Gothamist: Blog Commenter Lands New York Magazine Cover Story

sonyactivision

Tue, 27 May 2008 18:46:28 -0500

Well beware, all you tall poppies. You rip on the usual celebrity/politico/annoying archetype suspects and then your name comes out of the hat and you become That obelisk in Mecca circumnambulated by toothless pilgrims from Pakistan waving their sandals and throwing rocks. This is a cruel, mercilous business and so a pox on all of you, and if I see any of you in the NY Times, sweet death will be your only refuge.

Amanda Harlech

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:49:56 -0500

power to the people!

zodak

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:41:32 -0500

So, are there any Gothamist commenters that you actually enjoy reading? virgil, politburo, kojak, amsci & someone else.

Dave Hogarty

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:16:20 -0500

In response to your question Jen, I'm imagining a book titled "Dear Sir, I Am Writing to Complain About . . .--The Abraham Simpson Letters"

matty

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:42:33 -0500

VanessaNYC is usually on point.

bklynd

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:41:00 -0500

So, are there any Gothamist commenters that you actually enjoy reading? There's obviously a few dozen of us here who are as interested in the comments as the stories, popping up here day after day - so who would you cite as the shining lights of sanity in a sea of trolls? (I'm not just asking because I want a big commenters circle-jerk. but also because giving your peers positive attention will make people like "Spear Chucker" sad.) I'd give props to some of the feisty women we've got here (Mihow, Emily Dickinson, Cucarachita), and the always classy Kevin Walsh.

Kevin Bracken

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:37:14 -0500

I think old media is still hoping new media will eat itself, and serving up the seasoning.

zodak

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:18:18 -0500

I'd settle for lunch with Jen and Jen. count me in on that party!

amsci

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:50:56 -0500

Rocknrope, maybe Ira Glass can do a segment on you!

Tim N.

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:45:28 -0500

Do I need to be more rude and graphic to get my deal? I'd settle for lunch with Jen and Jen.

Rocknrope

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:33:07 -0500

I better get top billing on Gothamist when my book deal launches, and not sponsored by Toyota.

drewo

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:13:01 -0500

Commenters - pshaw. What do they know anyway?

matty

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:09:44 -0500

And the whole self-immolation of Emily Gould in the NYT magazine thing just made me feel really sad for these people. Is being accepted by the New York literati really worth exploiting yourself like that? Why not write a really good book kinda like Truman Capote did. I mean, you know, it's just an idea.

JenChungsBra

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:04:58 -0500

So what? I've got a JenChungsBra movie deal in the works. We're in talks with Lucy Liu's agent right now.

matty

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:00:51 -0500

Journalism is getting so "meta" so neurotic, so navel-gazing so exploitative and so self absorbed thanks to places like gawker, the NYT and tumblr (even here not so much though) that I kind of fear what the future of writing and journalism hold for us.

Jen Chung

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:56:39 -0500

Did writers of letters to the editor get cover stories back in the day?

Anna_Merkin

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:55:05 -0500

The whole world shines sh-t and calls it gold.