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Margo minion Marilyn Shepherd—who believes the language spoken in the Philippines is Dogalog—favours us with another controversial opinion:
So it is not illegal or against the constitution to lock up kids for life for no crime - so long as they dare to come to a f....g island on a boat. Unlike all of our ancestors who said “beam me up Scotty” and just got here. Maybe in a tardus.
I for one welcome our new ant-based transport system. In other Webdiary news, the problem of comments—they must be edited! and managed! and edited again!—remains insoluble, as Margo explains to reader Craig:
After the changeover to the new publishing system last September, the ever increasing number of Webdiarist’s comments bogged me down in editing them. Now I’m independent, and am paying Hamish Alcorn and Kerri Browne to work full time on editing comments, publishing pieces, and co-ordinating the technical development of the permanent site. I have dreams of being able to cover big stories in every State, but they’re dreams for now, Craig. Feel like helping make my dream come true? If you’d like to help, in any way you want, email me.
On the other matter you raise, comments editing is full on, Craig, and is absolutely punishing on anyone who does the job for more than a few weeks. Yes, mistakes are made, but we’re trying always to get consistency in editing. I made and announced an editorial policy decision on content this week, that no comment questioning the fact of the holocaust would be posted. I’ll make more editorial policy decisions as issues arise, and on the permanent site these will be listed, along with the date they are made.
It’s a tough business running your own independent online newspaper.
UPDATE. A fortuitous blow to the head achieves dramatic results!
According to The Age article linked to above:
Taking ads on the site is possible, but some potential supporters are very “anti-ads”, so a decision on that has been deferred, Roffey says. He mentions, but declines to outline, another "extremely innovative” funding idea being worked up by some Web Diary members.
Could this be the key to funding the new but not-so-improved Webdiary?
Also an innovative funding idea raising money for Katrina victims.
Posted by Villeurbanne on 2005 09 21 at 03:03 AM • permalinkAnti-ads, anti-subscriptions? Quite a reasonable policy when you realise that both WD authors and readers have zero value.
But what else is there to charge for? Here’s a possible business model!
Posted by Mr Hackenbacker on 2005 09 21 at 03:28 AM • permalinkWithout a firm business model but with great faith in the site’s potential...
If anyone deserves to spectacularly self-destruct, it’s Margo, but even so this is all really sad. Is there any practical way to show her how sympathetic I am without actually encouraging her in any way?
Posted by blandwagon on 2005 09 21 at 03:59 AM • permalinkThese people are not for real, are they? I’ve not been able to bring myself to visit webdiary after my last unsuccessful foray into that world, but the snippets Tim finds just hurt my head.
Haven’t they ever heard of English? Hell, my three year old can string together more sense than these idiots. Where did they go to school? Dingbat Valley (in)Comprehensive?
Maybe a nice break with the anti-christ himself could shock them back into reality.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2005 09 21 at 04:07 AM • permalinkDon’t know about a tardus, but Mazza certainly gets about in her own turdis- and sustainable as well- it’s powered by the shit she spruiks.
This ‘tard claims an IQ of 155- I think she omitted the decimal point.
Seeing as I now publish an independent online newspaper, will I get a slice of the changes to media ownership legislation? I reckon a hostile takeover of News Ltd could be the go; silly me, thinking I snorked away on a weblog.Taking ads on the site is possible, but some potential supporters are very “anti-ads”...
I trust that “potential supporters” really means “potential financial supporters”.
But probably not....I suspect that Margo regards “capitalism” as a part of spelling.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 09 21 at 04:43 AM • permalinkMarilyn Sheppo with an IQ of 155? She may be intelligent but she’s as mad as a cut snake.
Posted by Lucky Nutsacks on 2005 09 21 at 05:11 AM • permalinkIsn’t the IQ concept just wonderful? No-one ever carries around a certified copy showing the result and the date of the test, and most people have never sat for the real thing. In other words, we can all just make up a number, and no-one can ever disprove it. Beautiful stuff! I note, with much amusement, that Marilyn has chosen an IQ for herself that is the exact IQ at, and beyond, which people are categorized as a genius.
