I generally loathe discussions of blogrolls. I seldom have reason to link to Acidman. But these two posts are too damn funny.
What terrifies me about Den Beste’s post (actually there is probably a lot, but I’m not weeding through it is the notion that someone is out there plotting revenge because they were removed from SDB’s blogroll:
It isn’t possible for me to please everyone. People I don’t include hate me; people who were on the list and get removed resent it and make elaborate plans for revenge. But if it were long, it would be of negligible value. That’s one of the problems with reverse network effect: it is precisely the exclusivity that makes it valuable, and therefore it is unavoidable that the majority be disappointed.
I’d dismiss this as paranoid rantings from one’s parents’ basement, but the fact that SDB exists makes me all too aware that there might be someone out there actually concerned about his blogroll.