Every find a style of writing really annoying, although you like the content itself? Well apparently, Eric Richardson has built a way to remix a site to be less annoying.
The Gothamist local blogs are written by individuals, but in a pretentious plural tone. Here's part of an entry on Gothamist, by mattymatt:
...The only way that night could possibly be any better is if someone said the words "and a very special surprise appearance by Olivia Newton John." We know it's not likely. But the way things are going here, we wouldn't rule anything out.
And the same, on Singularist:
...The only way that night could possibly be any better is if someone said the words "and a very special surprise appearance by Olivia Newton John." I know it's not likely. But the way things are going here, I wouldn't rule anything out.
Ah, that's better, individual voice. Of course, this hack wouldn't be possible without Creative Commons licensing. I wonder how large media organizations would react to such remix, or the Gothamist for that matter.
