Piro On Why .Coms Don't Work

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday February 27, 2002 @02:32AM from the well-put dept.

cabbey writes: "Say the name MegaTokyo and most people, if they recognize it, think 'one of the best manga/comics on the net today. (ignoring the recent 'stick figure dom' days while Piro was moving).' But few people think about the social, economic and philosophic issues the authors' rants can delve into. This morning Piro put up a rather long 'rant' that's really a catching insight into why the dot-com world didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of surviving. (archive link to the rant in question, it's below the comic. ;) "

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Oh yeah... by OblongPlatypus · 2002-02-27 02:35 · Score: 3, Funny

... a good slashdotting is just what Piro needs.

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Enough about why the .coms didn't work by iamjim · 2002-02-27 02:38 · Score: 3, Funny

Have we heard enough about why the .com "era" failed? Enough "dot bomb" and other witty phrases refering to a once disturbingly propserous era. The fact is that people got dumb for a while. Things have worked for a certain way for a long time. I am sick and tired of reading the news about how someone on wall street had a bad weekend and now the nasdaq is down 200 points. Little do we know it, it is a coffee shop across the street of the trading rooms that switched their regular coffee to folgers crystals two years ago - lets see what happens?
1. Re:Enough about why the .coms didn't work by grammar+fascist · 2002-02-27 11:22 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Speaking of "dot bomb," I've got a suggestion for ICANN on a new TLD.
  
  Just imagine. . . newfangledsolutions.bomb. . . pointclick.bomb. . . amazon.bomb. . .
  
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Jon? by EricKrout.com · 2002-02-27 02:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Say the name MegaTokyo and most people, if they recognize it, think 'one of the best manga/comics on the net today. (ignoring the recent 'stick figure dom' days while Piro was moving).' But few people think about the social, economic and philosophic issues the authors' rants can delve into. This morning Piro put up a rather long 'rant' that's really a catching insight into why the dot-com world didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of surviving.

Mr. Katz:

If you can't even post commentaries under your own identity anymore for fear of 200 comments blasting your credibility and cliched statements, I think it's time you pack your bags and leave.

Sincerely,
Slashdot Users, #2 - #570,000
;-)
1. Re:Jon? by Mynn · 2002-02-27 03:01 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Just filter him out, only takes a few minutes ... after a while, you stop comparing others to him and suspect it's a "ringer".
  
  That said, I'm quite impressed with MegaTokyo and that Piro and Largo (Fred and ???) have kept it going despite the trials that are life.
  
  *deletes large rant about another web comic strip that is run by someone who does it as their full time job and can't keep up half as well to their stated commitments and decided to add to their burden by producing a subscription sideline*
  
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  Face it, people are stupid, and the internet is the place where they all meet.
Re:Replying to myself... by Zed+Pobre · 2002-02-27 03:21 · Score: 2, Funny

Ah, I see. So in order to keep people from slashdotting megatokyo.com, you post a link to megatokyo.com for them to jump to to read about why it's a bad idea for everyone to jump to megatokyo.com. Good idea, that...
Re:Funny this should be SlashDotted... by virtros · 2002-02-27 03:44 · Score: 2, Funny

/. Merchandise? How about the /. Network Load Generator...guaranteed to bring any netowrk to its knees.

or perhaps the /. Trolling Motor...providing firstpost/troll/flamebait/offtopic posts to your favorite newsgroups.

virtros

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