Take, for example, the rise of weblogs or blogs.  You're reading one right now.  Hell, we jumped on the bandwagon like everyone else, but this is the zine's blog, a place for us to post little bits and commentary that wouldn't really fit in with our columns.  I'm particularly talking about personal blogs, those odd supporting documents that 25% of the American populace is indeed suffering from some sort of mental disorder.

In case you haven't had the experience, imagine high school.  Ahh, the youthful immaturity.  The little slap n'tickle in the backseat of your parent's car.  The "Lord of the Flies" clique mentality which pitted rival factions against each other in a battle royale for social dominance where all outsiders must be ostracized and purged.  You know The Good Old Dayz^TM. 

Got it?  Now add in the faceless anonymity of the internet, questionable sentance construction, and a lack of critical thought that would rival a Bush cabinet meeting and you're pretty close to getting a handle on a common blog experience (blogsperience?).  Lower that technical barrier and just watch what oozes in.

In case you think I'm an elitist, well I've been called worse but I'm certainly not advocating shutting them down, no matter how pointless they may be. That's their right, so long as we all still have rights.  I just find it rephrensible in a particularly puss-oozing and disgusting sort of way.

See I CAN support the First Amendment and still form value judgements, pay attention RNC: I'm not interested in foisting my values on anybody.  I don't have to like the bullshit to want it protected.