Sometimes, it's about calling BS
Scoble decries the "snark" in blogs, especially the more heavily trafficked ones:
Why is all the snark going on? Cause everyone wants traffic. Why did I call this the John Dvorakification? Cause he figured out in the 1980s (yes, he’s been at this so long) that if you attack a community (particularly the Apple one) that everyone will get all up in arms and will start talking about the attack. That translates into traffic. Traffic = advertising dollars.
Sometimes, it's just about calling BS on something. Like, say, the "helpful" nature of Microsoft's upcoming DRM. Or the walking atrocity that is OPML. Or the fact that Dave Winer tends to leave a trail of enemies wherever he goes, and is then utterly stunned as to how that came about. Or about the supposed safety of explicitly typed languages.
As the saying goes, sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.
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Dave's "trail" of "enemies"
[Slick Snark Snicker] March 5, 2006 23:29:48.558
Those "enemies" that Dave left a "trail" of put a camera in his face and started interviewing him while he was on his way to lunch with some friends. They are no better than papparatzi. He was very polite, even though he clearly had not been asked to be interviewed. Then they have the idea that they should be offended. Hello? Anyone home? James! You stayed up past your bedtime again. LOL.
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[ anonymous] March 5, 2006 23:48:55.996
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And see how Winer treats his erstwhile friends