Blogging may lead to death
It’s a real shame we couldn’t publish this article earlier – it would be an awesome April Fools’ prank together with a message about the end of the RLSLOG. Some of the blogging community are worried that blogging could be bad for your health. The constant need to publish new and exciting facts is putting stress on successful bloggers, and the recent deaths from heart attacks of three popular writers is causing something of a rethink in the industry. “I haven’t died yet,” Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, told The New York Times. “At some point, I’ll have a nervous breakdown and be admitted to hospital, or something else will happen. This is not sustainable.”
Arrington claimed that he has gained 30 pounds and developed a severe sleeping disorder over the past three years as a result of his job. Two other technology bloggers, Russell Shaw, 60, and Marc Orchant, 50, have died of heart failures. While blogging has not been directly linked to their deaths, the stress of churning out thousands of words a day may have been a factor. “There is no time ever, including when you’re sleeping, when you’re not worried about missing a story,” said Arrington. “Wouldn’t it be great if we said that no blogger or journalist could write a story between 8pm Pacific time and dawn? Then we could all take a break. But that’s never going to happen.” You don’t have to worry though, RLSLOG is going to continue in bringing you hot news about latest scene releases no matter what…
Source: Vnunet, NY Times
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That explains the lack of releases of the last few days……!
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several editors still suffer from an apoplectic stroke, but *pssssshhhh!!* there no need to make this public
since this blog is being maintained by more than 1 staff member, there should not be much stress at individual level. Long live RLSlog staffs! Stay healthy & keep us Aall entertained.
Yeah RLSLOG keeps freaking Firefox out on my PC when the Blinx thing comes up and shutting it down
@Zep, get the Adblock Plus extension for Firefox and use the easylist subscription and that should put a stop to all your problems.
So bloggers somehow feel more strain than daily columnists in print media or news reporters who have to go out every day and find new stories and don’t keel over dead under the strain of a deadline? I sincerely doubt that.
“Error 404″ is the new RIP.
okay. i c .
Employees are the people that are supposed to loosen ur burden… Have these bloggers heard of them?
At least join a 24 hour gym for those wee hours of insomnia.
“I haven’t died yet,” Michael Arrington [...] told The New York Times.
ingenious…
for a long enough time scale, all activities lead to death.
So more good news from ReleaseLog then
I’m not worried about the Rslog staff i’m worried about the RS links providers, pls dudes, sleep well and keep’em coming.
Just kidding, rslog staff is good. Long life to them.
By the way….cough cough, u guys may wanna tell the irfree guys that they apps have lots of viruses. Not all, but quite a few.
Cheers!
You can also get blind from pleasuring yourself too much. Scientifically proven fact, you know.
Stupidity may also lead to death.
haha this is so lammee. assington seems like the kinda guy who sues mcdonalds for making him fat. i hope he doesn’t sue his company
“You don’t have to worry though, RLSLOG is going to continue in bringing you hot news about latest scene releases no matter what…”
unless you’re the only staff member actually posting then it will be quite difficult won’t it martin
What they’re really saying is that your average Joe is incapable of delivering the news. They should all be banned so that we can get our dose of liberal propaganda from the New York Slimes and CNN.
They gain weight cause they sit on their fat asses and blog all day, useless wastes of life.
do you wnat to enjoy your life now?
what do they do to relax theirselves?
want to know,come here.ill show you what i search?
look at the super star,listen some music,diy-t-shirt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sfJhhN1rcA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V19SvSUYYOs
http://www.diy-t-shirt.com
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