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I'm pretty sure you can only recommend something once, so Spike can't inflate her # of "Recommended"s. I think it's fine for an author to recommend her own work.
1 week, 2 days ago
did anyone get any sunset pictures from Blues on the Green?
2 weeks ago
dipshits shouldn't be allowed computers. they just seem to spew useless information.
2 weeks, 4 days ago
who got a new iphone???
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Here's a tip for AustinTownHall: Spam with a fake name, you look like a douchebag.
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Commuter rail tour derailed
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/11/0711derail.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=52
4 weeks ago
La Dolce Vita Photography might want to think about changing their name before they get their pants sued off by Dolce Vita Cafe.
4 weeks, 1 day ago
this cat is the kind of news i favor.
4 weeks, 1 day ago
on 07/08/2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VHQS5q6je0
on 06/25/2008
OMG Y'ALL! BONO IS A CHEF DE QUIZINE!
on 06/23/2008
on 06/20/2008
boat party!!
on 06/18/2008
quit leaving your spam here
on 06/17/2008
Check the hilarity of this MMJ comic: http://austintownhall.com/2008/06/17/jim-james-fake-interview/
on 06/17/2008
whoa, dig the ist list's new color bullets
on 06/16/2008
Who dat? Sheerwater? Never heard a them.
on 06/09/2008
Shearwater playing free at Waterloo, Wednesday at 5:00!
on 06/09/2008
statesman post draws out mouth-breathing morons: http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/cityhall/entries/2008/06/04/new_council_member_expecting_a.html
on 06/04/2008
Two for bananas.
on 06/02/2008
This is Austinist, not Albuquerquist. Not all "APD" stories refer to our local jack-booted thugs.
on 06/01/2008
APD cop assaults News Photographer
http://kob.com/article/stories/S460300.shtml?cat=500
on 05/30/2008
Dear Subway Employee,
Please stop calling yourself a "sandwich artist".
on 05/30/2008
Dear Austin,
Please stop calling sandwiches "sammies". It's neither funny nor cute. It was thought up by Quiznos which means it's lame. Just stop.
Sincerely,
Your local sandwich artist
on 05/29/2008
Crime Stoppers now offers online submission form: https://www.tipsubmit.com/WebTips.aspx?AgencyID=103
on 05/29/2008
Shaddup, you self-absorbed hag.
on 05/28/2008
definitely bananas, street chow peddler.
on 05/27/2008
Don't discount the possibility that the supposed "Spike-hater" is actually Spike herself trying to generate some controversy and more hits for her articles.
on 05/24/2008
Fascinating... I've figured out how to make Spike type the word "bananas."
on 05/23/2008
That's one for bananas.
on 05/23/2008
Nearly everything about Spike rubs me the wrong way.
I take that back... I shouldn't say nearly. I don't think of her behavior as unethical so much as I think of it as egomaniacal.
What bugs me most is that her articles are always hugging the most recommended slots when it seems highly likely that the only way her articles get to that level is because she's bumping them to that spot all on her own.
I don't see the other writers pimping their stuff with such bomcastic alacrity. Does it mean her writing is better? No. It means she's a freak who thinks this really is some sort of popularity contest.
on 05/23/2008
If Spike takes the time to write and post an article, it's self-evident that she thinks it's worth somebody's time to read it, thus she recommends it.
Somebody appears to be really offended by her using the recommendation function attached to these articles and at the Austinist for allowing authors to recommend their articles.
I guess this person is ethically opposed to authors conducting promotional book tours, as well.
There are videos of my band playing online that have that little 5-star rating thing attached to them. If I think the video is good, I rate it high. If I think we suck in the video, I rate it low. I classify Spike's self-recommendation as the same type of behavior.
It doesn't feel unethical to me.
Maybe Spikes's proclamation of herself as being popular rubs you the wrong way. Maybe you just need to let go of the little things that don't amount to a hill of beans and focus on the important things in life.
on 05/23/2008
bananas
on 05/23/2008
Thanks for your input, Spike.
1 week, 2 days ago