Romenesko

Salon
Because of the Internet, writers are being pulled down from their solitary perches and into the madding throng, says Gary Kamiya. "This has opened useful debate and made writers accountable," he writes. "But it has also thrown open the gate to creeps, narcissists and wannabe Byrons who threaten to damage the fragile, half-permeable membrane writers use to keep the world from being too much with them."