Consumerist Nominated For Best Blog
That's right, despite having its budget slashed and being put up for sale, Consumerist still rocked 2008 with a bunch of cool and/or ridiculously awesome posts, and now we're in the running for the Best Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. You can cast your vote here. Frankly, we haven't even heard of some of the competitors. Gawk-er? What is that, a peeping tom site? Boing boing? Who names this stuff?
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You can count on my vote...
Good Luck!
I just voted for you.
Don't forget, you can vote every 24 hours.
Consumerist was my "gateway drug" of sorts. You guys introduced me to LifeHacker, Jalopnik, and Gizmodo. For that, my lack of productivity thanks you.
Vote placed.
I'll vote when that site speeds up a little bit. Must be the Consumerist effect.
So, speaking of Gaw-ker, when did Consumer Reports buy the place? I didn't even notice it until now (I was offline for about 2 weeks over the holidays, is that when it happened?)
Voted.
You can expect my vote once that site is working again lol.
I just gotta say, thanks so much for having this site free of charge for us!
I'm not a member here, but I do read this blog quite a bit. I find it very interesting, and full of information on the nasty habits of big business. When I read that you could vote for Consumerist as blog of the year I went and voted. Might do it again tomorrow too.
Oh, fine. When you want us to VOTE then you tempt us with sweet sweet kitteh picts.
Why can't I vote through the link, it no worky for me.
i wonder if we can vote more than once. if they allow it, its not cheating. right?
@Hank Scorpio: Okay, before anyone jumps on me for that, it should be "Hear! Hear!"
Sorry, all you language cops.
WTF is hot air and why are they winning? Why is it on the list? Their site sucks! Consumerist is full win! WTF Hot Air is a 'Conservative Internet Broadcast Network'. Can we let consumerist lose to political pandering talk radio blog? NO!
Although there are plenty of other sites that give me more joy, particularly geeky joy, The Consumerist will always be the most practical and useful. That to me, is what puts it at the top. The Consumerist is a must-have.
at the rate its going, consumerist gets 3rd place...
how can a third place blog be put up for sale?
@dorianh49: Well, I realized that I should have looked up which one was correct after I hit submit. Stupid lack-of-an-edit button!
We're currently beating Andrew Sullvan.
That makes me very, very happy.
Voted!
Voted, and now I have a tough decision between lifehacker and gizmodo for best tech blog
Why are the "Weblog Awards" like the generic Bloggies?
@narq: Don't be so closed minded!
I don't notice you objecting to "The Huffington Post" being on the list. I suppose that means you're fine with liberal pandering talk radio blogs, just not conservative ones.
I always thought Gawker was nuts for slimming the consumerist down. You guys are the best. I assure you that sites like Valleywag or Gawker.com itself could have had headcount reductions waaaaayyyy before something so ultimately useful as the consumerist.
Bad management decision at Gawker. Glad you guys survived to be bought up by Consumer Reports. I really hope you guys bring some credibility back to consumer reports though as they have been crap for a while now.
Voted!
Would be a shame if it missed winning just because of a missing EDIT button for posts...
You know you have my vote.
In 3rd place now.
The call this a blog? Shame on them. It needs a higher quality title, like consumer advocate.
@Tues_SteveDave: Ha ha ha ha ha. Favorited, downloaded, and saved to my desktop. What is wrong with me? (And how did this trait stick around for more than a single generation? Evolution, I'm looking at you! It's like a chicken that plucks itself when scared.)
I'm glad now that a vote for you is not a vote for gawker.
That bastert Denton must have brought the site down, as I cant access it. Anyone else?
AH BALLS. We're in third (i got in). At least we're trouncing Gawker. Gawk on this.
@blackmage439: Same here. I found Consumerist on a random search, killing time on the trolley, reading the internet on my phone. I ended up having my life sucked away by all the Gawker-related sites.
Of course, something changed many months ago so that I can't bring up Consumerist on my mobile anymore...sad face.
@InfiniTrent: Perhaps narq was objecting to the fact that Hot Air (and now Andrew Sullivan) were ahead of The Consumerist, not merely that they were on the list.
@Chris Walters: It apparently shows up occasionally as a random event, and people encouraged it through breeding. Don't worry. Once we isolate the gene and get those pesky laws overturned that say you can't experiment on humans, we will have the herds running wild through playgrounds and parks everywhere. ;)
Best. Blog. Evar.
Seriously though, the only one I find useful, interesting and entertaining every single day! Keep up the great work Ben, Meg and the rest of the staff! Even if you don't win, you're still the winner of my Best Blog of 2008 award! And that's WAYYY more prestigious!
(note: can blog awards be prestigious?)
I voted for Consumerist. I'm always telling people, "On Consumerist, I read that..."
Wow, they're already knocking their former boss.
"What is that, a peeping tom site?"
@MooseOfReason: Oh, I'm sure Denton is shaking his fist in the air RIGHT NOW and shouting out, "Waaaalterrrrrrs!!!"
@theblackdog: For now, anyway. Wait'll the trolls start stuffing the ballot box as we approach Jan 13th.
Perhaps this thread should be stuck to the top of the first page until then?
I just cast my vote.
Stiff competition, but Consumerist is the only blog I consistently find useful.