Wonder what Marilyn made of the recent comments by an academic that some races have lower IQs than others (to summaries his points a little crassly). Did she send in umpteenth comments to WD whooping it up in support of the academic, or did she admit that any average person can be taught how to do very well in certain tests, including IQ tests. On the other hand, she may just be incredibly good at mathematics, and therefore, would excel at IQ tests, which may help to explain her verbal problems.
Re: the piece about WD in The Age - I’m still struggling with the claim of “2000 INDIVIDUAL reader comments”. Don’t they have the art of ambiguity and self promotion down pat!! Very sharp indeed. Just as they can’t tell anyone how many unique visitors contributed to the 29,000 page views - plenty of free software on the Internet could help them out with that simple question. I did a ‘random survey’ of one thread, a while ago, and of about 90 comments, around 35 were submitted by just one person; others were also multiple-submitters, but I only counted the one with the most.
WD is an online newspaper? Kingston is officially, certifiably, delusional and psychotic. Worse, though, is that The Age journalist was not incredulous at the claim, and didn’t question the substance of what Kingston was saying.
As for “she has had a crash course in independent publishing”. Huh? Other people have set up and manage the web site; other people write the material; and it still looks and behaves exactly as it did at the SMH, including the same 15 to 25 hardcore daily multiple-commentators. She took a crash course in what, exactly?
She took a crash course in what, exactly?
“How To Crash In Anything”, taught by Mark Latham.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 09 21 at 07:09 AM • permalinkI made and announced an editorial policy decision on content this week, that no comment questioning the fact of the holocaust would be posted.
Rather telling that she has to make that policy, no?
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2005 09 21 at 07:24 AM • permalinkI think my pooch speaks Dogalog. But then, he’s a flatcoated retriever.
Posted by scaramouche on 2005 09 21 at 08:04 AM • permalinkno-one seems to have asked yet WHY The Age
saw fit to give a massive free advertisement in its NEWS section for Margo’s vaporware business. I wrote for Fairfax/Age for 30 years and believe the “news” item on Margo fails the test of newsworthiness - normally we would tell such a person - ‘go buy an ad’. Maybe The Age has a special set of (lax) rules for writing about leftist friends of journos who think about creating their own commercial enterprises?Margo’s three step plan:
1. Set up blog site dedicated to every tin-hat leftist conspiracy theory and staff it with half-mad amateurs who nobody else would publish
2. [haven’t fully thought this through yet - readers please help me with this]
3. Celebrate the defeat of John Howard.
Can’t fail.
E
Posted by The_GOP_Elephant on 2005 09 21 at 09:46 AM • permalinkBut if her readers are “anti-ad,” how will we ever find out what her great “funding ideas” (I’m thinking Sullivan-esque blegathon) actually are?
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 09 21 at 10:02 AM • permalinkThat post about being hit on the head by a giant tome was a piss-take right? Margo appears to be one step or two away from living in a box by the side of the road, albeit with wireless access.
Or, she strikes me as one of those wymmin who isolates themselves at home, albeit with 10 - 20 cats to keep her company. It’s all fun and games until the cat food runs out and the pretty kitties start eyeing other meat-bearing objects within reach…
Honestly - it’s almost unfair for Tim to make fun of Margo anymore. She can barely fight back, what with all her editing requirements and hours bussing tables.
paco,
Did you also notice the ant page author is from Moonbat State?
Curiouser and curiouser.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2005 09 21 at 03:07 PM • permalinkDown with the white ghost imperialist kidnappers of innocent sea babies!
Denounce the Tardus tyranny!
- The Daluk Anti-Fascist Tradition (D.A.F.T.)
WD2 Brigade 504-522-614-616This is so confusing. I thought Margot Kingston was the insightful columnist for a major OZ Paper (forgot which one). Now I find her slinging hash and copping free computer time at a library while unsuccessfully dodging falling books. I guess I missed the transition, not an unusual occurence in her columns. Do I want to know what happened? Hey, this is Margot Kingston. No.
Posted by billy hank on 2005 09 22 at 04:36 AM • permalink
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Marilyn herself would speak dogalog, being a bitch