Jason, you need to understand the difference between your persona and your reputation. What you write on your blog, your email newsletters, your facebook and your tweets is your persona. What people think of you behind your back when you thought they were not watching is your reputation. It takes a lifetime to build a reputation. It only takes one tiny miscalculation to throw it all away. And you have been throwing it all away, first with stealing contributors from Digg, then with hijacking Leo Laporte's brand, and now beating up on some young kid who just wanted to better his life ... Horribly disappointed in you.