*UPDATE/ADDITION:
• Want to thank @Udandi for posting the original blog that inspired me to start looking in to this!
• Overnight, their Facebook page gained over 33,000 fans – while the majority of the United States was sleeping. Is that even really possible?
• One of the “girls” has apparently quit. Quit? Already? It’s only been two weeks? I have to think that she wants out because she wants nothing to do with the lies and behind the scene scams.
Within 2 weeks, a Facebook page called “Crock Pot Girls” has gained over ONE MILLION likers. Very impressive especially when you compare their success to other pages – and consider they are 3 stay-at-home moms that just wanted to share their crock pot recipes.
Do a search for “crock pot” on Facebook and there are plenty of other pages, but the only one that even comes close to this new page has a mere 71,000 fans.
You’ve got pages like “Hungry Girl” that are wildly popular and even have books for sale and they only have 400,000.
The cooking sensation tv show that is hosted by Rachel Ray, only has 680,000 fans on Facebook.
With numbers like this – I can’t help but ask – what the heck is going on?
After a bit of digging around, and taking a closer look at who is behind the Crock Pot Girls, I have a sneaking suspicion that there is more than meets the eye here - literally.
A guy by the name of Chase Shelby is the one that their website is registered to. Chase is a brother-in-law to one of the “girls” and Chase is what he likes to refer to as an “SEO expert and affiliate marketer”. He owns two other domains, ChaseMarketingProfits.com and StephenvilleInternetMarketing.com, and his internet marketing packages start at $149.95.
Okay? So? Well, according to a blog post on She Posts:
Chase linked to a blog post by Lorne Fade, who specializes in affiliate marketing and SEO, and not the white hat kind. Fade’s post extolled the benefits of using a Facebook bot to virally grow fan pages that funnel into affiliate marketing sites. The first paragraph of Fade’s article: “But hey aren’t bots against facebook [Terms Of Service]?! Simple answer. Who cares?”
When I first read this, I wasn’t really sure what the “Facebook Bot” was that was being referenced. From Wikipedia, here is what they say it is:
Internet bots, also known as web robots, WWW robots or simply bots, are software applications that run automated tasks over the Internet. Typically, bots perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone. The largest use of bots is in web spidering, in which an automated script fetches, analyzes and files information from web servers at many times the speed of a human. Each server can have a file called
robots.txt, containing rules for the spidering of that server that the bot is supposed to obey.In addition to their uses outlined above, bots may also be implemented where a response speed faster than that of humans is required (e.g., gaming bots and auction-site robots) or less commonly in situations where the emulation of human activity is required, for example chat bots. Recently bots have been used for search advertising, such as Google Adsense.[1]
Hmmm…now I might be on to something. I read through the Lorne Fade post and found out that you can actually BUY a BOT to use on Facebook. I am not sure I understand exactly what it does, but from what I am gathering, the BOT will help you add friends (or fans in this case) and through some affiliate marketing, you end up getting PAID MONEY for each click.
So, did Mr. Shelby use a BOT of some sort to run automated tasks that helped these ladies gain the unbelievable number of fans they have – and make a TON of money in the meantime? I am not accusing anyone of anything, but I will definitely be watching their page carefully over the next few days and also keeping an eye on the news to see if anything in this social media, viral phenomenon is truly uncovered.
If this isn’t some kind of BOT that has worked behind the scenes and these 3 ladies have truly gained over a million fans in just a few short weeks – then a huge high-five to them. What an accomplishment. However, I really feel this just can’t be true. Here are a few of my other thoughts behind all of this.
1. If you have over a million fans on Facebook, it seems like you would have a pretty big following on Twitter as well. However, these ladies only have around 250 followers (and their avatar is still that default “egg”).
2. I really have to question if all these people that are posting on their wall really LOVE their crock-pot as much as they all say they do. I mean, I like cooking with mine, but I don’t LOVE it.
3. I do think there are lots of legit fans on this page. For one, I was a legitimate FAN (or at least I think I was). I saw that a few of my friends had LIKED the page, so, just like I do many times, I LIKED it as well.
4. If you go through their fans, and look at the profiles of many of these people, they have nearly empty walls on their own pages – except for the mentions about Crock Pot Girls. This seems so strange to me. All these people would have these pages on Facebook and never post anything UNTIL they found Crock Pot Girls???? I am not buying it.
