DCist: Replacement why.i.hate.dc Blogger Booted

IMGoph

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:17:01 -0500

oh noes! guess we'll all just have to deal with all the other self-hating district residents on a billion other blogs. whatsoever shall we do?

cking416

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:46:44 -0500

I wasn't a huge fan of Liz and I think why i hate dc is dead, sorry Rusty. I reccomend www.2birds1blog.com. It's filled the void in my heart that why i hate dc left.

Esmeralda

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:45:32 -0500

I actually didn't read why.i.hate.dc much after the blogger prior to Rusty (the original blogger?) left. Which kind of goes back to Nate's point - the blog really depends on the indivdual writer, and whether you like his or her style. Probably alot of people who liked the first guy didn't particularly enjoy Rusty's posts, and all the people who'd been reading Rusty's posts weren't overjoyed with Liz. She may or may not have developed her own following after awhile, but at the same time that wasn't going to happen if she never posted.

badtzmaru

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:33:22 -0500

i agree. no one cares. he should just write why i still hate dc from afar if he cares so much about the site.

yonas

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:14:44 -0500

Uhhh....why is it that we care about this crap again? 'Cause I forget.

Nate

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:09:59 -0500

The problem is the whole idea that why.i.hate.dc is some kind of coherent "brand" to begin with. It's just a one-voice local rant site with an especially combative crowd of commenters, and it was ridiculous to think that giving it to another person wouldn't change the tone or the content of the posts at all. Given the hysterical, downright comically hostile responses "Liz" received to nearly all of her posts starting on day one, I'm sort of surprised she lasted as long as she did. If Rusty actually feels some kind of ownership over the site, he should just face reality and shutter the thing for good.

loganmo

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:50:51 -0500

I didn't so much mind Liz's tone..but I thought her writing was rambling and often incoherent (not quite as bad as OffSeventh...but nearly)