the awl took off pretty fast b/c the editors are former gawker editors & so are most of the writers, so they already had a following and a lot of contacts i suppose. i like it though.. only interested in maybe 1/4 of the content, personally
― kicker conspiracy (b. favre ha ha) (daria-g), Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:51 (fourteen years ago) link
i honestly dont think it took off fast
― goon baby goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 February 2010 07:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't understand why you keep insisting this unless you're under the impression that there was some secret underground Awl site in existence for a couple years before it got "launched" because it was linked everywhere the day it opened because of balk/choire's connections.
― everyone kills people (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Thursday, 4 February 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
the awl, more like the ball... sac
― max, Thursday, 4 February 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
apparently supposed to be better than other ballsacs
― velko, Thursday, 4 February 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
great autostart video ads guys
― there are tons of lame posts with your login underneath: write a book! (ksh), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
solid blog, but really?
― there are tons of lame posts with your login underneath: write a book! (ksh), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
heh
― i live in brooklyn and have seen this for real (iiiijjjj), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/psa-these-autoplay-ads
― ksh, Friday, 26 March 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/two-click-minimum-splitsider-is-here
― markers, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 04:57 (thirteen years ago) link
A comedy nerd blog seems too niche to be a solid brand to add to a blog network seeking advertisers and growth, but maybe they are seeing the niche as not being catered to and thus possibly easily profitable.
Carly ads are really ironic.
― avant-sarsgaard (litel), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 05:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not super familiar with the Awl.
― buzza, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 08:43 (thirteen years ago) link
<3 buzza
― markers, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus christ that is one ugly, anonymous looking site
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 11:07 (thirteen years ago) link
great use of bandwidth
― former moderator, please give generously (DG), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
kinda stopped reading this site when it completed its transformation to gawker at some point this summer... then gawker got all good and "maxed"-out
― snrub-n-tug (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
agree that Gawker is pretty good right now. could you explain what you mean by The Awl's "transformation to gawker at some point this summer" tho?
― markers, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
gawker is particularly good between the hours of 8pm and 4am
― max, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
its like a party up on that website
during that particular stretch of time, eastern time, on sunday, monday and tuesday nights
gawker more like GAWLKER
i liked gawker till that one guy DIED HAHA IT'S A REFERENCE TO MAX
― The sulky expression from the hilarious "Aubrey Plaza" persona (history mayne), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
― markers, Wednesday, September 8, 2010 11:07 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
it started to look and read exactly like the gawk.
― snrub-n-tug (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
smh @ this gillette-sponsored garbage
http://www.theawl.com/2010/10/how-to-pick-up-a-hipster-girl
― george pimpton (s1ocki), Monday, 18 October 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I think The Awl would be much better if it just published the interested long essay kind of stuff, but that probably wouldn't make them any money
― markers, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
interesting, rather
We wanted to invite you personally—so, yes, you!—to visit our new sister site, run by the funny and bizarre Edith Zimmerman and friends, particularly the phenomenal Liz Colville. It is called The Hairpin.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 25 October 2010 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link
― James Mitchell, Monday, October 25, 2010 9:07 AM (14 seconds ago)
hahaha -- just came here to post the news myself
― markers, Monday, 25 October 2010 13:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe going to rock shows and eating all-organic locally sourced beef and/or vegan meals
why would you be eating beef w/ a vegan meal
― dayo, Monday, 25 October 2010 13:14 (thirteen years ago) link
at a rock show nonetheless, dont they usually just serve beer and drinks and maybe snacks there
― dayo, Monday, 25 October 2010 13:15 (thirteen years ago) link
In the Times!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/business/media/25carr.html
― markers, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^ media insider and hip twentysomething
― buzza, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
UGGGGGHHHHHH @ that article s1ocki posted
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 October 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
right?
― candid gamera (s1ocki), Monday, 25 October 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
for shame
http://static.fmpub.net/banners/20100409/4bbf9a7b33e6aSponsoredby120x40.jpg
― buzza, Monday, 25 October 2010 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
the awl more like the awlful amirite lolol *highfive*
― dayo, Monday, 25 October 2010 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think this is the jezebel killer i was hoping for
― A B C, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link
also how could it make any possible financial sense to start a comedy blog and why would you call it "splitsider"
― A B C, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
there are 7 comments total on the stories on the front page of Splitsider atm
I have a feeling The Hairpin will do much, much better
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
come up with the most boring blog name possible
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i liked the interview w/ john mulaney but i haven't been back since
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
its a contraction of 'aw yall'
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://thehairpin.com/2010/10/all-dudes-learned-how-to-dress-and-it-sucks/
what a bad problem to have
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link
"Uuuuuuuuum, OK." *clicks X*
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 12:28 (thirteen years ago) link
What the hell is wrong with her??
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 12:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Mary HK Choi is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn. She is a senior editor at Complex magazine and writes comics for Marvel. Also, she is the bomb. No dot com. Just bomb. Shut up.
― candid gamera (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
:/
― corn futures hoof gang till them all (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 12:50 (thirteen years ago) link
quiddities and agonies of the creative class
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Basil Marceaux Not Dot Com
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 12:56 (thirteen years ago) link
her twitter name is 'choitotheworld'
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
rip
https://www.theawl.com/2018/01/awl-ends
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
That's a damn shame.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:47 (six years ago) link
boo
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:11 (six years ago) link
well, you have to give them credit, they gave it their awl
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
Awl things must pass iirc
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 22:32 (six years ago) link
these puns are.., awlful
― flopson, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
awls well that ends well
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
why is this hairppenning?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 00:08 (six years ago) link
this sucks, obviously
that said, the "now who will publish young writers and outsiders" takes are kind of weird because the awl* has always been as new york media insider as one can possibly get without literally being an email backchannel
* less so the hairpin, sometimes, depending on the era
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 05:36 (six years ago) link