Comments on: Not So Much Dethroning

By: fanclub

fanclub — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:12:12 +0000

Oh yeah, I think Alex did a good job too.

By: jotajota

jotajota — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:33:42 +0000

One more that followed you from Giz and will follow you to whatever you do (as long as it doesn’t involve lovely kittens… can’t stand kittens). So yeah, you have a pretty solid fanboy base here ;)

About the site, I am not really sure on what would be the best way to manage it. I’d love to have the old content around (now that I’m moving out, I remember there were some educational posts about bachelor cooking that I should review).

Anyway, good luck. And I promise that next time I go to NYC I’ll buy you a beer (and will not chicken out like I did a couple months ago! :P)

By: nicholas

nicholas — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:08:54 +0000

i’ve been visiting since day one. i remember being linked from the consumerist. it’s been a great “check every couple days” kind of blog. the theme weeks were cool, but frankly, i kind of dig just the random content that’s been going up here since the theme weeks ended. this place is always good for a nice laugh, and has been really informative too. it’d be too bad to see dethroner go away, but i’m sure whatever you do next, joel, will also be awesome, if not better.
cheers!

By: Bob Perye

Bob Perye — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:01:47 +0000

Under the sale option, im super curious:

What are the actual assets? Where would negotiations start?

-bp

By: fanclub

fanclub — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:02:53 +0000

I love everything you…always have. If you take this site down, you have to lead me to one where you still write about your own life and feelings as well as objects and products…because I’m not that into gadgets and things…I like the integration of the touchy feely snarkily philosophical insights that give me a glimpse of the personality I love and a giggle at the ever present human absurdity you so aptly extract from…well, just everywhere. I also love the comments everyone else contributes which kind of make the whole thing a great package. Who’d have thought I’d be a Dethroner fan??? I’m with you whatever. Glad to hear you’re in a good mental space. (Disclaimer: This doesn’t mean I condone everything I’ve read here - I am still old and mostly conservative -but where else could I have learned the word snarkily?)

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:54:51 +0000

Hey Joel, whatever you decide, thanks for all the Dethroner so far.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:00:29 +0000

As others have mentioned, I would certainly be up for contributing to this site. I think you should seriously consider accepting some submissions from readers and see if this can take off with you as an editor and a handful of us faithful contributing content. I actually have a couple ideas on how it could be done if you were willing to entertain the idea. I mean, I am kind of a nobody, and what the fuck would somebody with your experience care what I think, but I have liked the site since day 1, and your writing since Gizmodo and would love to help keep this site, and more importantly the community that it has spawned, alive.

By: Blackie

Blackie — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:41:44 +0000

I got lucky and just stumbled into Dethroner from somewhere, might have been boingboing. (shrug) who knows.
I didn’t know Joel from a random forum troll, but it sure didn’t take long to see I was gonna like just about anything he did.

Good luck on your new stuff mate.

I hope there is a way to keep the place up and running, but if it won’t be viable for you, well then let the lady go with a bang and we’ll be there where ever you turn up.

I can’t write myself out of a bad synonym, but if I could I’d be all about the contributing stuff. I would think you would need something that keeps you from having to 100% editorialize every article though.

By: ingrid

ingrid — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:36:58 +0000

you have done a fantastic job here that could never be viewed as a failure (not in my mind at least). I have enjoyed reading your work & learning about cool new stuff virtually everyday since I was turned on to this site about six months ago. good luck with all of your ventures and I truly hope that you will find a way to keep dethroner alive. long live bacon!

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:19:33 +0000

Yeah bro, followed you here too because of your great writing. Let us know what’s next down your alley.

By: thaddeus

thaddeus — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:16:27 +0000

what ever happened to ryan? did he make his weight goal???

By: Jamie Morrison

Jamie Morrison — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:49:14 +0000

I’ll miss dethroner. I think the idea of reader contributions is the best, even if we’re only looking at 3-5/week. Also, “Dapper or Crapper” could be pushed a little bit more, allowing us to ridicule each other.

By: tec

tec — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:15:16 +0000

Re: reader contributions

Maybe you could try something similar to the format Burt Reynolds’ Mustache (http://burtsstache.blogspot.com/) uses - get a writing sample, decide what you like, and designate days for each contributer to publish either pre-determined topics or just whatever. You could require whatever frequency would keep us in new content, and still maintain editorial control.

My offer of an ask-a-lesbian (dyke oracle? carpet-muncher counseling? lessons from a lezbo?) column is still good. ;)

By: ffolliet

ffolliet — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:54:21 +0000

i would be really disappointed to see dethroner go and would probably set about trying to find a replacement. so why not see if you can get in house (ie we the reader) to support. if that goes, then you are made (in more ways than one.)

if it fails then you shut it and we’re still in the same place.

if you can sell it, then all power to you for getting out what you do and we’ll hope that whoever takes over would do so in your mould because, after all, WE don’t pay to come here; we come because you of you and your approach.

kudos 2u!

By: josh

josh — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:41:19 +0000

I would say auditions would be the best way. Could be also that people could audition for a daily/weekly/choose-your-incremently piece and they could be restricted to that for a while. For example a weekly beer piece or a every other day fashion thing. Then, if those people prove to be popular/effective, they could be given more free reign to write about what they want.

By: junkshow

junkshow — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:34:44 +0000

I guess I’m the classic case of why for-profit blogging is tough. Read via RSS, block the adds…sorry, that’s how I roll. Anyway, I enjoyed the hell out of Dethroner. Thanks, and good luck!

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:25:08 +0000

If I was going to open it up to reader contributions, how would be the best way to do it? Auditions? An open access account? Per-piece submissions?

By: josh

josh — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:18:31 +0000

*sniff* our little blog’s all grown up.

Joel, thank you very much. I have learned an amazing amount from this blog and enjoyed every second of it (even sausage week).

This was a place where cool, weird guys (and girl) could get together, swap stories, tell jokes and make references to great Youtube clips.

Please keep us posted on what your next plans are.

Also, consider selling it. I can imagine there must be some long-time readers interested in giving it a shot.