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October 15, 2008 5:39 AM Subscribe
Is there a site that tracks off-base, funny or just plain odd comments and emails received by blogs or other web sites?
I'm looking for a site where site owners (bloggers or otherwise) anonymously share the strange/funny comments or emails they get.
I could have sworn that such a site existed (maybe even mentioned on MeFi at some point) but no amount of searching has yielded anything. Basically I'm looking for something like Customers Suck except that the customers are site visitors.
As someone responsible for writing or managing a number of sites, I sometimes feel the need to share...but not, you know, directly.
I'm looking for a site where site owners (bloggers or otherwise) anonymously share the strange/funny comments or emails they get.
I could have sworn that such a site existed (maybe even mentioned on MeFi at some point) but no amount of searching has yielded anything. Basically I'm looking for something like Customers Suck except that the customers are site visitors.
As someone responsible for writing or managing a number of sites, I sometimes feel the need to share...but not, you know, directly.
Not directly what you asked for, but similar enough: have you looked at bash.org?
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 6:18 AM on October 15, 2008
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 6:18 AM on October 15, 2008
Check out overheardintheoffice.com. This might be the site you are looking for. It has random anonymous (usually funny) conversations overheard in the office that are written by the user.
posted by sharkhunt at 6:33 AM on October 15, 2008
posted by sharkhunt at 6:33 AM on October 15, 2008
Fandom Wank and its sister sites do sort of this kind of thing, but in that case it's about weirdnesses people have seen on OTHER people's blogs rather than their own. (And while "Fandom wank" tracks just stuff about various entertainments, the sister sites track that kind of response to real-world issues, politics, etc.)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:13 AM on October 15, 2008
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:13 AM on October 15, 2008
Response by poster: Those sites are interesting...but not what I was looking for unfortunately. Maybe it doesn't exist after all...
Does no one else get requests to buy a farm in Moldovia, or marriage proposals, or a list of the contents of a container from China waiting in Amsterdam? (All of which I've gotten...)
posted by thread_makimaki at 11:41 AM on October 15, 2008
Does no one else get requests to buy a farm in Moldovia, or marriage proposals, or a list of the contents of a container from China waiting in Amsterdam? (All of which I've gotten...)
posted by thread_makimaki at 11:41 AM on October 15, 2008
Response by poster: To clarify: I think what I am looking for is somewhere where site managers/owners can go and empty their souls and share the WTF about these off-the-wall feedbacks they receive, rather than where the site itself goes out and looks for things they find funny that are left out in the open.
posted by thread_makimaki at 11:45 AM on October 15, 2008
posted by thread_makimaki at 11:45 AM on October 15, 2008
Best answer: Are you looking for Gumbaby? It was started by a Mefite.
posted by divabat at 2:07 PM on October 15, 2008
posted by divabat at 2:07 PM on October 15, 2008
Response by poster: Gumbaby is the closest in spirit to what I was looking for, though much narrower in focus. Still it's a great site! Thanks divabat!
posted by thread_makimaki at 5:10 PM on October 15, 2008
posted by thread_makimaki at 5:10 PM on October 15, 2008
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