Declan McCullagh wrote:
If Vulis thinks I did an "excellent job," then perhaps I should have criticized him more harshly.
No, you should have ignored the story, because there wasn't one. It's quite rich that your story criticizes journalists for doing exactly what you did: give Vulis far more attention than he deserves. In case you've forgotten what you wrote: What does Vulis's ouster mean to the community that sprang up around this mailing list, of which he had been a member for nearly three years? Many of his peers think he did it for attention or notoriety; one longtime list-denizen declined to be interviewed for fear of encouraging him. (If that's his goal, he's already succeeded. Will Rodger from Inter@ctive Week and Lewis Koch from Upside Magazine are writing about this.) As much as I'm tempted, I believe no further comment is necessary. -rich