5. With that many fans – and the attention of that many people – I would have imagined that they would have had a website up and running by now. They have posted a few times over the past few days about how they are “working on it”. Again – I don’t buy it. If they wanted something live, they could have had something live by now to help solidify their existence. But even tonight, after hitting one million fans, there is still no site.
6. When I go to their page, it says that 6 of my friends are fans. 6? Over on my wall a few minutes ago it said that I had 25 friends that were fans! Where did they go? Hmm…I am thinking that maybe a BOT might have added a few – or made it look like a few were added. Not sure about that!
Crock Pot Girl Fan Count as I end this post: 1,018,046.
Two hours ago is when they hit 1,000,000.
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I know this is old news now… but their facebook no longer has anything?? Did you do an update this somewhere?
We have heard that they were no longer able to use the name “Crock Pot” as it is a trademarked phrase. They have renamed themselves the Crockin’ Girls but their new Facebook page only has a fraction of their original page.
I, too, “liked” the Crock Pot Girls the morning I saw it on my fb newsfeed. The strange thing is how awful their website is. Sure, they have recipes but it seems like it was put up over night. Where are the pictures? Where are the discussions? I knew something seemed a little off. It all makes sense now.
I heard that this guy will be replacing the 3rd CPG…lol
http://www.hahasforhoohas.com/crock-pot-ecard/
“Nearly 1.2 million likes for a Facebook page that launched August 19? It must be Charlie Sheen, right? Ashton Kutcher? Lady Gaga? Nope: Try Crock Pot Girls.
But was this explosion the result of a sudden interest boom in slow cooking, or something else?
Facebook marketing and relationship marketing consultant Mari Smith, author of upcoming book The New Relationship Marketing, and Sam Goldfarb, general manager of Facebook marketing service Tradimax, did a little digging and unearthed some interesting nuggets.”
Read the rest here:
http://www.allfacebook.com/is-1-2-million-facebook-likes-in-three-weeks-a-crock-2011-09
Wow! I have had to work my ass off to get the 2000 fans that I have and they are ALL real people! I believe this though..there is just NO WAY that they could get that many REAL likes. I mean, I bet a lot are real but a fair amount are not.
And I am with you…I like my crock pot…I am not in love with it…
Just a note, the “Chase” that linked to a black hat bulletin board was NOT Chase Shelby (the brother in law SEO guy). I was referring to Erin Chase of $5 Dinners, who I had quoted earlier. Unfortunately, her last name is the same as his first name, which causes some confusion. In the article, I exclusively referred to people by their last names after their initial introduction.
Oh, and one more thing, if you are suspicious of CPG’s fb page b/c you can’t really see any “content”? Perhaps you need to revise your own fb security settings in order to actually “see” the content. Just a thought.
OMG, this has turned into an absolute witch hunt! What is wrong with you people??? One person’s small “suspicion” seems to have turned into an angry horde calling for blood?? Here’s something new to ponder:
1) On 8/30, I saw on my fb newsfeed that my sister-in -law had “liked” Crockpot Girls
2) On that same day, I clicked on over to the Crockpot Girls fb page, and after perusing for awhile, I “liked” it as well.
3) The following day, I shared a link on my fb wall, with kudos and encouraging comments regarding the page.
Let me TRY to address each of these points individually:
First, my sister-in-law REALLY and TRULY liked their page willingly and thru her own volition. I know this as fact.
Second, I liked the page, REALLY and TRULY liked it willingly and thru my own volition. I also know this as fact.
Third, after sharing the link on my wall, TEN of my friends, REAL friends that I know PERSONALLY, also like the CP Girls fb page. No they were not random fb friends and YES, they were ALL people I would have expected to like it. Additionally, I do know for a FACT, thru conversations about food and crockpotting that they did actually like the page willingly and thru their own volition. It’s not like the random likes came from my husband, kids or my first boyfriend from high school.
Fourth, the reason I took the time to actually “like” the page is because, there is actually “content” there. Just about every other post is a REAL new recipe posted by a real person. I don’t understand the comments here about how there is no real content on their fb page? I also don’t understand how this makes it a “scam”? No $$ is being exchanged between myself and Crockpot Girls, and if you are really concerned about Internet Advertising, then perhaps you should rethink every time you click on a Zynga Game?
