blog backlash

[vansmack]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
   Do you think these people would be bitching this much if it were in public?

I would (and still do) [/b]

You'll outgrow that.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  You'll outgrow that.

thanks, oh wizened sage.

[pablohoney]

seeing as i was the one who wrote the original DCist thread, i figured i should say a couple of things here:
 
 1. why is everybody freaking out? there are still tickets available, as far as i can tell. i presume by the time i had posted that information, most "real" fans had already bought their tickets.
 2. if there is really a concern about ticket scalping, maybe you shouldn't be able to buy 10 tickets at a time.
 3. i'm sorry, but i can't really stomach the thought that only certain people should be allowed to know the particulars about a show or sale, so as to not "ruin" it for the rest of the fans. who gets to decide who these people are? i didn't post the info to ruin the show for the "true" fans; i did it so as to let any DCist reader who happens to be a bright eyes fan but isn't super-clued into the internet know that they could get tickets.
 4. in regards to somebody on the forum calling blogs insular and creepy...pot, meet kettle. as far as the incestuous part, i have no idea where that's coming from.
 
 -DCist catherine

[Bags]

Originally posted by pablohoney:
 in regards to somebody on the forum calling blogs insular and creepy...pot, meet kettle

I don't think you'll find anyone here who disagrees!    

[vansmack]

Originally posted by pablohoney:
  who gets to decide who these people are?

I do.  Where have you been?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  thanks, oh wizened sage.

I'm just going to start referring to you as "Meat"

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by pablohoney:
  4. in regards to somebody on the forum calling blogs insular and creepy...pot, meet kettle.

1. in regards to somebody from dcist telling somebody on the forum an abbreviated version of an age old adage:
 
 "that's what i was referring to ... it's very insular, very incestuous, and, like you said, a bit creepy ... but probably not any more so than this place ..."

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  thanks, oh wizened sage.

I'm just going to start referring to you as "Meat" [/b]

you're creepy. and insular.

[green door]

Two great tastes that taste great together.

[kosmo vinyl]

I'm not freaking out about it... I was merely suggesting that bringing out the pratice into the open will lead to it being shutdown quicker.  I also did my usual crap job of defending my stance.

[pablohoney]

okay. thanks for doing that interpol review, by the way.
 
 additionally, i should note that whatever the DCeiver says on his own blog is in no way representative of DCist views. he does write for us once in a while, but his blog and what he does for DCist are very separate things. he can get abrasive at points, but i hope nobody takes it personally. i for one really enjoy my lurkage on the forum and don't want there to be any hard feelings.
 
 

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   

Originally posted by pablohoney:
  4. in regards to somebody on the forum calling blogs insular and creepy...pot, meet kettle.

1. in regards to somebody from dcist telling somebody on the forum an abbreviated version of an age old adage:
 
 "that's what i was referring to ... it's very insular, very incestuous, and, like you said, a bit creepy ... but probably not any more so than this place ..." [/b]

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by pablohoney:
  seeing as i was the one who wrote the original DCist thread, i figured i should say a couple of things here:
 
 1. why is everybody freaking out? there are still tickets available, as far as i can tell. i presume by the time i had posted that information, most "real" fans had already bought their tickets.
 2. if there is really a concern about ticket scalping, maybe you shouldn't be able to buy 10 tickets at a time.
 3. i'm sorry, but i can't really stomach the thought that only certain people should be allowed to know the particulars about a show or sale, so as to not "ruin" it for the rest of the fans. who gets to decide who these people are? i didn't post the info to ruin the show for the "true" fans; i did it so as to let any DCist reader who happens to be a bright eyes fan but isn't super-clued into the internet know that they could get tickets.
 4. in regards to somebody on the forum calling blogs insular and creepy...pot, meet kettle. as far as the incestuous part, i have no idea where that's coming from.
 
 -DCist catherine

so is it catherine, pablo honey or kettle?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by ratioci nation:
  so is it catherine, pablo honey or kettle?

And why do you only capitalize the DC in DCist and not capitalize anything else?

[pablohoney]

i answer to many names...we capitalize DCist because, well, it's part of the city name branding stuff from the gothamist.com site (which is from nyc and publishes all the other -ist sites). they've also got SFist (san fran), bostonist, etc. i personally wanted capitalist.com but they went with DCist. which unfortunately many people read as desist.
 
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by ratioci nation:
  so is it catherine, pablo honey or kettle?

And why do you only capitalize the DC in DCist and not capitalize anything else? [/b]

[vansmack]

Originally posted by pablohoney:
  we capitalize DCist because, well, it's part of the city name branding stuff from the gothamist.com site  

So licensing agreements get you to use capitalization but well established rules of grammar are out of your realm of rules to follow.  I find that fascinating.