Jakob Speed wrote:

  2. What was Real World Sucks (RWS)?

    The egg from which RWB, and eventually PlånetSocks, was hatched. Started by a very cool guy in Seattle, RWS was primarily a message board for those pissed off about what the show was doing to the town, but it soon took off as the definitive anti-RW site on the web. It eventually imploded in early 1999, primarily due to one 24/7 flamer who never could figure out where the joke ended and psychosis began (don't ask, we don't like re-living the bad old days) - with RWB starting up less than 24 hours later (see next entry).

  3. Who started RealWorldBlows (RWB)?

    Since many of the posters on RWS had been together for almost a year, the sudden realization that RWS was gone came as quite a shock. In fact, RWS shut down temporarily for about three weeks a few months before the final closure, and many of the site's message board posters kept up daily ramblings through broadcast e-mails, IMs, and chat. One of the regulars - corndog - realized that RWS had become a daily addiction to many (himself included) and came up with the name "RWB" and a butt uglyimage home page just a few hours after RWS locked its doors. In a matter of days, most of the regulars let one another know about the new site, and it was back to business as usual. Another regular, DogStalker (DS) was, and continues to be, the driving force behind the look and feel of the new site and for branching out into covering other shows (Survivor, etc.) - plus he put up the cash for the various PlånetSocks domains and the message board script - but many of the regulars (both old and new) have contributed stuff.

  4. Who pays for all that pricey bandwith your site must be eating up?

    You do! Well, at least since the fall of 2002 you do. Before then, DS had been foolishly draining embarrassingly large sums from his wife's modest earnings to keep the site online. It was insane and eventually his wife cut him off. Now, rather than resorting to odious banners and pop-ups, we went the voluntary donations route.

    I can see by your question that really you are coyly fishing for ways you can support site. You can find out at the Donation page. Thank you for asking.

    Excuses for breathing

  5. Why are you all so mean to Real World/Road Rules, Survivor, Big Brother, etc.? I love those shows!

    PlånetSocks started with RealWorldBlows, which was established to give a forum to people who saw that the Real World, its production company (see #35), and its liberal editing practices were not necessarily good things and were begging for ridicule, and we happened to be the right guys for that job!

    PlånetSocks' main mission is to provide a venue for entertaining ourselves by posting/ reading humorous (we try) takes on the various shows. We are not on any kind of holy crusade to shut down the shows. We just want to have fun. The humor-impaired are strongly encouraged to consider trying another site, thank you.