Fifth, and this is one of my most important points: IF YOU CLICK ON THE NAME OF A POSTER ON THE CPG WALL, AND NOTHING COMES UP BUT THEIR CPG POSTS——DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT THE HAVE THEIR SECURITY SETTINGS SET FOR YOU TO ONLY SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN COMMON?????? Hello??? It does NOT MEAN they are a bot, it means they have restricted you to only see that!!!!
And finally, I just want to point out that, I have used their web link http://www….. crock…..pot….girls….com, numerous times, and have NEVER had a problem. If you are having a problem, then try clearing your cache/cookies and/or using a different browser.
In my opinion, this is taking paranoia to a whole new realm.
Anna, how could they have “thought of it first” when this FB page has been doing the very same thing for the last year?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crock-Pot-Recipe-Exchange/132953486751094
I started a page for moms in oklahoma to get together and trade, sell or donate items to other moms…..I dont have 300 likes yet on my page even by word of mouth. The Crockpot girls sure made me feel like a loser…geeeeez.
Marcy – Don’t feel like a loser – You are doing it the right way and it will take time. Good things come to those who wait (and do it the right way).
Everytime I refresh the croskpot girls facebook the “likes” keep adding up I agree too good to be true. I do like the recipes. but I am sorry it had be found this way.
Who cares how they got over a million fans??? The writer of this post is just mad that he/she didn’t think of it first! Hello- this is America! If 3 ladies can make money over posting recipes on a social media site, isn’t that the sort of ingenuity that this country was founded on. Congrautlations Ladies for thinking of it first!!! Keep on posting so I can keep on using my new favorite appliance!
……And your point is??????????? I found out about The Crock Pot Girls from a friend of mine on facebook, then another, then another….by the time it was done, the first day 60 posts on my facebook alone, saying they had joined or were going to join and telling me about it. That was the first day! It went on and on that first week! I am still getting posts from my friends, telling me recipes they sent in, and telling how many of their friends and family have gotten on there! I have posted recipes on there too!
Oh – and look what Chase Shelby bought on August 25th…right when the site started exploding from the Bots: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-special-offers-forum/434024-newbie-friendly-make-money-amazon-today-rave-reviews-2.html#post4542946
Interesting purchase choice from Chase Shelby right before they went “viral”…
http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-special-offers-forum/434024-newbie-friendly-make-money-amazon-today-rave-reviews-2.html
Def interesting how many fans liked it in the middle of the night!
Why fight back if there isn’t anything to hide? The fact that the husband of one of the “girls” had to defend them on another blog is fishy enough, to suggest legal action? Why? I’m not a blogger and this doesn’t pass the smell test to me.
I now agree with most of the web hackers… sit back.. get some popcorn… and watch the train wreck.
If one does not think that this is a HIGH possibility, in light of the fact that MANY of the irreglar things that are/were happening, then check this out, http://www.blackhatworld.com, look up “facebook dominator”. Offers to do custom programs too.
Kris, sorry to inform you, Many people do research. Sure, let someone unleash this on facebook and one will get bogged down.
NYC Girl, you should have seen it when it was 1000 per min.
Misty, these peeps on Black Hat live for this method of marketing, they make money doing it, so as far as your discription of this as a “conspracy theory” it could better be described as “Probable Cause”
Jan, people do care about pages that tell you your friends like them but in reality they do not. As far as the page with 230K , about to be archived, I would say then it has been a long while. Ever think that the “mere 70K” page was “merely 70k” because it was organic?
I very highly doubt that Facebook will admit this happened as it would indicate a failure on there security. CPG will never admit it for sure.
I commend you for your investigation enthusiasm, but I hardly think that a link to the Lorne Fade blog post is proof that a bot was used. If you read that blog post in its entirety, you would have seen that Lorne’s attempt was futile. He even wrote in the comments section, “Stick to facebook PPC, and use fbspy to gain an edge.”
No Kris…YOU need to do your research.
Hostgator HAS plenty of dedicated servers built and ready to go…so does WiredTree. they are set up to be ready for potential customers who NEED to change hosts NOW. See – I know this because I just changed my dedicated server last week and the LONGEST process was the 7 hours it took to FTP 3 years worth of posts. after that, it does take up to 24 hours for the new site to populate. It’s been over a week since they said that they are working on building a new site. Even on your ridiculously-long timetable, it should have been up by now.
But nice try Kris!
Hmmmmm….sounds fishy to me!!
