This is a couple of weeks old, but I can’t stop thinking about it…

A start-up called Belly Ballot created a contest to pay an expectant mom $5,000 to let the Internet name her baby.

It goes something like this: Natasha Hill was having a hard time deciding on a name for unborn child, which is due in September. She also had some credit card debt she wanted to wipe clean and start saving for college tuition before the baby was born. So she entered a contest to let total strangers name her baby.

The catch? She only gets the cash if she actually gives her child the name the Internet voted most popular.

The blogosphere was all up in arms about it: “A real mom wouldn’t let complete strangers name her baby!” and “Quick! Someone get her a baby name book!”

It turns out the blogosphere was right. A real mom wouldn’t let complete strangers name her baby. (more…)