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 and projects fail.

For some years, I created that type of belittling, satirical commentary on my message board ToledoTalk.com. My targets were mainly local politicians, who deserved scorn and disdain, and the other commenters who I disagreed with.

I had no patience for lazy thinking, and I verbally scorched those types of comments. The threads got raucous at times. The political brawls were intellectually stimulating and fun. For a while.

But then it got boring. It's easier to ankle-bite than it is to construct. In the physical world, I would prefer to hang around the constructors or the makers than the destroyers and whiners.

I still enjoy first person, opinionated writing, since that's why I created ToledoTalk.com. And I still create that type of content here. But I'm trying to consume and create this type of writing in moderation.

Maybe that's why I created separate, niche blogs in 2014 that focus on my other interests.

• http://toledowinter.com
• http://birdbrainsbrewing.com
• http://maketoledo.com

Overlap exists. Some content from jothut.com and birdbrainsbrewing.com will reside at maketoledo.com. I'm pulling related content from toledotalk.com to post at maketoledo.com. Whew.

Eventually, some year, I hope that jothut.com becomes the home for ALL the web content that I've created since 2001. Or nearly all of it.

I created a lot of web content for the Ohio Young Birders Club, since I managed its website (the version prior to its current look), but that content is gone from the current site. I saved some of my posts.