Chicagoist: Puptastic

guest

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:28:48 -0600

...and that coming from a Chicagoista -- the irony!

Alicia Dorr

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:09:24 -0600

...And Guest is apparently a boy king, who only refers to his- or herself in the third person.

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:05:20 -0600

Tankboy, Guest wants to post comments, anonymously and without any hassles (such as registering). Guest wants to read other Guest's comments without interference. Guest visits Chicagoist.com regarding topics of interest, not in search of "community". Guest wants no part of "community". Guest doesn't want to hear chatter from Registered Users who have too much time on their hands and not much worthwhile to share regarding Chicagoist.com topics.

Bud Selig

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:24:58 -0600

It was a general question/point, Tankboy, I wasn't accusing Chicagoist of anything. I just think it's interesting that (some) people think of blogs as this new autonomous medium, when in actuality blog posts often refer back to an original newspaper piece.

Laura Oppenheimer

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:01:03 -0600

I think Betty is very cute, TB, calm yourself.

Tankboy

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:49:46 -0600

Most importantly, why has no one commented on how cute my dog is?!

Tankboy

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:49:11 -0600

No one here is saying journalism is dead! We are contending that it's presentation is changing, and some outlets are slower to realize this, and more defensive about it, than others. And actually, the funny thing is we're cranking out stories today, when things are relatively quiet.

Bud Selig

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:45:57 -0600

I do think guest 2 has an interesting point, though, and it's incredibly important to the whole blogs vs. MSM debate. Slow news days from the MSM equal slow days for blogs. We all complain about the MSM, but in the end, alternative venues such as blogs are highly reliant on the material the MSM produces. My point isn't that blogs are worthless or that the MSM is awesome, but considering that we still continue to related back to Chicago Tribune, CNN, or New York Times, maybe journalism isn't as dead as some make it out to be. There was an excellent Frontline episode about this just a few months ago.

Tankboy

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:33:39 -0600

Guest #6, you've never opened a fake hotmail account? Please. And I beg to differ, commenting is about community, so anonymous commenting is not the point.

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:10:52 -0600

Fuck registration, Tankboy Chicagoist doesn't get it- registration isn't about "the 30 seconds it takes to register" Anonymous posting is the point. That, and not giving up an email address for your purposes.

Tankboy

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:37:04 -0600

Guest #2, I guess we'll be seeing you then, though I'd hope you would spend the 30 seconds it takes to register. I promise we're not gonna sell you out to advertisers, or the government, or the Stonemasons. Guest #3, that's shorthand for Mainstream media.

Chuck Sudo

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:19:52 -0600

You can continue to complain about Chicagoist in turn, #2. You're just gonna have to register to do it.

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:06:56 -0600

what is MSM?

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:52:20 -0600

What does Chicagoist do when its primary source of content -- MSM -- is having a slow day? Complain about MSM. (I can't wait until guest comments are disabled so we can't complain about Chicagoist in turn.)

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:05:18 -0600

also = "too."