has dried up?
https://onemileatatime.com/apple-airpods-pro-review/