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News & ArtsMonday, February 1, 2010
Conflict of Interest How We Doing?
Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:58 AM
In January TheStranger.com had over 8 million page views with over 2 million visitors—and a million "absolute unique" visitors—and we're averaging about a million more page views a month than we were a year ago. Thanks to everyone out there for the page views, clicks, links, comments, questions, answers, compliments, complaints, and rants.
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@3 - no, if you do a count, you'll find Fnarf is way ahead of me.
You just notice my posts, because I'm ahead of the curve.
You just notice my posts, because I'm ahead of the curve.
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Way to go Stranger. I've also noticed a rebound of late in the quality of your local civics reporting. I like it.
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Good job.
I for one am happy for the influx of Aussies as of late and the gift of reading the rest of you.
I'd like to say that I miss many who have not been around, too.
I for one am happy for the influx of Aussies as of late and the gift of reading the rest of you.
I'd like to say that I miss many who have not been around, too.
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@12, no kidding. Many thanks in particular to that epic comment-boosting hijacker Loveschild and all who feed her/him/them/it.
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And don't forget us Johnnie-come-latelys! I'm always happy to follow the coolest trends, because then I, by extension, or osmosis or something, become cool. This never fails.
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@14: Don't forget that ass bastard Alleged. You know, the unregistered guy who posts offensive things in all the gay-rights/political threads, with his nick being some comment that he presumably thinks is witty.
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This is clearly because of Kyle's daily reports of the Stranger Suggests. Seriously, you guys are going to hire him somehow, aren't you?
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@14 Come now, don't be so humble. Give your dues to insult-throwing, know-nothing trolls like yourself and venom.
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@19, seeing as how the Weekly's blogs average fewer than one comment per item, and about 1/10 as many items, I think it's safe to say they're behind.
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Greetings from central Mexico -- You're welcome..... it is strange to be fascinated with the Slog as an expat Michigander....... who knew?
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@21: I've told you about calling me "venom" before, you ignorant cuntwhorebitch. I can understand the "insult-throwing", but I can only assume that "know-nothing" refers to the fact that I've never read the New Testament. Suck it.
I have to say, being called a troll is a little amusing. When I post, I contribute to the discussion at hand, rather than hijacking the thread to say mean things about Obama (like Alleged does) or standing on a soapbox to educate all of us poor ignorant heathens (like you do, Loveschild). When I insult someone, it's because I find the views that they are trying to impose on the rest of us hateful, bigoted, and intolerable.
Oh yes, and I swear a lot. If it bugs you, you have my permission to piss up a rope.
But yes, there are an awful lot of trolls. Dan once said (I think I'm getting the proportions right) that 1/2 of the mail he gets is hate mail, 1/4 is fan mail, and only the remaining 1/4 actually have a question to ask him. (I may have transposed the values for hate and fan mail.) That setup seems to apply here to some extent.
I have to say, being called a troll is a little amusing. When I post, I contribute to the discussion at hand, rather than hijacking the thread to say mean things about Obama (like Alleged does) or standing on a soapbox to educate all of us poor ignorant heathens (like you do, Loveschild). When I insult someone, it's because I find the views that they are trying to impose on the rest of us hateful, bigoted, and intolerable.
Oh yes, and I swear a lot. If it bugs you, you have my permission to piss up a rope.
But yes, there are an awful lot of trolls. Dan once said (I think I'm getting the proportions right) that 1/2 of the mail he gets is hate mail, 1/4 is fan mail, and only the remaining 1/4 actually have a question to ask him. (I may have transposed the values for hate and fan mail.) That setup seems to apply here to some extent.
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26 btw swearing is the unsuccessful effort of a small mind to express itself.
You momma would have taught you that if she hadn't Od'd in that Tijuana whorehouse...
ole!
You momma would have taught you that if she hadn't Od'd in that Tijuana whorehouse...
ole!
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I can't help but wonder how many of those million people got frustrated dealing with your piece-of-shit servers and said "fuck it," never to return again.
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Barack Impostor has appeared! TAKE A DRINK, EVERYBODY!
I suppose I should feel honored that this rare and elusive phenomenon of SLOG has devoted three posts in a row just to saying mean things about me.
@29: By the way, swearing is just my way of conveying to you guys how little I respect you trolls. Now, if all I'm doing is swearing and insulting people without actually conveying any sort of point, THEN you'd be right.
You know what, Barack Impostor? Yo momma's like a mosquito; you gotta slap her to make her stop sucking! OH YES I WENT THERE TOO.
I suppose I should feel honored that this rare and elusive phenomenon of SLOG has devoted three posts in a row just to saying mean things about me.
@29: By the way, swearing is just my way of conveying to you guys how little I respect you trolls. Now, if all I'm doing is swearing and insulting people without actually conveying any sort of point, THEN you'd be right.
You know what, Barack Impostor? Yo momma's like a mosquito; you gotta slap her to make her stop sucking! OH YES I WENT THERE TOO.
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And yet you still run phpAdsNew 2.0.8. You could be making more cash by upgrading to OpenX hosted enterprise edition.
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What is an "absolute unique" visitor? Isn't "unique" one of those adjectives that isn't supposed to take a modifier? How can one be semi-unique?
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What is an "absolute unique" visitor? Isn't "unique" one of those adjectives that isn't supposed to take a modifier? How can one be semi-unique?
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@32:
Honeychild, swearing is just your way of conveying to the world how little you respect yourself.
Honeychild, swearing is just your way of conveying to the world how little you respect yourself.
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@37: Child, please. What, I don't respect myself because I say mean things to you? Excuse me, but what the fuck kind of psychology do you subscribe to? I swear at you twits because I don't respect YOU enough to be cordial to you.
Kiss the baby.
Kiss the baby.
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now vemon, it's ok for shit to fall out your ass but when it falls out of your face that's gross...
now vemon, it's ok for shit to fall out your ass but when it falls out of your face that's gross...
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@39: Yo Troll, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish, but that was one of the worst comebacks of all time. One of the worst comebacks of all time!
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