-1,095,474 Fans
-@ 4:40am
-9/4/2011
*****************************3,679 New Fans in 8 hours***********************************
-1,099,153 Fans
-@ 12:35pm
-9/4/2011
*****************************6,772 New Fans in 11 hours**********************************
-1,105,925 Fans
-@ 11:25pm
-9/4/2011
10,451 Fans in LESS than 24 Hours???
@ 11:33……1,105,990 Fans…..65 more Fans in less than 10 minutes!!!
I agree with Janice, the growth is way to steady to be “for real”. I am also very surprised that one of the girls would quit so early in the game. If they are legit or not – they would have the possibility of raking in some big bucks. Why would she get out if they were honest and for real??? A little fishy to me!
A lot of people are weighing in on this over at my blog as well. Thanks for stopping by, too!
http://allthingsmamma.com/2011/09/crock-pot-girls-scam-or-legit/
I wrote about this on MomCrunch — I wanted to believe the girls. I always want to believe the best in people. But a bot just makes a heck of a lot more sense. Viral can be crazy for sure. But this one’s growth has been too STEADY – day or night, it is the same pace.
SO sad if it is all a scam. No one wants evil bots.
All of you are simply jealous haters. Hahaha
I am very confused. Am I the only one that uses Google to find recipes? It is much easier than a Facebook page that cannot sort recipes into categories, yet everyone is acting like this is something new that no one else has ever done before. I liked their page and have even posted recipes on there but unless you have hours to scroll through them all, it really is not user friendly.
I have noticed too that many people ask them questions as if they wrote all the recipes themselves. They have even made it clear that it is a site for sharing recipes but people still act like they created the crockpot. LOL! So crazy!
*************3,679 New Fans in approx. 8 hours******************
Hmmmmm….sounds fishy to me!!
-1,095,474 Fans
-@ 4:40am
-9/4/2011
-1,099,153 Fans
-@ 12:35pm
-9/4/2011
Min, hostgator was hosting the site and they are building a dedicated server. You might do your research because that takes 2 – 3 days. Then another 24 hours to populate. You might want to do a little research before you state the so called facts. The crock potgirls have gotten here because of the support of all the moms and dads that like to use a slow cooker. This makes life easier for these busy families. You will never be able to do that because of your attitude. It’s pretty easy to figure it out. It was just a great simple idea.
Kris, well said! Has anyone researched to see if “the” Chase Shelby who is trying to learn WordPress as fast as he can to build the CPG website is the same “Chase Shelby” noted above? Guess not. Let’s not let the facts get in the way of a good rumor …
It’s so incredibly sad how cynical people have become. And even more sad that unsubstantiated rumors are perpetuated through blogs like this. Very, very sad.
Wow, I wish your research was correct about Facebook. “Do a search for “crock pot” on Facebook and there are plenty of other pages, but the only one that even comes close to this new page has a mere 71,000 fans.” Gosh, it takes only a few seconds to see that your research is incorrect. I joined Crock Pot Girls when the page had about 30,000 Likes and wondered how high it could go. I realized the upside potential was enormous when I saw an about-to-be-archived Facebook page, Crock Pot Recipe Exchange, had over 230,000 Likes … and it didn’t appear at that time to be an actively maintained page.
https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=263037202669
Sorry for your cynicism. Who cares how fast they grew? I, for one, am happy that three mommies from Texas decided to share some recipes and that I stumbled on their page. It’s made this gal who hates to cook have some new options for healthy and yummy meals.
Your conspiracy theory is ridiculous. The reason this page worked is because these REAL WOMEN were not intending to “market” anything. They capitalize on what is obviously a real need. An if you made a copycat page or website then shame on you and you deserve your relatively lower fanbase.
The more I look at Chase Shelby’s website and read his marketing information and look at the links to other websites that give detailed instruction (even courses to enroll in, concerning marketing products on Facebook). The flags just keep flying. Very suspect. I can see how so many question this. Good Luck with this, it may take a avenue that some may not like.
Kris, you may want to go to http://www.chasemarketingprofits.com and read more about Chase Shelby before you make your call. He seems to be very internet and marketing savy. One of his comments that I felt was a insite to this man was “Focus is the key, no matter what method you use”. I do believe these are wonderful ladies, and have love in their hearts for their friends and families. Sometimes, when we get somewhere of achievement, we look back and consider the road that got us there. I hope the road that they have traveled so far makes them proud, otherwise it could destroy relationships and cause unsuspected problems. God Bless.
What I also find fishy is their constant assertions that they are “working on finding a hosting service” that can handle their traffic.
