Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about FARK!
Interview with the Genius Behind Fark, Drew Curtis – Ian Carnaghan: Article bookmarking and submission sites have become a commodity on the web today. There have been only a few veterans that have been around long before it was “cool” to have a site in the social news niche, and Drew Curtis’ Fark.com is one of them. Fark is social news with a twist: comedy. A…
Undaunted by Digg, Fark Plans Redesign — Maybe: Undaunted by Digg’s disastrous 2010 redesign, Fark, the aggregation site known for its influence and breadth of quirky news, is getting a facelift, according to the site’s found…
Fark.com: Making Money Off of Goofy News: Fark.com is a homegrown Web site that features news of the weird from around the globe. Last month, it drew 1.5 million page views a day. How does that translate into cash? We spent a day with founder Drew Curtis to find out.
Fark.com founder links patent trolls with ‘terrorists’: Other than the shifty eyes and the faint smell of cheap after shave, it’s often hard to identify a patent troll — entities whose sole purpose is to extort money by leveraging patents. Drew Curtis, the founder of Fark.com, likens them to terrorists.
Fark’s Off: Site Settles Lawsuit for $0: News aggregation website Fark.com has settled an 8-month-old patent lawsuit out of court — for the whopping sum of zero dollars.
Hopeful Plaintiff Sues Yahoo, Digg, Reddit, Fark, TechCrunch, And Others – TechCrunch: Oh no, we’ve been sued. This week’s hopeful plaintiff is Gooseberry Natural Resources LLC, who filed a complaint in a Los Angeles federal court against Reddit, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Digg, Fark, Geeknet, TechCrunch, Newsvine, Yahoo and others.
Fark Sells Out. France Surrenders: Blogs are the hottest thing on the Net, but are they messing with traditional publishing principles? One of the most popular, Fark.com, is allegedly selling links. Is it the wave of the future? By Daniel Terdiman.
Fark.com sells their editorial, and the loyalty of their users. – Jason Calacanis: Jason Calacanis is a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular podcasts This Week in Startups and Angel. As a “scout” for top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and later as an angel investor, Jason has invested in 150+ early-stage startups including 6 “unicorns” (billion-dollar valuations). His book “Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups: Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000” was published by HarperCollins in July 2017. He lives in San Francisco, California.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: fark is a community website that allows members to comment on a daily batch of news articles . the site receives many story submissions per day and approximately 100 of them are publicly displayed . links are submitted by Fark members small websites often rendered inoperable due to congestion or simple server failure . website being “farked” by the community can generate huge amount of traffic in short time . a friend mentioned that all of the four letter domain names were the squirrel image is no longer used in the production area of the site . it can still be found as the server’s 404 error for pages that do not exist . the first story posted was an article about a fighter pilot who crashed while trying to moon another fighter pilot . the site received over 50,000 page views and one million the year after . features such as link submission and forums were added as Curtis dismissed the incident as the result of an overenthusiastic salesperson . he subsequently fired Gupta . the company was a NSFW offshoot of Fark . a new design for the website was launched on April 25, 2007, with the comment, “hope nothing breaks, we’re all out drinking” the new design was initially received with some controversy by many users, mostly due to the change in the old design was put into place years ago . over time changes were nailed on to the design like loose shingles on a leaky roof . the site layout was refined over the next few weeks . despite its initial strong reception, the book only received mild attention from reviewers . the book sold 25,000 copies in its first 12 weeks on the market . fark launched a new partnership with USA Today . the page shows aggregated technology news headlines from other news sources with USA Today branding . it’s right column displays technology content from USA Today with video clips . lawsuit: fark does not produce “news releases” or “press releases” lawsuit settled in 2011 for the sum of $0. Curtis later described the ordeal as, “a nightmare” he compared patent trolls to Curtis introduced the new site as a preview one week prior to June 1 . primary reason for the redesigned site is to make it easier to use and more intuitive . site’s tagline changed from “It the music tab was also dropped, due to low usage . content was rolled into the Showbiz or Video tab, where most content was already cross-posted anyway . an official iPhone app, “HEY! on Fark the site earns revenue from advertising and membership in its TotalFark program . in 2006, the site earned just under $600,000 per year . other iOS apps are also available allowing users to browse the site . fark’s classifieds section alone generates as much as $40,000 per year . technology writer describes the site as “staggeringly successful” the rest of the money goes to the site’s legal “war chest” 2002–2003) about the three weirdest tech-oriented stories of the week . Tags that say photoshop, audioedit or videoedit are used for threads where digital content is edited for a humorous or artistic effect . by may 2007 there were an estimated 2,000 subscribers, generating $120,000 per year . 40% of links submitted to TotalFark are deleted within one minute of being submitted . a new fail tag was introduced to in recognition of the a typical 24-hour period includes 1,200 to 1,800 links with associated comment threads . a 6- or 12-month subscription is also eligible to receive an @ultrafark.com email address . the ultrafark email service fark was involved in organizing the Rickrolling of the new york Mets in 2008 . they encouraged readers to vote for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up . the acronym UFIA became a cliché a popular farkism began when a journalist wrote a story about blogging . he was ridiculed for posting something that many didn’t consider “news” and was actually quite obvious . the practice began in 1999, when Curtis was doing some database consulting . he posted a note on the site asking anybody who lived in the area to email him if they wanted to join him for a beer . fark’s Alexa rating was 2,310, with the average user spending 5.8 minutes per day on the site . 67.2% of users originate from the united states . the site receives approximately 2,000 story submissions greenlit links can generate upwards of 300,000 page views in one month for the recipient . during major events usage spikes and the site can be seen as a serious outlet for news . some users can contribute greatly to reporting the site is rarely cited as a source for many of these stories . several celebrities have also stated they checked the website regularly . some of these celebrities include Alan Colmes of Fox News .
