Shut down in less then 500 hits. That's pretty speedy. I suppose people were watching that domain name, but still... you can't always hide as well as you think you can on the Internet.

"'It's potentially dangerous,' Schnall [president of feminist.com] said. 'Although the site only got about 500 hits, if even one person got the idea to go out and rape someone, it's terrible.'"

I do not disagree with the removal; it amounts to conspiracy to commit horrible crimes. Interesting point, though:

"i" and "Rights" collided in a new way recently, with the online-voting for the Arizona Democratic primary. As you might expect, such an event was not without controversy, as described in the Wired article No Voting Opportunity for All.

I hope Carla Virga pursues a malicious prosecution case against Terminix.

"It also sends a message to other companies that the way to respond to criticism is by answering it, not suing to stop it." "

Site No Longer Bugs Terminix: Carla Virga ran a web site criticizing Terminix for bad service. Terminix fixes their service... no wait, that's how it's SUPPOSED to work. Instead, Terminix sues Carla Virga. Good news: Terminix has dropped the suit (I think they basically realized they were going to loose. ""This tells other consumers with Web sites that they shouldn't roll over and play dead if a corporation comes after them," said Paul Alan Levy, a lawyer for Public Citizen.

Another "CallTheShots"? Or not? Who can tell? I think the Internet startups are taking marketroid-talking-without-content to bold new levels. I hope the VC's are eating it up, because I can't say it impresses me any.

From the looks of the readership statistics, it looks like my estimate of losing half of my "audience" in a week was approximentally correct.