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March 03, 2003

WWR In The News

Hey, we got a mention from Reuters:

Some blog entries take the form of no more than one or two-sentence gasps. Business-minded Lawlor refers dismissively to the mass of blogs as "angst journals" even as he upholds the form as a model of effective small group communication. With names like gigglechick and worldwiderant, one doesn't even need to click to imagine where such blogs are headed.

Although, if the author had clicked through to the World Wide Rant (maybe he did, I don't know - I've e-mailed to find out), he would have seen that we've gone beyond just bitching and moaning - usually. I like to think we're a very small clearinghouse for links regarding atheism, popular culture, libertarianism, skepticism, and the like, combined with our own brand of sarcasm, cynicism, and humor.

And some ranting, naturally. Of course, your mileage may vary.

Are we here to change the world? Of course not (not intentionally, anyway, but if it happens, we'll abuse the power and oppress all of you with an iron fist). We're here to maybe, hopefully, just possibly... entertain (a bizarre and alien concept, I realize). And if we fail to do that, you're welcome to click away from the site (but, of course, apparently unlike the author in question, you'd have to click to us first to find out).

Thanks to Useless for the heads-up on this one.

Update: Just swapped e-mails with the journalist and he said his intent was merely to say that our name speaks for itself. I understood that was part of it, but found that the way it was phrased (or the context in which it was placed) could lead one to to think we're naught but angst-ridden (and, as you know, we're only like that maybe 75% of the time). Heh. Anyway, thanks to Eric Aucher for the mention and for the quick response to the e-mail, especially while he's busy traveling around Europe.