Why Gawker Lite sucks
Damn, John beat me to the stolen Gawker story.
Note that Gawker could safely cease-and-desist this without an accusation of hypocrisy: unlike most A-listers, they play by the rules, don’t actively encourage filesharing, and didn’t phrase the Grokster decision as “we lost.”
But the real reason this won’t last is its uselessness. The chrome on Gawker is pretty. The photos are fun. And trufans read the RSS feed anyway. Poof, no ads.
And compare the pale ad free Gawker to the rich, customizable Boing Boing Lite, a superior answer to BB ad creep that actually took some work and thought.
I’m gonna go watch some commercial-free TV avis.
This entry was posted by Nick Douglas on Wednesday, June 29th, 2005 at 11:15 am and is filed under Feeds, Gawker Media, Jessica Coen. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
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