About two or three times a week some genius sends me an e-mail saying something to the effect of, “Boy you’re a moron — and you’re ugly too!” Which is pretty much the level of sophistication offered by the Blog You folks. I think Al (no last name that I could find), has the best observation about Blog You,
I expect critics to have a basic working knowledge of the subject matter they are critiquing. By spouting meaningless cliches such as ”the drastic limitations of Manila” (come on, boys; tell us how you really feel about Manila. Oh, wait; you have- repeatedly) and nit-picking at spelling errors while ignoring their own, they have done little but reveal a lack of understanding of the tools and techniques that make up the modern weblog. I expect that with as much time as these young men seem to have on their hands, that they will have plenty of chances to educate themselves on these issues before attempting a project of such scale again.
I give Tom and Ed a ”5” on Al’s 10 point scale. I award them points for audacity and bravery in the face of the daunting task of reviewing the vast arena that makes up art form of weblogging, along with a bonus for hubris. I take points away for a lack of deep knowledge and empathy; these are gifts that experience, hard work, and time will bring them as they continue with this project.
Besides which they’re apparently too busy to realize that at least one of the sites they dog for being another boring Manila site isn’t actually hosted with that software. Don’t they teach reading for content in American high schools anymore?