Forgive the plugs, they’re for a good cause!

Published on October 26, 2005 By Rajiv Badlani In Business

Alex Steffan, who writes a brilliant blog at http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002465.htmlnoticed my blog and wrote “I love obsessive geekery for a good cause, and I believe I have stumble upon the Ur-site, the Platonic example of the form: the Badlani blog which focuses, essentially entirely, on news about the ongoing global efforts to reduce our use of plastic bags. Yes, that's right: it's an anti-plastic bag blog. Pretty good one, too, full of interesting little tidbits like San Francisco's implementation of a 17-cents-a-bag bag tax (jargon watch for the day: tax on plastic bags = "plastax").” But he wasn’t entirely thrilled as he adds “(The only bummer with Badlani is the authors' relentless hawking of their own cotton bags. We get it, they sell bags. So do others, like Reusablebag.com's Vincent Cobb. No need to remind us every post.). I take his point. Repetitive and relentless promotion can become tedious, but I feel virtuous doing it because Higher listings = more vistors = more fabric bags sold = less plastic bags plaguing our world. So, folks, bear with the plugs if you will, and in fact, spread the word if you agree! But I did need reminding of that, so thanks, Alex! Please note the absence of a plug in this blog.

Comments

Furry Canary

on Oct 30, 2005

'Repetitive and relentless promotion can become tedious, but I feel virtuous doing it ...'
YOU may feel virtuous, but almost everybody else feels you are a selfish ******. 'Repetitive and relentless' doesn't even come close - what you do is hugely insulting. You do not even do people the common courtesy of responding to their comments, you just carry on posting the same old propaganda over and over again. You actively drive away those who might initially have some sympathy for your position. Consequently you are doing your cause far more harm than good. I can only conclude that you don't actually care about the plastic bag issue at all - your motive is obviously pure and unadulterated HUBRIS.

MasonM

on Nov 05, 2005

Good cause = your bank account?

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