The FAIL Meme #
March 20th, 2008 | In Worth Reading
Andy Baio has some good words on the topic of the FAIL meme (typified by The FAIL Blog).
A few years ago, I wrote an entry about knee-jerk contrarians on the Internet: those delightful people who find fault in anything and everything, dismissing months or years of work with a few words.
This is nothing new. It’s as old as communication itself. I’m sure that the moment man discovered fire, there was some guy nearby saying, “Too smoky. Can burn you. Lame.”
(via Daring Fireball)