Snarky, tear-down content

• http://www.wired.com/2014/12/life-and-death-of-the-racket/
• http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/14/the-gospel-according-to-nick-denton-what-next-for-the-gawker-founder.html

It's a common writing style because it's easy to do, and many people enjoy it because it makes them feel good when they read about others getting verbally torn down.

Humans have a desire to see successful people fail

For some years, I created that type of belittling, satirical commentary on my message board ToledoTalk.com. My targets were mainly local politicians and the other commenters I disagreed with. The threads got raucous at times. It was fun political br