Sunday, August 24, 2003
Mailbag for the Scumbags We Are
We have concluded that nothing ruins a hangover's buzz quite like being called malicious. Last night, shortly after we published our review of Divestar, we received a message written in crayon and including the heading "Ms. Griffin's Class" saying we had gone to far. Seeing that we may have touched a nerve somewhere, we changed our entry. Specifically, we had made reference to a blogger with Enron-style accounting prowess. While we may be bitches, the purpose of this blog was not to get too personal. A couple of sentences were cut -- a practice we do not want to do regularly since it may compromise the openess of this site. However, when we're wrong and have crossed the line, we strive to jump right back behind the line before anyone catches it.
Apparently, though, it was too late. This morning, when we woke up (well, one of us at least), there was an email describing us as "malicious". Let us be clear here. We do not wish what happened to the Divestar kids to happen to anyone except to Gawker. And we have made a note that Jay Divestar left the Divestar Organization on amicable terms, throwing to pot speculation that Jo Divestar was about to become the subject of her own E! True Hollywood Story special.
The tone of the emails we received caused us to reconsider The Anti-Blog Blogger. The purpose of this was to lighten things up in Blogland, be it bloggers or the people who read them. But are bloggers ready to accept a little ribbing every now and then or are they too sensitive and fragile? As we are big fans of reader feedback, we pose this question directly to you: Should The Anti-Blog Blogger continue at all? Let us know by midnight EST tonight. If we get enough "no" votes, this site will be taken down at once and quietly disappear.
Apparently, though, it was too late. This morning, when we woke up (well, one of us at least), there was an email describing us as "malicious". Let us be clear here. We do not wish what happened to the Divestar kids to happen to anyone except to Gawker. And we have made a note that Jay Divestar left the Divestar Organization on amicable terms, throwing to pot speculation that Jo Divestar was about to become the subject of her own E! True Hollywood Story special.
The tone of the emails we received caused us to reconsider The Anti-Blog Blogger. The purpose of this was to lighten things up in Blogland, be it bloggers or the people who read them. But are bloggers ready to accept a little ribbing every now and then or are they too sensitive and fragile? As we are big fans of reader feedback, we pose this question directly to you: Should The Anti-Blog Blogger continue at all? Let us know by midnight EST tonight. If we get enough "no" votes, this site will be taken down at once and quietly disappear.
