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The most obnoxious blogger in the world
I read many blogs but there is only one -- of the two or three hundred I have sampled -- which I find truly obnoxious. I find the content obnoxious and I find the style obnoxious and I find the blogger obnoxious. By the way, I don't think it is a blog which has ever said anything negative about me, at least not that I'm aware of. And it's not a blog on the blogroll or a blog I have, as far as I can remember, linked to.
I never read it regularly in the first place, but I don't think I can stand to read this blog any more ever again. Even so, I try to spin theories of how one blog and one blog only can have achieved such a special place in my mind. It's not a blog that covers special or unique topics, relative to the other blogs I read and link to. Is the world not a continuum?
If you are a blogger you can know that the chance I find you obnoxious is very slim indeed. But not zero.
Or maybe you all think that I just don't read enough blogs.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on August 7, 2008 at 07:21 AM in Web/Tech | Permalink
Comments
It's about me, isn't it? I knew this song was about me, didn't I?
Posted by: Happy Rotter at Aug 7, 2008 7:58:06 AM
Perez Hilton?
Posted by: JJ at Aug 7, 2008 8:01:54 AM
Roissy.
Posted by: Matthew C. at Aug 7, 2008 8:04:23 AM
It's gotta be Posner. That guy's out of control.
Posted by: John M. at Aug 7, 2008 8:10:17 AM
Alternate guesses: Yudkowsky, Moldbug, Sailor, Razib, Reynolds?
Posted by: Matthew C. at Aug 7, 2008 8:23:35 AM
Malkin?
C'mon, Tyler, how about a free copy of "The Street Porter and the Philosopher" to the correct guesser?
Posted by: Aaron at Aug 7, 2008 8:23:59 AM
I'm guessing Adam Yoshida.
Posted by: Cabalamat at Aug 7, 2008 8:26:54 AM
firemeganmcardle.blogspot.com ... perhaps?
Posted by: k at Aug 7, 2008 8:27:00 AM
My two cents: Brad DeLong grasping reality with his two hands...
Posted by: Santiago H. at Aug 7, 2008 8:31:46 AM
I suspect this is Tyler's 'Carly Simon' moment, where now we all sit around speculating about who's the subject of 'You're So Vain'.
Posted by: outback at Aug 7, 2008 8:40:03 AM
http://barefoobum.blogspot.com
Posted by: Anonny at Aug 7, 2008 8:40:21 AM
Feministing or mine?
Posted by: Xmas at Aug 7, 2008 8:42:44 AM
Kim du Toit?
Posted by: Milam Command at Aug 7, 2008 8:44:09 AM
Boy are my ears burning! ;-)
Come on, spill the dirt! ;-)
Posted by: Speedmaster at Aug 7, 2008 8:44:45 AM
if not perezhilton...
thesuperficial.com?
Posted by: person at Aug 7, 2008 8:45:10 AM
Definitely Roissy.
Posted by: Ian Deans at Aug 7, 2008 8:46:46 AM
People, you need to play Sherlock Holmes! For one thing, Roissy has criticized me on his blog for another he doesn't cover typical topics, compared to the other blogs I read.
Posted by: Tyler Cowen at Aug 7, 2008 8:54:21 AM
It's Marginal Revolution, obviously.
Posted by: Kieran at Aug 7, 2008 9:11:35 AM
Can we ask questions?
Posted by: josh at Aug 7, 2008 9:16:25 AM
"Or maybe you all think that I just don't read enough blogs."
Perhaps this implies it is a fairly well known blog. Mainstream, not unique relative to usual MR stuff, never linked to, never mentioned Tyler negatively, obnoxious. Drudge?
Posted by: josh at Aug 7, 2008 9:24:50 AM
Is it Tyrone and his secret blog?
Tyler, this post definitely needed a "By the way, here's a ...." And not to flying puffins. How about to
a list of the most obnoxious celebrities?
Posted by: chug at Aug 7, 2008 9:30:14 AM
One blog that I find truly obnoxious is Angry Bear, and it's not on the blogroll....Tyler?
Posted by: justin at Aug 7, 2008 9:32:53 AM
Perhaps one of the gawker blogs?
Posted by: eugene at Aug 7, 2008 9:40:00 AM
Scalzi.
Posted by: Tom at Aug 7, 2008 9:42:24 AM
Does Drudge Report count as a blog? That is obnoxious. It's hard on the eyes and I'm still surprised people read it. I don't get it.
Posted by: k at Aug 7, 2008 9:45:57 AM
