drumsnwhistles.com— [Apologies in advance to those offended by language and others who couldn?t give a rip about this issue]Dear Mike Arrington,...
Oct 30, 2006View in Crawl 4
Until now I didn't even know this had been submitted to digg. i discovered it while reading through my stats for the end of the month. To whoever submitted it, thank you, but it wasn't me. I actually agree -- Digg should be for news, not squabbling. There are many very insightful and newsworthy posts on this topic, but mine isn't one of them. There are, however, other posts linked in my post which are far more interesting and worth reading.With that said and since it's here, I think I'll digg it since it's my own post.dnW
That blog post reminds me of two bickering kids I overhead this Halloween, whining about which is the best candy. This guy disagrees with Mr. Arrington, so he insults him. Not very mature. Reported this as lame.
That guy is a female -- me. And of course, you don't know the backstory, but it goes deeper than just disagreement. When someone wields the kind of power that Michael Arrington does and uses it as a bully stick it's time to call him out on it. The post I took issue with is the third in a series of vendetta-like lashings, where no matter how many steps are taken to work toward some kind of dialogue, he just uses the smackdown technique.Now I agree that my post isn't very informative and isn't really very clear as to what the issues really are, but some of the posts I linked in the updates are, and they're worth reading.DnW
Exactly. Some tech blogger that supposively has been mentioned in some major venues ... *yawn* ... whatever. He really doesn't wield much power at all, since anyone that's somebody in tech has either never heard of him or doesn't care what he writes about.
drumsnwhistlesNov 1, 2006
Until now I didn't even know this had been submitted to digg. i discovered it while reading through my stats for the end of the month. To whoever submitted it, thank you, but it wasn't me. I actually agree -- Digg should be for news, not squabbling. There are many very insightful and newsworthy posts on this topic, but mine isn't one of them. There are, however, other posts linked in my post which are far more interesting and worth reading.With that said and since it's here, I think I'll digg it since it's my own post.dnW
invaderNov 1, 2006
yeah, i was about to say the same thing... WhoTF is Michael Arrington?
mattjbNov 1, 2006
That blog post reminds me of two bickering kids I overhead this Halloween, whining about which is the best candy. This guy disagrees with Mr. Arrington, so he insults him. Not very mature. Reported this as lame.
drumsnwhistlesNov 1, 2006
That guy is a female -- me. And of course, you don't know the backstory, but it goes deeper than just disagreement. When someone wields the kind of power that Michael Arrington does and uses it as a bully stick it's time to call him out on it. The post I took issue with is the third in a series of vendetta-like lashings, where no matter how many steps are taken to work toward some kind of dialogue, he just uses the smackdown technique.Now I agree that my post isn't very informative and isn't really very clear as to what the issues really are, but some of the posts I linked in the updates are, and they're worth reading.DnW
jammerNov 2, 2006
Exactly. Some tech blogger that supposively has been mentioned in some major venues ... *yawn* ... whatever. He really doesn't wield much power at all, since anyone that's somebody in tech has either never heard of him or doesn't care what he writes about.