manson reads boing boing everyday too

Writer purged from Boing Boing archives for dissention:
http://www.tomorrowmuseum.com/2008/06/28/william-gibson-completely-deleted-from-boingboing-archives/

And no, it's not Gibson.

Pitchfork cleared Nick Sylvester’s reviews from their site after it was discovered he fabricated parts of a Village Voice cover story, a move most would say was unnecessary, but in the end it was Pitchfork’s call.

This bizarre statement links to ... the page it appears on, apparently citing itself as evidence of itself

the gibson lede does not work at all. i hate that kind of shit.

it was violet blue; her sfgate columns are hideous cringefests that sound like they fell out of some time warp from the mid-90's when people still though porn was interesting

^^^yes. terrible.

ya i gathered that.

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Posted by: Nick - 06/29/2008

What’s great about this post is how you jump to outrageous, reactionary conclusions without knowing any of the details of what you’re discussing.

^^ this

of course I think boing boing is pretty much a hideous cringefest as well so they deserve each other.

Without getting into the relative worth/relevance of Boing Boing and Violet Blue, it's worth noting that news sites delete old stories all the time. It's their site, they can do what they want. I suppose that Violet Blue's supporters have a point since BB has been so histrionic about on-line rights and freedoms, but only when it's congruent with Battelle's Federated Media which owns them.

Honestly, I believe that BB hurts the cause more than it helps.

What’s great about this post every blog, message board, and comments box on the internet is how you jump to outrageous, reactionary conclusions without knowing any of the details of what you’re discussing.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/01/that-violet-blue-thi.html#comments

"Thank you for not screwing around with the Wayback Machine."

wait so was this because boing boing didn't like that she sued that porn actress who had been using the name before her? good for them. from what i can tell she was and is completely in the wrong on this matter.

it was violet blue; her sfgate columns are hideous cringefests that sound like they fell out of some time warp from the mid-90's when people still though porn was interesting

QFMFT

nice to see someone else say it

"(My sympathies if you actually have a chromatic aberration, Cory.)"

"I heard she built a really sub-par steampunk keyboard."

^genuine lolz

one of the things that makes me most uneasy about the internet is the regular practice of major news outlets retracting their stories months (or even minutes) after posting, more than once I've forwarded some current event story to a friend of some cnn.com story and the link is dead before they get the e-mail. and scrolling through old ILX threads that kick off with only a dead news link is so disturbing -- sure it's their site and they can do what they want, but with news sites it makes for a complete lack of accountibility for anything they're propagating -- there's a big difference between pulling the bad information out of the loop and 'we were never wrong'

so it's not that this isn't commonplace among news outlets, it's just a very slight credibility hit for BB as an alternative news source, and it looks from the comments that their admin is concerned about figuring out a policy

Still more gossip, etc.

http://valleywag.com/5021146/did-the-internets-free+speech-guardians-try-to-hush-up-a-girl+on+girl-love-affair

boing boing

I feel dumber for now knowing about boing boing and Violet Blue. Thanks a lot internet.

I'm surprised they couldn't see that the word "unpublishing" is creepy.

ugh "maker"

ugh new design - http://www.boingboing.net