The Blogging Slave

So yesterday a whole shit storm of things happened regarding EdenFantasys.com.

I was going along my merry way, checking out the forum over there like I always do, when I came across this thread which had been posted moments before.  My first feelings? Shock and outrage.  I mean, how rude!  I saw my twitter feed a couple minutes later when Epiphora herself linked to the post.  Soon enough, the thread was alive.  Not surprisingly.

Because here’s the thing about Epiphora, she’s fucking amazing.  I very rarely talk to her [although we follow each other on twitter].  The only time I recall actually talking to her is when I asked her a question on formspring and she told me that she was going to save it for her next Ask Epi.  That’s it.  So, really, I’m not a friend, just a mere acquaintance, if that.  I do read her blog though.  As do MANY others.  Because like I said, she’s awesome.  We are on total different ends of the spectrum, because she gets a bajillion of hits a day [hyperbole perhaps...] and I get about 50 [unique visitors, not pageviews].  I’m rambling, what I really want to get to is my feelings on this banning.

WTF?  You all know that I adore edenfantasys.com.  They are the site that I mainly review for.  I’ve raved about them all over my blog, formspring, and twitter.  When non-sex blogger friends ask where they should shop, I tell them EF every time.  I also write for Edencafe, a blog that I love.  Not to mention I am a video reviewer and a mentor [got accepted to their mentor program yesterday too].

Seriously, here was my first tweet…

And here was my second one [three hours later]…

I went from ‘my fave site’ to ’shocked’ and ‘disappointed’.  It doesn’t really sound like I’m talking about the same place does it?  A lot of people over at the thread are voicing their disappointment, which I am very happy about.  Also, as someone pointed out, they are being very diplomatic about it at the same time.  But here’s the thing, I don’t want to be diplomatic, I think it is a crappy thing that they did because there may be some grudges or personal boo boos held by some people over there.  Because Epiphora didn’t do shit.  Oh, she said that some Mommy blogger had a layout that gave her a headache?  It does induce headaches!!! She was telling the truth!!!

But recently it seems like the Mommy blogger advertisements [because only those out of their minds would call them a reviews] are more important to Edenfantasys than the real reviewers.

I am left in a position where I genuinely don’t know what to do.  I love EF, I really do [I've hosted two contests that were SELF FUNDED for them].  I can say with confidence if it were any other company that I review for, I would be emailing a [polite but straightforward] letter saying I could no longer review for them.  Any. Other. Company.  So what makes saying this to EF so hard? I get all my damned giftcards to EF.  I write for EF.  I love EF.  I get the majority of my affiliate money through EF.  I video review for EF.  And yet the same company that I love, is hating on one of the biggest and best sex bloggers out there.

Epiphora did post on her blog about it all.  Which is a million times more eloquent than anything I could write here.  Please go read it.  Get both sides of the story.  Figure out for yourself where you stand.

I’m put at a crossroads.  I am scared to put my honest opinion on the forums.  I am scared to voice my opinion that I think that they fucked up big time.  Because I could be next.  Not that I am trying to compare myself to her.  It is the feeling that most reviewers are getting from the thread put up.

Epiphora isn’t the first, and that makes me wonder who is next…

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