GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Scott Bridges writes:

All bloggers would flinch a bit when reading this quote, but it’s right on the money.

… many bloggers, who rely strongly on their reputations for being irreverent and must compete for attention in an increasingly crowded, wildly free-market blogosphere, often veer off into gossip, innuendo, ridicule and vacuous sarcasm — like adolescents trying to get attention — as much as they cover “the news”. To the extent to which they do this, they may continue to function as entertainment vehicles … but they may not be taken seriously as purveyors of information and commentary on “issues of public concern.”

Hendrickson, L. (2007). Press Protection in the Blogosphere: Applying a Functional Definition of “Press” to New Web Logs. In Tremayne, M. (Ed.), Blogging, Citizenship and the Future of Media (pp. 187-203). Routledge: New York.

This explains why Bridges unceremoniously flushed GrodsCorp, the labour of love he'd spent "literally thousands of hours... building, maintaining, moderating and writing for", down the memory hole.