Since everyone’s favorite company president, Paul Helinski, was having such a hard time comprehending the nature of the internet and how exactly it works, I thought I would take a moment and give him some easy-to-understand, graphical pointers.
First, run a Google search for “gunsamerica”. If you do it sometime near the time of this post’s writing, check out return number seven.
Yup, that would be my little post, put up all of seven hours ago, showing up on the front page of Google returns for your company. Not bad for a “nobody”, eh?
And that, Paul, is how the Internet works. That is why the NSSF is “allowing” “nobodies” like me to show up to their (not your) SHOT show. The times are changing, Paul, and the days of “official” media are over – you can either get with the times, or you can be left behind.
You can still salvage this situation, Paul – all it takes is an honest, genuine, public apology, and I will be more than happy to repost it for you. But part of that is admitting you screwed up.
Showing up as #4 for me, and that’s after clearing my Google Web History.
Wow, sucks to be them.
And he’s … multiple-downed again. More. An “apology” that, in effect, says “No, not you guys, I meant those other guys.
@ ExurbanKevin: Sadly, I seem to have slid overnight. Still near the top for “paul helinski gunsamerica”, though
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@ ZerCool: Out of curiosity, where did he write that? I have refreshed the NSSF page, but cannot find that comment…
http://www.shotshowblog.com/gun-bloggers-and-internet-media-instant-viral-coverage-of-the-shot-show/#comment-411467949
Shorter version: “My life is so hard. I have to work sixteen hours this week. In Vegas. You guys have it SO easy, so shut up.”
Well, we are MORE than happy to make your hours shorter and give you less work to to do, Paul. Keep it up, and that’s exactly what will happen.
And as for burning your shirt in effigy, no thank you, we’ll do worse: We won’t link to you, and we won’t buy from you.
Living well is the best revenge.
How strange… unless I use that specific link you just gave, the comment does not show up. All the more reason NOT to use Disqus, I guess.
And, yeah, we can definitely help with the whole “heavy workload” problem, no worries on that count!