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PR Firm Unwisely Tangles With Penny Arcade

Posted by Soulskill on from the internet-lynch-mob-engaged dept.

New submitter FSWKU writes "Courtesy of Penny-Arcade, Paul Christoforo of Ocean Marketing provides a perfect example of what not to do when interacting with customers, especially if you are doing so on behalf of another company. There's name dropping, an ego trip worthy of Charlie Sheen, and even what appears to be a promise to commit libel. Other outlets are already picking up the story and running with it, and an examination of Ocean Marketing's website has generated accusations of plagiarism."

2 of 419 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wow. by happylight · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah pretty much. Dave with his wall of text over two controllers. Get a life.

    And then some dumbass goes on and on about his popular comic as if he's someone important. Get a life too.

  2. This is wrong! by MatthiasF · · Score: -1, Troll

    And I don't mean the jerk in Ocean's customer service (he's wrong too).

    But to post these private messages without permission and set a mob on the guy is completely unethical.

    I love Penny Arcade's humor and they make good points in some of their blog articles, but this is pretty insidious and inappropriate to abuse their fan base to make personal attacks.

    If this is where the Internet is headed, I'll go back to BBS, please.