Photo by k0rben.

There’s a whole lot of media here in Washington, D.C., and we all fill our little niches. As a result, there’s rarely any one thing that we universally agree on. Politics, sports, even the behavior of our fellow reporters — there’s always a dissenting voice at some point about, well, everything.

Except the mosquito thing at the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station. We all either hate it or think its totally ineffective, and hence, worthless. Who are you to disagree with the mighty blogomediosphere?

Prince of Petworth dubbed it an “Anti-teen Noise-weapon.” At Greater Greater Washington, Eric Fidler wrote that such “devices are wrong and most likely illegal as well,” adding that the “ethical problem with the device is clear: it purposely aims to annoy and deny equal use of public accommodations to law-abiding people solely on account of their age.” On the Post’s All Opinions are Local page, BeyondDC’s Dan Malouff called the installation of the device “a despicable thing to do,” and said that “[u]ntil the mosquito comes down, I won’t be spending any more of my money at Gallery Place.” TBD’s pedestrian issues reporter Dave Jamieson said that “everybody I saw was somewhat annoyed with it, including older people — heard it just fine…plenty of kids told me they didn’t care.” Even the Washington Post’s impartial reportage on the device featured more quotes from people who think that a police officer stationed at the entrance would do a lot more than the annoying beeps ever could.