From the New York Times
The widening circle of bloggers who have abandoned the free blogger.com domain as their platform is shaping up as an unusual outcry that could pose a significant challenge to Google’s dominance of the internet, current and former blogspotters said on Thursday.
Blogspot platform user, Tyler DeLeon became the fifth in a seemingly endless stream of bloggers moving to new domains as a response to their outrage at the fact that the blogger.com domain allowed a pedophile to utilize their service.
Another former blogspot platform user told the NYT he was angry at the Google susidiary, and had said, “Screw you guys, I’m going home,” prior to moving to his own domain. There’s a groundswell of displeasure with the company that threatens to bring Google down to it’s knees, experts said.
“This is just the tip of the iceberg. We’ve just begun to scratch the surface,” said Adam Berlitski, one of the disaffected bloggers. “There will be more to follow. It will not be long before Google has no choice but to shut itself down.
Google has dismissed this apparent blogger revolt as the venting of a few minimally read bloggers, who are just attempting to get free publicity.
UPDATE: One of the clerks that works in the mailroom at Google has announced his resignation. This blow to Google is just the first strike leading up to the deathblow. It’s an ominous portent to Google indeed.
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7 responses so far ↓
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fmragtops
// Apr 18, 2006 at 12:01 pm
No Way! We demand Blogger resign out of principal for mistakes in handeling their obvious infatuation with pedophiles. I hate pedophiles, so that makes me an expert on such things.
I want Google to know that we five (or 6 or whatever) retired blospotters want them to fire Blogspot! If not, I vote for censure of Google!
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Radioactive Jam
// Apr 18, 2006 at 12:56 pm
What seems *really* sad to me: I wouldn’t have been at all surprised to see something like “the fifth in a seemingly endless stream of bloggers moving to new domains” in a Times article.
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fmragtops
// Apr 19, 2006 at 3:06 pm
That’s right buddy! And more heads will roll as other high ranking blogspotters retire and come forward with the views they’ve kept quiet while still at Blogger!
This Google/Blogger administration has gotten involved in a quagmire with no way out!
4 the skwib » The Carnival of Satire (#30) // Apr 20, 2006 at 8:42 am
[...] This was inevitable. FIAR at Radioactive Liberty discovers that More Bloggers Leave Blogspot. [...]
5 The Skwib -- an irregular and explosive weblog // Apr 20, 2006 at 9:03 am
The Carnival of Satire #30…
Welcome to the 30th Carnival of Satire, where this week the commentary has 30 percent more clichés and mixed metaphors! Enjoy….
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Tyler D.
// Apr 21, 2006 at 1:20 am
I think you are making fun of me…
lol.
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fmragtops
// Apr 21, 2006 at 8:56 am
That’s how you know when someone has teh funny. If they can make fun of you, and it’s still funny.
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