Sure – if they are only looking at the $10/month plans, they aren’t going to be able to do it. But if they are truly looking to turn this in to a business, places like WiredTree, Hostgator and many more could have them set up and online with a VPS or dedicated server in about 4 hours. They may not like having to pay the $200/month hosting fees, but if they are that confident that all those Fans are real people who would visit the website, they would cover their hosting fees within a week using just Google Adsense!
This story can’t be further from the truth. My wife actually came up with the idea of creating the Facebook page. They wanted to do it to swap recipes among friends. It grew so fast for some unknown reason. We may never know. My wife can barely add a contact to her phone let alone put some bot in her Facebook page. Chase(who is a relative of on of the girls) was not brought in the picture until later. He built the website on wordpress which is a 101 website template. If chase was so good to add these bots in the page don’t you think he could keep up the website which keeps crashing? These are good girls that care for family and friends. I will be calling your office next week to discuss these false accusations.
Amen Kris! Way to go Coley!!
That sucks. I was feeling like I must be doing something horribly wrong for them to rocket to such numbers instantly. Feel better now. Thanks for researching it.
Submitted your post to reddit as I thought it would be a interesting topic for the Tech News Today show. You can vote the story up if you agree.
Check this link out; I think this is the type of bot they may be using; check out the video!!
http://facebookblaster.com/
It seems to me that the people that are upset about this site are other bloggers. That seems a little fishy to me. I found their page because of friends of mine that I know truly have liked their page. I have referred people there that have liked their page. No where on that page does it sell anything! It is simply recipe after recipe that are in an easy to find format. Who cares if they create a blog off of their reputation where they offer something for sell. Isn’t that what you are doing here?
This FB site didn’t quite pass the smell test to me either. After reading this blog, I decided to post a “friendly” warning that something isn’t right on the CPG wall. Was immediately DELETED !!! HAHAHAHAH I turned them in as a scam to FB.
Always somebody trying to take the joy out of life. I have been enjoying the recipes on here. Is someone just jealous(as that is what usually happens when success is somebody elses). I say if it’s in conflict with Facebook then it should be fixed,but if not,then let us post and print our recipes in peace.
Before I finished writing my book some years ago I had a discussion with the editor of a noted publishing company and in the course of the discussion he told me thet there are certain types of book that no publishing company would touch (because they would flop). At the top of the list was COOK BOOKS, of any kind, unless you are very well known as a homemaker with a lot of valuable ‘press’ behind you. Martha Stewart would qualify–the rest generally are wasting their own time and publishers just laugh at them.
That background, even in a new era of cyber social media, makes the million-hits number highly suspect. Hmmmm.
This is very interesting. I liked the page also on fb and was wondering why it shows I have 9 people like them but on my home it shows 25. Also the bios of the girls are now down to 2. Originally they were at 3. How could do they do the crock pot monday’s they are advertising. Just send nancy grace to talk to them, she will get to the bottom of it..
Yes, interesting I agree, I saw Greggs comment and thought of myself immediately! I have a group and a page on FB called Crock-Pot Mamas and I have recieved nasty emails that I am trying to “copy” the crockpot girls. I didnt even know what they were! I started mine out as a group and it has already grown to almost 200 in 3 days. I did this b/c I LOVE my crock and we had an unusually cold day this week in MN and I was making my Cream of Potato Soup and thought that I would love others recipes so I mainly made it to get recipes from others. I know all my MN friends have crock recipes…we have some cold winters here
On that note I dont think I will ever have a million fans, lol!
I’ve been looking at this for a couple days. I think when this is all said and done, it will go down in history as one of the greatest scams of the internet era. I expect to see copycats that aren’t quite so ambitious. (a million like in 2 weeks? Give me a break. He might as well have put up a neon sign that says “I’m a scammer!”) Should be interesting.
http://www.GroceryShopforFREEatTheMart.com
http://www.GroceryShopforFREEatKroger.com
Def frustrating to all of us who are trying to get fans the legitimate, “old fashioned way”, by WOM.
My blogging partner thought it would be funny to create a spoof page called “The CrAck Pot Girls” to see if we could get 300,000 likes in a day! LOL, nope just 7!
I did a blog about them the other day out of complete amazement of the attraction they created http://flavorappraiser.com/rambles/crock-pot-girls
Regardless of how they did it, it is astonishing… with the amount of comments posted every second on their page, it does show that people are very into it. How long will it last though?!?
