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).

I guess I have to justify why I sound like I am defending Fictional Press.

Blogs are mediums in which we publish our rubbish, opinions, pictures, entertainment, news etc. Everyone is trying to earn a quick buck by writing advertisements into their blogs, the quality and integrity of most blog posts have now been compromised. Blogs like Fictional Press have emerged to attract blog readers that are attracted to gossips and scandals like market aunties (I’m a market uncle too, if you must).

Take for example, www.theonion.com . This website produce the most hilarious fictional news on the internet. They probably get a lot of traffic and backlinks even though most people know that it is a fictional satire news website.

Btw, my horroscope on www.theonion.com was…

The stars foresee a time of great vagueness and something or other in your future. Also, there will be a chair.

I guess the only fault I found with Fictional Press was that they were not funny at all.

3 Comments »

1. Key thing, you need to put a disclaimer, perhaps at the end of each post?

   I guess you could say the onion already has an established reputation for being funny fiction. And some of it are down right obvious.

   Keep at it, and get recognized!

   Comment by arzhou (adrian) — January 16, 2008 @ 3:41 pm

2. […] think it’s cool. But anyway, I saw this interesting post about fiction entries in a blog.  The reason why I found it interesting is because I always had the idea that blogs are like […]

   Pingback by Damn Pretty Girl » Blog Archive » Fiction or not - What’s the difference? — January 16, 2008 @ 6:09 pm

3. i agree with this
   “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.”

   Comment by nerdie — January 17, 2008 @ 12:43 pm

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