WD used to be full of original, provoking thought; a rare commodity now.

It’s not good enough to just commission writers to pump out any old content once a week. You need to get involved with them and talk through what topics and subjects they’re going to write about so you can weed out the fluffier ones before they’re written, let alone posted.

But seriously, why don’t you guys just lay off a bit. There is no need to make things personal. I suppose that I will just write more technically savvy articles; general audience be damned, right? But, you and I both know that nothing this blog produces will ever be good enough for you…

So Franky, I am sorry for bring this sh*t storm to you. I know that you have been working hard to right the ship here. I can’t say that I am not disheartened and disappointed, but hey; I will just try again next week.

Change of footwear? No, biggest error most people make when taking over a blog is trying to be the successor of the former owner/blogger. No one can replace a personality, but what needs to be done is sit back, take your time and find a new line (hopefully a continuation of the same line) for said blog. Time will show if the new editor is right.

As for Connor… he only wrote one entry on WD if I remember well (shoot me if it were 2 entries). I strongly believe in the tactic hire your strongest critic, and hope that Mr. Critic can add some more than just spew venom. So… obviously the ball is in your camp. Wanna write?
Yours now.

Disclaimer: Yes, I can be as offensive (moronic?) as Scrivs when it comes to snark/bite.

Connor, a redesign will come. But we don’t work with the same people Lee did, so you’ll have to patient some more.
WD visual? Now that goes against all your criticism too, doesn’t it? I thought Wisdump was content focused!
I know… redesign, redesign. Hit me up with a great redesign and we’ll discuss it and pay appropriately if approved. But right now… Wisdump still is content driven.

Perhaps not trying to fill anyone’s shoes is your problem. You absolutely should be trying to fill Scrivs’ shoes, because that is what people expect. That is the level of quality we’ve all come to expect. And currently, you’re not delivering. Perhaps a change of footwear is in order.

You also appear to have contradicted yourself in the following sentence, by way of a typo. That seems to be the biggest issue here. No one seems to care about proofreading. That is, arguably, your biggest problem currently. Some of the content, at least, has been passable as ‘quality’, but is let down by terrible writing.

And I think you’re beating a dead horse asking your critics to join you. Particularly those that were previous writers and left for the exact reasons they are still complaining about. But each to their own.