No reward for 'hate inspiring' blogs at the FBAs

[Frankie 8,187]

http://www.gersnet.co.uk/index.php/news-category/current-affairs/533-no-reward-for-hate-inspiring-blogs-at-the-fbas

 

Our regular readers will recall our decision to withdraw from the Football Blogging Awards in October because of the unvetted inclusion of websites which we considered go against the spirit of the Awards.

 

With that in mind, we're pleased to note that at last night's ceremony, none of the blogs we complained about won an award. This didn't come as a surprise to us as we were encouraged by the candid response to our complaints from the judges and partners of the FBAs. While, for obvious reasons, we can't share the names who did respond to our concerns, just a few choice quotes include 'poisonous', 'dehumanising' and 'inspire hate' whilst an Award partner labelled one specific site's inclusion and promotion as 'outrageous'. It's also important to record that we respectfully turned down offers of mainstream media coverage of our complaint.

 

To conclude, although we remain disappointed with the public attitude of the FBAs organisers, we're appreciative of the stake-holders who did reply to our concerns and it seems clear the subsequent peer-review audit of the finalists took into account our complaint. While it was unfortunate that Stan Collymore did win a fans award we recognise it was perhaps gained in the main from his English followers presumably disinterested in his often flawed Scottish football commentary (including the regular deletion of social media comments he struggles to defend).

 

Gersnet now hopes the vetting process for future similar awards is improved so the kind of repugnant click-bait we often see from discredited bloggers continues not to be rewarded in any way.

Edited November 20, 2015 by Frankie

[True_Ger_1872 2]

I did note that the hateful blogs were unsuccessful which was good to see. Was concerned that Stan Collymore did win the "Best Sports Influencer" or something to that effect - bizarre decision indeed.

 

Also saw he was there with ill Phil posting for snaps on twitter last night.

[Frankie 8,187]

I did note that the hateful blogs were unsuccessful which was good to see. Was concerned that Stan Collymore did win the "Best Sports Influencer" or something to that effect - bizarre decision indeed.

 

Also saw he was there with ill Phil posting for snaps on twitter last night.

 

Yet, his win was a disappointment but mainly due to the ignorance of English fans and Scottish football. I doubt Stan influences that many people to be honest. Despite Phil's alleged blog viewing figures, neither does he.