What counts as news these days!

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

I have not deleted this post because I do not feel it's appropriate for me to remove other people's comments and conversations about fan fic etc.  Consider my hand slapped.

Comments

[fantastic-salad.livejournal.com]

b0s_sightings

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Wing, non-con, mpreg.

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

Ha, I hope someone writes me into the fic, I could use the action!

[mjperson.livejournal.com]

It seems kind of cool to me that the blog of a Somerville paper is covering the Somerville blogging scene. I'd totally believe that the Tom Champion affair was the biggest Somerville blogging news around, so got covered in the blog.

OK, I must stop typing now, as I can't type "blog" anymore without cracking up. What a goofy word.

[ron_newman]

Wicked Local is an umbrella for all of the GateHouse newspapers, including the Somerville Journal, Cambridge Chronicle, Arlington Advocate, and whatever the Medford paper is called.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Did you see Ron's post over in davis_snark? If not, http://community.livejournal.com/davis_snark/21084.html We're trying to retire this.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I see no one here rehashing what happened.

Except, you know, this is actually an article about this whole drama. That's a rehash right there. Complete with links.

And no, I will not ask a mod to delete your post. That's actually contrary to my political views. Whether or not you want to respect the request is up to you. I'm just pointing it out.

[firepail.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's right for anyone to try to impose guilt on you because of a request made in another community, no matter how good the sentiment behind the request was. So far none of the comments have been disrespectful, and only one comment was trying to muck-rake.

I took your post as "Holy crap, blogging scuffles make the news??", not as "Hey everyone, let's beat this dead horse!".

[firepail.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you posted it, and I too thought it was funny that it was considered news.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Me, I think it's embarrassing, and I kind of wish the entire clusterfuck would just go away. I literally spent Thursday, Friday, and two very exhausted hours on Saturday monitoring davis_snark and dealing with the fallout. Most people on D_snark know not to cross certain lines (i.e. hate speech), but apparently this whole thing spiked visits to the comm like 20% or something and I was worried about anonymous comments, especially since LJ won't let you block IPs.

Moderator note

[ron_newman]

I'm not going to delete this post, but I really would like this whole subject to go away, and I believe the other moderators feel the same way.

Re: Moderator note

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to delete it either, even though I think it should not be here.

This could be taken to _snark, _meta, or even _talk, which is empty but maybe it should see some use, and I'd certainly love to see the OP decide to move it, in any case.

(Hey, I agree with thetathx1138 about something... is that a first?)

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Gossip just never gets old.

[kidsmokes.livejournal.com]

davis sq. it's over, RIP tomchamp or whayevs and let's get back to the posts where everyone says THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION FOR 311.

I'm with you

[nora-rocket.livejournal.com]

Or maybe, if we're lucky, can a girl hope for OMG, NOIZES!!?

[frederic.livejournal.com]

Is 3-1-1 the new Rebecca Gewirtz?

[ron_newman]

I largely de-tagged the OP as a result of the edit. This will all look very strange to people who stumble into it a year or two alter.

[xlerb.livejournal.com]

This particular post already looks pretty strange to at least one person who stumbled on it a few hours later, so I'd have to agree.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

It looks very strange now.