In the recently concluded Business Blogging Summit, Jason Calacanis raised the issue of paid bloggers.

Then we have people who come along - like Payperpost. Now we get into the evil part of me. I care when somebody comes into this beautiful place where trust and authenticity matters. And then these people come in and they get into trickery. If you go selling your posts and not disclosing it, that’s not innovative, thats lying.

“Tim Draper, you put $3 million into a company doing covert marketing. What were you doing? What were you thinking, Tim Draper?

Many people have posted their reactions about this, but here’s one that I like most.