Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Weep a tear forTelevision without Pity - medialifemagazine 2002.

Founded in 1999 and originally called Mighty Big TV, TWoP carries the tagline: "Spare the snark, spoil the networks." oh I just got my mind around this by actually thinking the original and understanding that the syntax = 'IF you spare the rod, you spoil the child."
It is unique among fan sites in that it manages to be both obsessively devoted to and unfailingly sarcastic towards the shows it follows. right.
For the mildly addicted, there’s a “recaplet” of each episode posted a day or two after it airs. For the hard-core fans, there are nine- and 10-page recaps that often recount dialogue verbatim. but does the recaplet go Away? And the mighty popular message boards make for fun reading, too.
Incidentally, TWoP is one of the few sites that epitomizes the oft-invoked but seldom achieved ideal of community that was going to make the web so different from other media not that long ago.

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