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    Post #1 - October 5th, 2009, 11:54 am
    Post #1 - October 5th, 2009, 11:54 am Post #1 - October 5th, 2009, 11:54 am
    Eater.com is offering $25 to every blogger willing to close his or her food blog down. I know this isn't a democracy but if I had a vote I would burn this whole joint down. I mean it is $25 and this is a depression.
  • Post #2 - October 5th, 2009, 12:03 pm
    Post #2 - October 5th, 2009, 12:03 pm Post #2 - October 5th, 2009, 12:03 pm
    Why $25? Probably could have offered $10 and they would have gotten plenty of takers.
  • Post #3 - October 5th, 2009, 12:08 pm
    Post #3 - October 5th, 2009, 12:08 pm Post #3 - October 5th, 2009, 12:08 pm
    If I open a blog and then close it will they give me $25?
  • Post #4 - October 5th, 2009, 6:42 pm
    Post #4 - October 5th, 2009, 6:42 pm Post #4 - October 5th, 2009, 6:42 pm
    So would that be $25 each for all 7,200 members?
    "All great change in America begins at the dinner table." Ronald Reagan

    http://midwestmaize.wordpress.com
  • Post #5 - October 5th, 2009, 7:14 pm
    Post #5 - October 5th, 2009, 7:14 pm Post #5 - October 5th, 2009, 7:14 pm
    Mhays wrote:If I open a blog and then close it will they give me $25?


    Keep me posted. Because I can put up old Twitter Posts on a blog right?
    Ava-"If you get down and out, just get in the kitchen and bake a cake."- Jean Strickland

    Horto In Urbs- Falling in love with Urban Vegetable Gardening
  • Post #6 - October 5th, 2009, 7:24 pm
    Post #6 - October 5th, 2009, 7:24 pm Post #6 - October 5th, 2009, 7:24 pm
    Blog has to be up for over a month, and it's limited to the first 25 requests. :(
  • Post #7 - October 5th, 2009, 8:38 pm
    Post #7 - October 5th, 2009, 8:38 pm Post #7 - October 5th, 2009, 8:38 pm
    nr706 wrote:Blog has to be up for over a month, and it's limited to the first 25 requests. :(


    That's worse than cash for clunkers. Oh, you have to have own the clunker for over a year, blah, blah, blah. :wink:
    Ava-"If you get down and out, just get in the kitchen and bake a cake."- Jean Strickland

    Horto In Urbs- Falling in love with Urban Vegetable Gardening
  • Post #8 - October 6th, 2009, 4:58 am
    Post #8 - October 6th, 2009, 4:58 am Post #8 - October 6th, 2009, 4:58 am
    This is a really blatant publicity stunt and it's working ... they're getting a ton of hits and links out of it.
  • Post #9 - October 6th, 2009, 10:25 am
    Post #9 - October 6th, 2009, 10:25 am Post #9 - October 6th, 2009, 10:25 am
    What I'd like to see is a "cash for cliches" program, or maybe just a cap-and-trade policy for over-worked adjectives, cutesy puns, threadbare similes and the like. Let market forces improve the blogs we have, or winnow the herd when they can't afford their own mediocrity any longer. (Needless to say this should apply to mainstream journalism as well.)
    "Strange how potent cheap music is."
  • Post #10 - October 6th, 2009, 10:39 am
    Post #10 - October 6th, 2009, 10:39 am Post #10 - October 6th, 2009, 10:39 am
    mrbarolo wrote:What I'd like to see is a "cash for cliches" program, or maybe just a cap-and-trade policy for over-worked adjectives, cutesy puns, threadbare similes and the like. Let market forces improve the blogs we have, or winnow the herd when they can't afford their own mediocrity any longer.


    This idea is nothing earth-shattering and certainly not a game-changer, but is just one toothsome, umami note away from firing on all cylinders.
  • Post #11 - October 6th, 2009, 10:55 am
    Post #11 - October 6th, 2009, 10:55 am Post #11 - October 6th, 2009, 10:55 am
    Santander wrote:
    mrbarolo wrote:What I'd like to see is a "cash for cliches" program, or maybe just a cap-and-trade policy for over-worked adjectives, cutesy puns, threadbare similes and the like. Let market forces improve the blogs we have, or winnow the herd when they can't afford their own mediocrity any longer.


    This idea is nothing earth-shattering and certainly not a game-changer, but is just one toothsome, umami note away from firing on all cylinders.

    Spot on!
  • Post #12 - October 6th, 2009, 11:57 am
    Post #12 - October 6th, 2009, 11:57 am Post #12 - October 6th, 2009, 11:57 am
    Santander wrote:
    mrbarolo wrote:What I'd like to see is a "cash for cliches" program, or maybe just a cap-and-trade policy for over-worked adjectives, cutesy puns, threadbare similes and the like. Let market forces improve the blogs we have, or winnow the herd when they can't afford their own mediocrity any longer.


    This idea is nothing earth-shattering and certainly not a game-changer, but is just one toothsome, umami note away from firing on all cylinders.

    Personally, I think his idea is a revelation. Proving that some of these blogs aren't too big to fail could be the new black.
  • Post #13 - October 6th, 2009, 12:15 pm
    Post #13 - October 6th, 2009, 12:15 pm Post #13 - October 6th, 2009, 12:15 pm
    LAZ wrote:This is a really blatant publicity stunt and it's working ... they're getting a ton of hits and links out of it.


    True, but -
    # of times I've visited this thread = at least 5
    # of times I've gone to Eater.com = O

    What about the rest of you guys?
  • Post #14 - October 6th, 2009, 12:33 pm
    Post #14 - October 6th, 2009, 12:33 pm Post #14 - October 6th, 2009, 12:33 pm
    Mhays wrote:
    LAZ wrote:This is a really blatant publicity stunt and it's working ... they're getting a ton of hits and links out of it.


    True, but -
    # of times I've visited this thread = at least 5
    # of times I've gone to Eater.com = O

    What about the rest of you guys?


    I agree-- this thread is addictive. It's like crack! Can I have my cash for cliches now?

    Cheers, Jen
  • Post #15 - November 22nd, 2009, 5:40 am
    Post #15 - November 22nd, 2009, 5:40 am Post #15 - November 22nd, 2009, 5:40 am
    Not just cliches, but a 'cash for Twitter accounts' program would be good. :) Other than following messages of certain groups I like on twitter(and the political ones are good, since they have real time posts on amendment votes), I've just never gotten into that site at all for whatever reason....

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