Ji Ga Zo and an FTC Disclosure
According to FTC guidelines — I am told this for I have never actually taken the time to read an FTC guideline — but according to FTC guidelines whenever I am given a product to review I am supposed to let you guys know that I was given the product to review. That’s what I’m doing now. I’m letting you know that I was given a copy of a product to review. I’m also reviewing the product that I was given to review as it only seems fair that if someone is going to go to the trouble of giving me a product to review then I should actually review the product.
You see, one of the great many advantages of operating a blog (and quite frankly, there are bunches) is that from time to time generous people will send you stuff and say, “Hey, would you mind taking a look at this and then reviewing it?” There are books, games, toys, movies….the list goes on. Unfortunately, no one has ever said to me, “Hey Ed, here’s a huge pile of stuff we are calling money. Why don’t you take this and see if you can find clever ways to use it, then write us a snappy little review?” Never happens. Still, I’m hopeful.
On the flip side 90% of the stuff that people pitch for me to review is utter crap! Seriously. Couple that with the fact that 90% of the remaining 10% that I actually decide to review is also crap. “The readers of Little m Long a will surely want to know about this,” their pitch begins. I’m calling bullshit. They don’t want to know about your silly product because it’s crap.
As it is, the majority of pitches I either politely decline or ignore altogether. (You’re welcome.) I must admit that quite a few of the things I do review I never post about because they are so far removed from interesting or engaging that I can’t possibly spin a positive. It’s also not worth the effort to spin the negative. (Again, you’re welcome.)
But once in a blue moon something does come along and it’s worth a mention. So that’s what I’m doing now. Mentioning it.
