Google + OpenID = FAIL

http://thenextweb.org/2008/10/30/google-openid-fail/

by thenextweb • 18 years ago

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jm4• 18 years ago

Ok, here's my little rant...

I don't get this whole using a verb as a noun thing. It's stupid and when people use the word "fail" like this in all caps it makes them look stupid. Reddit is filled with trashy headlines like this and it's ridiculous. I may be alone here, but I would prefer a slightly higher level of discourse than what's over there. I can understand common grammar mistakes, but I have a hard time understanding why a person would choose to write or speak in a way that makes him look like a fool.

My other gripe is that this user, "thenextweb", only submits stories from thenextweb.org. Again, I may be alone, but I think that if you can't rely on your readers to submit links to your blog and constantly have to plug it yourself then it's not worth reading. We are not here to generate your ad revenue whenever you want to submit one of your own stories. If it's truly worthwhile it will no doubt make it's way here on its own.

thenextweb• 18 years ago

Regarding the "FAIL" critism: FAIL is not just a word but a meme used on the web to describe something that went wrong. History of the Fail Meme: http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1306942/memes_help_k...

About the Submit criticism: I also submit stories from other blogs and not every blog from TheNextWeb.org. Only stuff I think works for the Hacker News Community. But I will be more critical before I post links to our own blogs from now on.

Thanks..

Google + OpenID = FAIL

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