How to Ruin A Good Thing.

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Posted by LifeRiot Promoted 153 days 18 hours ago 5675 views editorial

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Stumble it!

I love many things, but half of them just go down the shitter with everything else I have ever loved. Recently, I started writing for a really great website that I have read for years. The group of people who wrote for this site welcomed me in and were really gracious and had great ideas.

But soon this site started to slowly become greedy and start to shit the bed. I'm not going to name the site, but I will make up a different name for it...YellString.com

People write editorials on all subjects for people to read, and people would rate them by either giving it the thumbs up or the kick in the ass option. Meaning they liked it or they didn't like it.

All was good for a time, but then the Mordor gates of the internet garbage train opened and took hold of YellString.com and corrupted it. From a place where articles of intellectual insight and fun humorous articles soon became over took by how Britney Spears ate a bowl of uncooked bacon on her kids chest, or something about how someone in American Idol has a sex tape.

There could be a way back to providence. There could be a way back to how great things once were. Take the first amendment out from under all the money you shove at it to be quiet. Don't edit peoples opinions because it doesn't agree with your way of doing business. Remember why...YellString.com was created. Not for profit, but for creative and intellectual output with a side of humor, and a glassful of free speech.

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geo1025, on 4/3/2008 1:52:37 PM
Total Posts: 34, Joined: 9/17/2007

well said, Yellstring is totally going down hill.

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Exaught, on 4/3/2008 1:55:46 PM
Total Posts: 42, Joined: 6/25/2007

Yellstring sounds like a good name for the replacement, minimal-ad one....

Anyone with me on that?

But anyway, I think it's already at the bottom of the hill.

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DarkenedSoul, on 4/3/2008 1:56:06 PM
Total Posts: 255, Joined: 1/10/2007

n shoutwire??? :p

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ThisisJeff, on 4/3/2008 1:57:19 PM
Total Posts: 1427, Joined: 4/8/2007

Yellstring has been put to shame by tubearoo and hollywire. How long before this editorial is deleted as well?

Censorship is a fucking Crime. FUCK YOU TUBEAROO.

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Exaught, on 4/3/2008 1:58:20 PM
Total Posts: 43, Joined: 6/25/2007

ThisisJeff wrote:
How long before this editorial is deleted as well?

5 minutes?

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cowpants, on 4/3/2008 1:58:55 PM
Total Posts: 763, Joined: 7/5/2006

Agreed, and shouted. These wankers need to pull their heads out of their collective arse if they don't want to lose the majority of the user base. Many key people have already said goodbye, and many more are going to follow.

Me? Currently only hanging around to lend my voice to trying to get the owners to wise the fuck up before they have the Internet's only user-driven site with no users.

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LifeRiot, on 4/3/2008 2:00:13 PM
Total Posts: 253, Joined: 8/1/2007

We're talking about YellString here people. :)

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cowpants, on 4/3/2008 2:02:48 PM
Total Posts: 764, Joined: 7/5/2006

LifeRiot wrote:
We're talking about YellString here people. :)

Oh, when you said YellString.com, I thought you meant it as a metaphor for ScreamCable.com.

My mistake.

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LifeRiot, on 4/3/2008 2:04:53 PM
Total Posts: 254, Joined: 8/1/2007

It's ok Cowpants. We all make mistakes. Many make HUGE mistakes.

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Exaught, on 4/3/2008 2:06:36 PM
Total Posts: 44, Joined: 6/25/2007