General Motors launches new blog
Not content with giving Bob Lutz and other execs their 21st-century soapbox
(aka the FastLane Blog), General Motors launched a new blog Wednesday under the "For Your Information" banner. The FYI Blog "will highlight the positive developments that occur at GM on a daily basis," and ought to be much more active than the FastLane Blog. We can expect to see posts in areas such as: innovations in products, technology and processes; GM employee profiles; "Good News" stories; op/ed discussions of current issues; and guest posts by non-GM authors.
[Source: GM]
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Bonita 9:50AM (4/20/2006)
??? " . . . highlight positive developments on a daily basis"??
That'll be an empty blog.
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Razib Ahmed 9:51AM (4/20/2006)
"Our hope is that this will be an effective way to spread the conversation about GM"- This is the main focus of GM for its new blog and may be this is a good strategy too. Well, big companies like GM are getting more interested about blogs and this is good news for professional bloggers.
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jim gill 10:31AM (4/20/2006)
I am pleased to be able to recieve positive news about GM on a frequent basis.I am so sick of the GM basis by the main stream press.
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Vinny 11:06AM (4/20/2006)
So it's a fictional website...
We want a website were there is only postings that ignore reality and give everyone a warm fuzzy.
Kudos to GM though for keeping the Do-It-Yourself-Tahoe-Commercial open and not yanking the anti-SUV ads. It's generated more hits to the site than if they had "cleansed" the postings. Maybe they'll do the same with their blog. I'm sure you GM-disciples are hoping they don't.
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Dave Lawson 11:21AM (4/20/2006)
Amusing that your blog entry was positioned directly AFTER the entry declaring further financial woes at GM.
"Irony is the hygiene of the mind."
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Finished.Law.School 12:09PM (4/20/2006)
It is clear that the FYI blog will be full of lies.
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mick 12:24PM (4/20/2006)
Good, I will spend less time on this blog.
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Howard Kerr 12:58PM (4/20/2006)
You have to wonder what kind of person came up with this idea.
"Yes, we already have a weblog devoted to good news about GM, but we NEED a weblog that touts the REALLY, REALLY good news here at GM."
Do you suppose that someone within GM may eventually wake up to the fact that shareholders and customers of GM might actually want to see GOOD/GREAT PRODUCTS?
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Vinny 4:57PM (4/20/2006)
This is their message on posting comments...
"To protect against spam, off-topic and abusive comments, all comments are reviewed before being posted to the blog. Please limit your comments to two on each topic and don't use all caps. Also, please note that some comments related to specific ownership issues are forwarded to customer assistance rather than posted here. "
In other words, "nothing negative about us. No horror stories from previous owners. If you tell us how much you love us you will get posted".
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