Alexei Shulgin on Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:43:05 +0200 (MET DST) |
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<nettime> The worst news |
10/25/96 Hi. I'm writing to let everyone know that I've decided to make The Worst as bad as possible and close it down. The last page will be published on Friday, November 1st. I apologize for the abruptness of this announcement, but I've been contemplating the decision for a long time. When I started the site, almost two years ago, I'd hoped it would eventually provide me with financial independence and greater creative opportunities. Neither happened. The site continues to require a lot of time and I'm still living off my parents and my savings. Attempts to find production companies willing to collaborate with me on the site were unsuccessful. I talked to a number of Hollywood multimedia agents who liked my work, but in the end, they didn't help me. Trying to finance the site on my own through ads or subscriptions is not something I want to do. Most important is my growing lack of interest in the work itself. Publishing The Worst was new and fun in early 1995, but twenty-two months and over fifteen-hundred selections later, I'm no longer excited by it. I'm feeling creatively stifled and I'm generally tired of writing about the net. Recently, I've kept the site going because I was planning to write The Worst Book. However, to make the book commercially viable I'd have to continue my site and I've realized I don't have the energy to do it. I'm going to look into writing jobs in other media and pitch some treatments for other Web projects. I'm also interested in consulting with companies to make their sites more (intentionally) funny and effective. If you are interested, drop me a line. I want to thank everyone who's visited and supported my site in the past two years. Without the positive letters I've received, I would have quit a long time ago. I know that people still enjoy my work. I do have some regrets about stopping. However, I need to move on. Thanks. Mirsky --------- Added, Nov 4th: WotW will remain online until February 1, 1997. After that, I will replace it with a page of contact information, information on my current projects and whatever else I choose to fling online. The address will remain www.mirsky.com, even after WotW is taken down. -------------- Worst of the Web http://www.mirsky.com --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@icf.de and "info nettime" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@icf.de