Tom Champion and DSLJ in today's Globe City Weekly

[ron_newman]

On page six of today's Boston Globe City Weekly supplement: Champion logging off blogging experiment, by Peter DeMarco.

This is the second time I can recall seeing Davis Square LiveJournal mentioned in the Globe. The first was also an article about Tom, back in March.

The article has a big photo of Tom, brief quotes from leko and me, and more substantial quotes from Tom.

Comments

[spatch]

For example, a simple "The police have informed me that..." And "I spoke with so and so at the such and such department and they suggested that..." And if there is a miscommunication or incorrect information, all that is necessary is an apology. We all make mistakes, no matter what our job is. That's comppletely understandable. Apologize and move on. No dramatic exits necessary! :-)

Unfortunately, this is the Internet we're dealing with, where mountains are made from molehills on an hourly basis. purpless77 is correct in saying that things get blown way out of proportion, and all the prefaces in the world wouldn't have stopped someone from getting their knickers in a twist over what Tom said, especially if they were determined to get 'em twisted in the first place.

I agree with you that Tom shouldn't have taken on the role of de facto ombudsman, but I know all too well that people posting online with relative anonymity tend to see "ombudsman" and think "punching bag." And I don't think Tom saw that coming.