Sorry for the delay gang.
Let’s get this started.
Welcome to the Crass Writer’s Workshop. We have these from time to time to help come up with story ideas and to set up those of you would like to take a shot at writing on the site. If you have any questions about WordPress, writing tips, or topics, this is the place to ask.
My lovely and talented co-host this evening will be Lucky Duck. She has been an editor at Crass since our launch so she is a great source of advice.
OK, let’s get started.
And we’re back! Continue reading
Yes, I know it was actually Tuesday, but we have been very busy. Anyway, let me just say, on behalf of the ruling triumvirate, that it has been a lot of fun. A very special thanks to all of you who write for us, and a huge thanks to all of our great editors and mods. This has become a vibrant community and there is no other place like this on the internets. I am sure the next two years will be even more fun. Continue reading
When I created Crasstalk.com on a whim one night late in 2010, I had no idea what it would become. All I knew was that we had an extended network of interesting people who all had a lot to say and wanted a new place to say it.
Ever since then, I’ve been continually amazed at just how important our authors, commenters and readers are to the growth of Crasstalk — and how important Crasstalk is to them.
Over the past year, The Grand Inquisitor, Dogs of War and I have spent a lot of time thinking about how we wanted to grow this amazing community. Our first goal was to put Crasstalk on a solid financial footing – those of you who donated to the site early made amazing contributions but that’s no way to run a website of this size. So we worked hard to drive enough revenue from advertising to support the site without detracting from the commenter experience. We’re certainly not getting rich anytime soon but we’re now earning enough revenue to keep the lights on and even have a little left over for development of new site features and new projects. Continue reading
Welcome to the Writer’s Workshop. We haven’t had one of these in a long time, so this may be new for some of you. Essentially, this is a chance for you to work with the editors and admins to come up with story ideas, improve your posts, and generally be a literary genius. Please feel free to use this forum as a way to develop new ideas or ask for help and feedback. We want all of you to become the best writers you can be, and we are here to help you do that. Let’s get started. Continue reading
After being interviewed by the lovely A Piece of the Continent, it was my turn to select the next Crasshole. I chose someone who I thought was probably polar opposite of me, yet just as sweet and lovable as I am.
Little did I know that Spiggy could be as sandy as the rest of us. Hope you enjoy her responses as much as I did.
It’s the end of the year so of course everyone is rolling out their respective best of lists. Let’s be honest though. Do we really care about every list on the “best of list?” No! So how about we give a shout to the memes some new, some maybe a little older, that made Crasstalk a fun place to hang out. Sure, we could talk about the rest of the world, but really, the stuff that happens in the Crasstalk world is really just as much fun, or at least we probably think so. Navel grazer!
HA! Let’s do this, man. Continue reading
Too much anniversary partying? Perhaps some hair of the dog is in order.
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OK, maybe it didn’t go down like that. It actually started with a casual conversation on Gawker about starting a blog so the Gawker commenters could have a little place of their own to write and amuse one and other.
Bots: So how did Crass come about? Here’s how I remember it.
Back in late 2010, there was a general sense among the denizens of #crosstalk that Gawker was starting to feel like a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop. Any sort of weirdo could stiop by at 2:30 a.m. and poop on the floor before hitting the road again. Around that same time, Nick Denton gave an interview to some magazine (I can’t even remember which one at this point) where he described the burden of entertaining Gawker’s “self-aggrandizing” regulars.
So a few of us started thinking about what would happen if we started our own site. Wouldn’t it be neat if we could write our own blog posts about stuff we cared about instead of merely responding to Richard and Moyland and HamNo all day?
First, there was the Tumblr. However, Botswana Meat Commission FC soon realized the Tumblr was for dirty hipsters and he decided to launch a proper website. He just needed a name. Continue reading
Put your hands in the air, Crasstalkers. Bens is over at the hospital visiting a sick family member today but he wanted to hit you cats with a few tasty bits of Friday night funk. Continue reading
