I have to admit, before this week, I've never heard of Gushcloud. I have, of course, heard of Xiaxue and Nuffnang. (Full disclosure: I run Nuffnang ads on this blog.)
The name of the Gushcloud CEO, Vincent Ha, however sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it at first.
And then I remembered I may have received an e-mail from a Vincent Ha once. I searched my inbox and found this:
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Ha!So three months ago, Vincent Ha of Gushcloud asked me to be a "contributor" for a new site called MustShareNews.com.
I was flattered.
But now that I've read about Gushcloud, I'm hurt I wasn't asked be one of its "influencers". I guess I'm not pretty enough.
Or have enough page views.
With only 398 Facebook "Likes" and 52 Instagram followers, I am in no danger of being accused of buying "Likes" or followers.
Anyway, I replied to Mr Ha that I can't contribute to his or other sites since I work for The New Paper as a full-time SPH employee.
I was also disturbed that he got the impression that I had come up with The Noose TV show, most likely from this blog post: Speaking of The Noose, see the PowerPoint that started it all.
I want to make it clear that I did not come up with The Noose. I only created the PowerPoint for it. My then MediaCorp colleague Prem Anand created The Noose.
After sending him my reply, I never heard from Mr Ha again. (UPDATE: He has since responded after this blog post was published.)
Which is just as well, I supposed.
Otherwise, I could be on Team #FaithinGushcloud now.
Ha!
Truth be told, I would rather be on Team #FaithinXiaxue. Not that I have anything against Gushcloud or Mr Ha (except that he may not think I'm pretty enough).
The thing is, I'm not afraid of Gushcloud, but I really don't want to get on the bad side of Xiaxue Baggins.
She can be more terrifying than Smaug.
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UPDATE: My apologies to Vincent Ha
