Does this seem insulting to scrapbookers to you?

I thought it was just them posting from their personal facebook page.

Even without the chance of insulting people, those portions are just so negative sounding.

If you removed those portions and read the ad, it sounded good. memory keeping that is quick & easy, not messy, not expensive, yet still results in beautiful albums.

I am sure even the dreaded scrapbookers may have been interested in checking it out.

I get the mssage they are trying to put forth, but I feel like it was said very poorly and could absolutely be hurtful to scrapbookers. Stampin' Up was my segway into scrapbooking, I wasn't a card maker or a stamper but I found a meetup group and these ladies welcomed me with open arms even though I was in my 20s and a scrapbooker so it's sad to see a message like that which may turn people off.

Project Life is so easily marketed towards non-scrapbookers, it's something that I love about Project Life, but you don't have to bash anyone in the process. It's poor marketing and would make it so if that was my SU consultant, I'd think twice, I don't want to give my money to someone who belittles the thing I love.

I'm not insulted, but do feel they could have worded it differently. And really, I do find that the attitude that gets put out there that traditional scrapping isn't "cool" is part of why it's not as popular as it was.

Definitely not endearing themselves to ME personally.

I thought of this thread when I looked at Ali's new site. Unfortunately I can't find the paragraph again to post it here

In describing her new venture Ali said it's designed for person starting one special album, or another with rows of completed books.

It was very gracious, unlike the SU post that disturbs many.

Did anyone else read it?

 
I've never cared about what other people think, I do the things I like and that make me happy. I could be spending my time and money at the mall, at the casino or at the bar, but I don't. If other people enjoy those things, great, but I'd rather do something more creative, positive and constructive. It's really too bad that more people don't appreciate it for what it truly is, which is tangibly documenting one's family history. Unfortunately most people don't realize that fact until it's too late. You never see mourners paging through someone's Facebook timeline at their funeral!

Not insulted but marketing needs work (sounds like a spam message or as seen on tv type). Also a copy editor is a must. Too many fragments and run on sentences looks unprofessional for a company.