VERY interesting. Actually I am a “fan”, I saw that one of my cousins liked it on facebook and thought “weird never heard of them” i am a recipe junkie and follow tons of food blogs also having one of my own, i didn’t like them then though. Later I saw a few other friends had liked their page so I liked them, then I clicked there blog and was totally confused. It was just not what i’m use to in terms of recipe blogs. Later, I noticed that in the “friend we have in common” were missing all these friends that i thought had liked them on facebook, such has my cousin. I am just totally confused. Seriously i have 4 friends in common with them and I saw at least 10 to 15 show up on my wall over the last few days. Anyone can put together a website with a bunch or recipes on it! But no pictures and no way to know if someone else has ever even tried it, no thank you.
They may very well get busted by Facebook, for Hijacking peoples profiles. There may be have some legal issues of using this to drive a interstate commerce scam. If they (or someone, (I now doubt that it really is three ladies)) are diving people to a webpage to collect money from “Clicks”.. then they may have some bigger issues to deal with than just a facebook shutdown of a shell game.
I do agree, there has to be something fishy going on here. I’ve written 2 blog posts about it myself. I’m crazy about figuring this out.
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First, let me say this: When I went to this page yesterday I FELL IN LOVE with it. I love to cook and own 12 Crock Pots myself… I LOVE the content, truly the content is WONDERFUL… all the recipes.. WOW. Totally stoked about this. But, when a friend told me about this as a possibility and as I started to see that I was being manipulated… well… as a honest person… I felt bad. Shame on them for not believing in their own content. Robotic programs… making comments and taking the people in.. SHAME on THEM. I reported them to Facebook as spam and a scam.
HAHAHA!!! Beautiful. I’m a designer and developer and bought CrockPotGuys.com on a whim when my wife told me about the girls(around the 200k mark). I do this for a living, legitimately, mind you. To get 30 – 50 likes per second for crock pots is very crazy, I thought….. I’m going to give these girls a run… We have a busy family and I REALLY do cook with the crock pot and I really do have buddies that share recipes.
Considering the nature of facebook and the “social media” thing, I thought, why not post my page link on their page to have a friendly show of strength “for the guys” I wasn’t intrusive in the least. They immediately banned me. Hmm… really? Was I a threat? At that time they already had over 500k fans. I had 100. LOL…. So I just paid attention to my fans and the website. and tasty recipes…. I really found some really nice people and as a programmer, I enjoy providing a service to folks. This has been a fun week to say the least. I’ll share this link on our page…
Gregg
I liked your page on facebook last week, love it!!! Way to go
It’s great that you retroactively decided to credit Andi for her observations that sparked your post, but you still present the situation as though you independently figured it all out. It continues to puzzle me why people can’t share information, work together, and give credit where credit is due. Since you’re so concerned about the integrity of this advert ploy, perhaps you should think twice about your integrity as a writer. I thought ad people actually cared about intellectual property?
Sarah – I do care about intellectual property and I am sorry you feel that I don’t. It was a simple mistake that I didn’t include a link to Andi’s blog late last night when writing the piece. By no means was I trying to take any “credit” for figuring anything out. There had been lots of discussion about whether the CPG were “for real” over the past few days in the office, and when we started researching it and found Andi’s blog, it all started to make sense. We agree with you that it is best to work together and give credit when it is due. Exactly why I went back and added that when it was pointed out to me to earlier this morning that a link to that blog wasn’t included. No one is trying to take credit about figuring anything out. We are just trying to make certain people know what is going on behind the scenes. Plus, as stated in the blog, I am not accusing nor am I 100% sure that my interpretation of the situation is correct. I posted some ideas, some of which were similar to Andi’s, but that is all. Andi’s blog is great and it was wonderful that she took the time to write it. I even commented on it yesterday after reading it and agreed with her. I think that maybe you have misunderstood the point of my blog.
Mine also says I have like 8 friends that LIKE them, but when I go to the page, it only lists 1!
HA! I’m curious to see how this all unfolds. And, once the -ish hits the fan, I’ll be right there to say CROCKPOT lovers are ca-RAZY! (kidding.. kind of!)
Thanks for the invite to read, I don’t see a mention to my blog post http://www.udandi.com/2011/08/31/the-crockpotgirls-popularity
But I’m glad it has inspired others to hop on and write something.
Andi – Your blog is actually the one that did inspire me to really dig in to this more.