Comments on: Blog wars: Denton calls Weblogs Inc sites Burger King franchises, tells fat people to f*ck off

By: GAY LORD

GAY LORD — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:52:38 +0000

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By: laura

laura — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:08:02 +0000

i love the picture.. and Matthias is right how dose he get off calling them that but wont let others call them stuff
just plan stupid
any who I LOVE THE PIC :D

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:35:35 +0000

The problem that I have is that if the only thing Nick Denton was trying to prove was that bloggers and blog readers were young affluent individuals, he could have done so without releasing the names of the sites tested. That in itself would have been valuable to the blog community as a whole, it would have said that blogging as a whole was worth investing in. It’s when he tripped over his ego and and put Gawker above slashdot, that he tarnished the validity of his report and damaged any potential value that the cummity would have recieved from it.

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 10:49:09 +0000

If it's Denton's desire to not have anyone overweight read his blogs, then America should oblige. Considering the fact that obesity seems to be an epidemic in this country and the average size for women is 14, that should render his readership almost null. If he doesn't want readers who weigh in more than he thinks they should, that's probably what he'll ultimately get. He deserves nothing more for being a blatant ass.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:07:47 +0000

Stirring is one thing, insulting your leading competitor is another :-)

By: Swashbookler

Swashbookler — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 03:42:39 +0000

Hey, Peter, isn’t ‘stirring’ more related to manhood stuff?

Y’ll should hire your own people to do a survey and release not just the results, but the methodology behind the results.

By: Victor Agreda, Jr.

Victor Agreda, Jr. — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 02:50:14 +0000

Obligatory Homer Simpson quote to put it all in perspective: “People can come up with statistics to prove anything. Fourteen percent of people know that.”

Now, being a self-avowed freak I’d like to chime in. I followed Engadget since the launch, back when Phillip Torrone blogged on there. As more blogs from Weblogs appeared, I read them, naturally gravitating towards the ones where I had a keen interest in the subject matter. Isn’t that the point of a blog? Niche audience, done. (I tried reading sites like Gizmodo. Blech. Just a personal preference.) Eventually I was hired by Weblogs. This is personal media meets new media, and it’s (pardon the pun) a win-win situation. I’m still amazed… So there’s full disclosure.

However, if TBS were to suddently claim their shares were way over NBC on a given night, think no one would care? What if they funded the “measurement” revealing such a claim?

As a fledgling industry I think it’s imperative there be some level of legitimacy. Stuff happens, and mistakes get made, but this was no boating accident.

By: Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:42:54 +0000

It’s called “stirring”. The more controversy that flies around, the better.

By: Matthias

Matthias — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:01:47 +0000

So what’s the big deal? Calacanis calls his own readers freaks, why should he care what Denton calls them?

Oh, wait. It’s OK to insult your own readers, but it’s different when someone else insults them. Now I get it :-).

By: John (SYNTAGMA)

John (SYNTAGMA) — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:33:07 +0000

Is that a Freudian slip in your first sentence, Duncan, or are you trying to tell us something? :-)

Sure, Denton is a street-fighter. He lives on the edge. This is great stuff for him. When the cat fur flies, facts go out the window, and the coolest dude purrs all the way to Wall Street.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:14:18 +0000

I cant remember where I originally found the pic, I’ve got a few of them stored away for every time something like this happens :-)

Jason, on your comments, I usually don’t like to take sides on these things, but on this one your 110% right.

By: Swashbookler

Swashbookler — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:57:32 +0000

What an enjoyable picture. Is that from that terrible cat movie, where they talk and there are ninja cats? If so, that movie has created an enduring legacy of useful jpgs. Clearly, we all need more such pictures.

By: Andy Wibbels

Andy Wibbels — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:54:09 +0000

That picture has made my day.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:45:08 +0000

Clearly Nick is feeling the heat of having put out a bogus report… I’ve never seen him get nasty like that.

Fact is we get more traffic in autos, gadget, and video games (the three blogs we have in common), so I’m not sure what he is basing his claims on.

By: Gone Away

Gone Away — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:24:21 +0000

Strange. It seems nobody gives a s**t…