For the Internet's Eyes Only
May 23, 2008 9:56 AM Subscribe
"The will to blog is a complicated thing, somewhere between inspiration and compulsion. It can feel almost like a biological impulse. You see something, or an idea occurs to you, and you have to share it with the Internet as soon as possible." Emily Gould of Gawker, Emily Magazine, and Heartbreak Soup on the drug of attention, and its possible side effects.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Recently. Now if it was Elliott Gould talking about, like, the nearly-biological impulse to hit Donald Sutherland on the set of M*A*S*H, we'd be on to something. -- cortex
Somewhere, Emily is feeding off this even extra little bit of attention, and she is growing stronger.
posted by Sticherbeast at 9:59 AM on May 23, 2008
posted by Sticherbeast at 9:59 AM on May 23, 2008
Evidently Toekneesan is not afflicted with the need to share things with the Internet as soon as possible.
posted by game warden to the events rhino at 10:00 AM on May 23, 2008
posted by game warden to the events rhino at 10:00 AM on May 23, 2008
Blogging about sex is the literary equivalent of complying with Tits or GTFO.
posted by meehawl at 10:04 AM on May 23, 2008
posted by meehawl at 10:04 AM on May 23, 2008
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