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[colmore]

I think touamb is a group of people who consume their internet in a distinctly late 1990s (or at least pre-Friendster / LJ) style and this... offering... is for those who are more modern in their habits... integrated with the content directly, providing metadata, all that jazz.  Before we get snippy, let's remember that we're looking at version 0.5 or so (you basically can't develop modern web software past a certain point without letting the public test it) so sit back and wait and see if its something you care about.

Right now I'll say kudos on making it unobtrusive.

(Now how about those of us who consume our internet in an _early_ 90s style?  Anyone want to set up an Achewood BBS or Gopher server?)

[theinevitable]

egh. It's ugly and I hate it.

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I think touamb is a group of people who consume their internet in a distinctly late 1990s (or at least pre-Friendster / LJ) style and this... offering... is for those who are more modern in their habits... integrated with the content directly, providing metadata, all that jazz.  Before we get snippy, let's remember that we're looking at version 0.5 or so (you basically can't develop modern web software past a certain point without letting the public test it) so sit back and wait and see if its something you care about.

Right now I'll say kudos on making it unobtrusive.

Yeah, I was just typing up something eerily similar to this, but I figured one of you cats would beat me to it.  There's absolutely no reason these two places can't co-exist.  Admittedly, I pretty much just lurk here, but I really enjoy stopping by to hear the reactions to the strips and whatnot, since people here tend to give opinions/observations of substance.  This new thing is fun too, though; it's been a blast to go through the archive and see an ever-growing list of peoples' varying reactions to old favorites.  They're just two very different experiences, and I think people who want a more in-depth discussion of Achewood are still going to find their way here.

I will say, though, that despite my respect for a lot of you here, it seems kinda crappy that the near-unanimous reaction to this feature has been to troll the hell out of it.  Like, c'mon, guys.  I realize there are some lingering sour grapes between folks here and Onstad, but that kind of behavior really reeks of Hunt's tomato ketchup.

[wombat]

Why build a Starbucks across the street from another Starbucks if you used to run a Starbucks down the street and hated running that Starbucks?

Can'd. Smells is on a roll metaphor-wise these days.

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rargh

I dunno, I'd say "I wonder how long it'll take me to make 'stad hate that thing" definitely constitutes the intent to troll, and that "Hey! Look!  Someone's good at copying shit!" is just plain trolling.  But man, it's cool.  You're free to be as butthurt as you want to be over a pretty inconsequential internet doodad.  Just don't act indignant when people call you out for being a dick.

[AugustWest]

(Now how about those of us who consume our internet in an _early_ 90s style?  Anyone want to set up an Achewood BBS or Gopher server?)

I'm in!  I want to Ask the Oracle about the underground, and maybe play some PimpWars with Beef.

[wombat]

And I'm in a maze of twisty little passages all alike!

[Arachno-capitalist]

Too bad I cant look back at this Onstad "Barn Burning" flame up. Sounds like quite a show.

[Golfhaus]

I'm in!  I want to Ask the Oracle about the underground, and maybe play some PimpWars with Beef.

Aw, man, the Oracle. That shit was the bomb, yo. Entertainment straight from the days when e-mail was often the only part of the Internet people had access to.

[oball]

You are in front of a computer.  There is a webcomic on the screen.
> Read comic.

You can't do that.
>Read webcomic.

The webcomic shows cats and toy bears playing softball while stoned.
>_

[pmcd9]

Asset Bar?  I thought it was Ass Bar.  I'm serious.

[KeithHernandez]

What name did Onstad post under here?

[Bobby Isosceles]

Why build a Starbucks across the street from another Starbucks if you used to run a Starbucks down the street and hated running that Starbucks?

His Starbucks links to his store where people will be more likely to "click-through" and buy merchandise. This Starbucks doesn't do that; in fact, it links to Jough's T-shirt vendery somewhere, hence competition.

The artist is capitalizing on interactivity in the hopes that out of that mess, more people will buy his merchandise.

I don't particularly think this is a bad thing nor do I agree with the Onstad-bashing and calling him a hypocrite or a bad person or an Intarwebs dick. The artist has two truths on his side:

1) Everyone on the Internet is stupid and should be avoided whenever possible.
2) Bills need to be paid.

#2 trumps #1 hence Ass-Bar.

[Bobby Isosceles]

Colemore, A-CAP:

Dude can do what he pleases, but this to me is a blanket marketing move hypocritical on the same levels as US Tobacco [warning:hyperbole]. He may be a great guy in person, I don't know or really care. But the inter-web presentation of himself is pretty stinking.

Unless you are actively buying merchandise, have bought merchandise, are likely to buy merchandise in the future or can otherwise significantly impact merchandise sales, then you are insignificant to him. The Dumbrella folks fall within the insignificance category. Assetbar is a dynamic, scalable Web 2.0 application that integrates with 'social networking' and the 'global village' to concentrate its 'added value' on the population that is significant to him: 'stoned college students with disposable income.'

[smick]

Unless you are actively buying merchandise, have bought merchandise, are likely to buy merchandise in the future or can otherwise significantly impact merchandise sales, then you are insignificant to him. The Dumbrella folks fall within the insignificance category. Assetbar is a dynamic, scalable Web 2.0 application that integrates with 'social networking' and the 'global village' to concentrate its 'added value' on the population that is significant to him: 'stoned college students with disposable income.'

Robust, enterprise level turn-key synergistic potheads.