Why I hate DailyKos

Thanks (0.00 / 0)

Part of the diary police mentality over there. I've done that myself, chastise people for writing diaries which are too short. This time I said the hell with it because I wanted to promote something and didn't want to be bothered spending a lot of time on a diariy which scrolls into oblivion after an hour. The success of DailyKos is part of the problem over there now: name dairists or pet causes become recommended while other often better work is not recognized (not that this would fall into that category so much).

So, my only gripe with Elwood was his remark about being an "egomaniac". Yeah Elwood, it's all about me....Anyway, I make no apologies for pushing a particular point of view. The clip received several hundred views last night from DailyKos so it's worth suffering a few slings and arrows.

Thanks also to Maura, spazeboy and whomever else stepped up to defend my honor. ;)

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by: Scarce @ Thu Jun 08, 2006 at 07:57:26 AM CDT

Just Read It (0.00 / 0)

Personally, I find all the precious complacency of the majority of commenters just insufferable.  The diaries and articles generally are good.  You have to beware of getting into the comment lists, although I like "WYFP!".  That generally is more fun, or at least a place where people drop the attitude and "get real" for a while.

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Michael Powe Naugatuck CT "If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know." -- Louis Armstrong

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by: naugiedoggie @ Thu Jun 08, 2006 at 20:06:55 PM CDT

DailyKos (0.00 / 0)

MLN has just recently shifted into first over DailyKos.

I enjoy the posts there; but it's gotten too big to really be a corner hang out. This isn't the fault of anybody; being larger is a different dynamic. Me, I rarely read comments if a thread is over 50 comments; and i wonder how many people really scroll down to read comment number 507.

Here I'm sure that my comments will at least be read.

You're reading them right now, in fact.

Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. - L. Cohen

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by: inkadu @ Thu Jun 08, 2006 at 21:04:49 PM CDT

Neal, I couldn't agree more (0.00 / 0)

Whether it is deliberate or not, the mess of contradictory and flailing posts by the mass of Kos readers and users falls right into the right-wing stereotype of "those crazy liberals". It has good poll information and what have you, but  I prefer Andrew Sullivan, Matthew Yeglesias, and other solo endeavors, generally speaking.

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by: William H. Jacques @ Fri Jun 09, 2006 at 06:13:58 AM CDT

It's messy (0.00 / 0)

but it's a community.

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by: Sue @ Fri Jun 09, 2006 at 17:57:34 PM CDT

It can be a pain (0.00 / 0)

I post a good deal over there but I truly am getting sick of all of the primadonnas, like Armando. Yes, he should not be outed but he wonders why so many people dislike him when he responds with "Kiss my ass" or "You don't know what you're talking about". When there is a diary every few days or week about how bad Armando is, you stop believing that he is the poor, hapless victim. And then, with the drama of Joan Crawford, he says he is fading away from the world of blogs but, as of yesterday, he was still at the sregs of some of those threads saying, "Your post was malicious", "I didn't say that.."  Smart guy but huge drama queen and huge ego.

And also, you wull get 5000 posts on "so and so troll rated me" while, you know, something like the Net Neutrality issue, which could effect the entire blogosphere, gets 1-2 diaries.

It is still a good resource but I fear the egos of certain people and the infighting could make it a lot less useful.

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by: GregR @ Sat Jun 10, 2006 at 12:38:57 PM CDT

The Armando thing was ridiculous (0.00 / 0)

Anyone with modest Google skills could have figured out Armando's identity long ago. He never did a particularly good job of keeping it secret. In "real life" Armando is a big-time corporate lawyer. It's surprising that he reacted to his being "outed" with such shock and in such a childish manner. Plus, I sort of agree with the critics that it's hypocritical, and perhaps unethical, to represent a company like Wal-Mart as a corporate attorney without disclosing that fact when writing about them online.

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by: Neal Fink @ Sun Jun 11, 2006 at 22:03:40 PM CDT

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