Ok, I’ll probably not be ping-ed very high on the Ping.sg list because I have a habit of submitting my blog entries after 12 midnight.

But the above title is absolutely not true yet.

This blog entry is a reaction to themediaslut’s post about Fiction news.

I should credit Fiction Press blog is their creativeness in coming up with fake news about Singapore
However, what they are doing is bad for the blogosphere and it seems Ping.sg members are becoming unwittingly supporting them.

Apparently, in response to my blog entry or themediaslut’s entry (I suspect it’s due to latter), they added a disclaimer!

All the post in the blog are made up. They are totally fiction and is not related to any person. And from today onwards, we will put [Fiction] in front of our pongs. Once again, all the posts here are completely fake and untrue.

My comment to themediaslut’s post was:

The problem is I suspect many promiscuous women on ping.sg are writing sex stories and incredulous posts which are at best, half-truths. Now, at least Fictional Press blog bothers to put on their banner stating that is it fictional.

One might argue that writing about sexual escapades, albeit fictional or semi-fictional, are interesting and no one really minds reading free soft pornography.. then you can compare Fictional Press’s site with www.theonion.com , which is honestly funny and popular.

I guess the problem with Fictional Press is that people actually expect to read credible and honest opinions. If that’s the case, may be you should also suggest to Ping.sg to stop ping pong people with advertisements in their blogs (including mine).

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