Thursday, November 03, 2005

The Unbalanced Indignance Of Modern Lemons

I have seen some strange scare-mongering in my time but this - Attack Of The Blogs(registration required but you could always use Bugmenot) - article in Forbes is right up there. It's a long invective on the curse of 'the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective'. Allied with the likes of Google, Yahoo and Micosoft (who have also been the victims of these vicious assaults), these Attack Blogs are only going to get more 'toxic'. There is also some useful advice for anyone who wants to defend their brand. Or you could try the much more useful advice available here. It's actually quite strange because it has some valid, even obvious, points but it's very hard to take it serious when it's so utterly and indignantly unbalanced. For an interesting, and fair, take on the article pop over to Doc Searls because I'm just too lazy to be that fair.

It would seem that Eric Burns of Websnark has got a little of his own medicine from Modern Humo(u)r Authority. Todd Lemons has taken him up on his recent leanings towards 'crazy incest' by highlighting how much time Eric has spent talking about his own work recently. He could have a point. Personally, I'll hardly ever stop at Websnark anymore. Eric, however, has taken it all very gracefully.