WHY ARE PEOPLE SO RUDE ON THE INTERNET?
Posted on February 18th, 2009 by ekkoI’m not the first person to note how the internet has coarsened our culture, but I’m irritated right now and so I’m going to jump on that bandwagon. A few days ago, I posted a Fleetwood Mac A to Z post, which I spent several hours writing. Some blog titled “The Shit Show” reproduced not just the text content, but all the links that I spent so much time uploading as well. I learned of it, and wrote the following comment on his post:
Although I appreciate you putting my post up, I would appreciate it more if you did not take my links. I put a lot of work into what I do, and when someone just takes it and puts it up, I get upset. Obviously, I can’t stop you, but it is the polite blogger thing not to leech links. Thank you.
In response, he wrote:
ok, so here’s the deal. i posted this entry to my blog @ theshitshow.wordpress.com via http://theshitshow.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/fleetwood-mac-covers-a-to-z/#comment-50
you wrote…
re: “I put a lot of work into what I do, and when someone just takes it and puts it up, I get upset. “…..i gave your blog credit – it’s not like i tried to claim authorship of your testosterone-deficient post.
wait…let me just ask, are you retarded? this is what the internet is for. digital is for sharing, dummy.
re: “Obviously, I can’t stop you, but it is the polite blogger thing not to leech links. “….UMMMM, did I mention nearly every link you posted in this entry are via ARCHIVE.org and NOT YOUR BLOG.
which brings me to the next step… your blog is in my RSS feeds.
i post to my blog what i like.
if you don’t want me posting content from your blog, i’ll just delete you from my feeds.
re: “Although I appreciate you putting my post up, I would appreciate it more if you did not take my links.”
well, if you don’t want your links shared then go private and stop whining like a little bitch.
<3,
The Shit Show
You can read my response at the original post, but basically, what the fuck? Why would someone feel the need to be so goddamn rude?
Before you answer, check out the new song, “Ship,” off of Throw Me The Statue’s new EP, available on iTunes.
Yeah, that’s the ticket. I’m cheering up already.
Comment By: poop mouth vin vin
February 18th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
dude, ur out of ur head. your site blows. how’s that for internet friendliness
cant wait to gank ur shit for the new blog im starting…
Comment By: poop mouth vin vin
February 18th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
hi im making a point to your statement. post me!
thanks, poop mouth vin vin
Comment By: ekko
February 19th, 2009 at 5:07 am
You are sad. Good luck with your site, Vin.
Comment By: Hanan
February 19th, 2009 at 11:29 am
people suck. your blog rocks.
Comment By: POOP MOUTH VIN VIN
February 19th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
its actually not my site.
going forward, please refer to me as poop mouth vin vin.
Comment By: rudy
February 19th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
its no wonder they are called the shit show.
The music on the site is interesting tho.
I wouldn’t have found all those great covers you posted without them.
Comment By: CD
February 19th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Clearly, the correct response to that ass hat is, “fuck you, fuck you and fuck you. Next.”
Eddie Murphy teaches us many things, not just to avoid picking up tranny hookers.
Comment By: Teapot, Meet Kettle
February 26th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Shit show led me to your blog
And your blog is pretty lame in comparison
In closing, their blog won the argument.
Mostly because your posts suck.
No matter how much time you spend on copying and pasting those links into 4th grader essays, your blog will forever be a sub-par read.
Sad.
Comment By: ekko
February 26th, 2009 at 5:14 am
If the shit show just reprints my posts, and my posts suck, then how could they possibly be better than “suck”?