Hating Tim Ferris
No, not me silly. However it’s pretty clear that Penelope Trunk does. It’s over a year since she made this blog post, and its *still* getting comments. Some are almost spam, but the fact that there are still legit comments on her rant about how much she despises Tim Ferris is either (1) a brilliant way to get continued traffic to her blog or (2) the complaints of a whiner. Lesson learned: if you want traffic and don’t mind the possibility of a slander suit, make pointed nastygram comments about a popular figure, and you will get traffic. Perhaps she used to work for a tabloid or something; seems to work for them.
Nicely put, Dave. Just a small legal quibble. The distinction between libel and slander is that libel is “printed” while slander is “spoken.” Anything recorded, whether in print, online, or even via video could be libelous.