This month marks the second anniversary of Ethics Alarms, and by the end of the week, I will have posted its 2000th article. In that time, the blog has had…
- Over 500,000 visits
- 15,687 comments
- 67, 487 spam comments
In addition, this month will have the most traffic of any month so far, twice as much as a year ago. And…
- The most commented upon recent post was the contentious “Baby Emma” story, with 121 comments so far.
- The posts that have been read the most are, yes, “A Commercial for Liars: Tide..with Acti-lift!”, with “Texas Cheerleading Ethics: Cheer Your Rapist!” close behind. (Maybe I should use exclamation points more often.)
- The current standings among recent commenters are, in order, tgt, Eric (Erik?) Monkman, Tim LeVier, Chase Martinez, Elizabeth, and Bill, finally pushing Mr. Fusion, who came, annoyed me, and vanished, off the charts.
This is as good a time as any to thank all of you who come here, and especially those who add your own perspective and opinions to the content. That was always the objective in starting the blog—on The Ethics Scoreboard, I usually felt like I was taking to myself— and you have responded magnificently, beyond my expectations. I am proud and honored that the discourse inspired by Ethics Alarms posts is civil, pointed, well-written, perceptive, funny, and sometimes genuinely eloquent. Ethics is a continuing inquiry, and I have leaned much from all of you, even, and perhaps especially, when you tell me that I am, as my Dad liked to say, “talking through my hat.”
Again, thank you. I am more grateful than I can ever express.
And I will continue to work on those typos.
Ethics Alarms 
Congratulations on two years of blogging. I’m sure my Scandinavian alter ego would likewise extend a hearty skal if he were not off in his longboat, searching for the edge of the world.
Happy birthday, Ethics Alarms. Thanks for the inspiration.
This is truly a great blog and you’ve made me think about a lot of things in ways I normally wouldn’t. You always have a refreshing point of view, Jack, even if I don’t agree sometimes. (Especially politically- there’s a reason I stay out of the political brawls this blog sometimes generates) Many more years and readers to you!
And I thought I had cut down on my commenting. Oops.
I’m surprised that one of my arguments with SMP didn’t cross 121 comments. Maybe we argued in too many threads at the same time.
Also, isn’t the plural of typo typoes?
I thought that was how Dan Quayle spelled it, like “potatoes.”
Exactly. potato:potatoes => typo:typoes.
The scary thing is, you HAVE cut down on your commenting….
Hm, you made me look at that “Baby Emma” thread again.
Goddamn it, I hate people sometimes.
Next year, I’ll make that list… next year…
I’ll have to say, with the first few posts I read I became emotional. It took some, to simmer down and be rational. One of your ideas is to provoke thoughts and feelings we wouldn’t necessary have on a day to day basis in our (or at least my) small world. Thanks Jack….
That’s a hell of a milestone. Congratulations!
Congratulations! on! two! great! years!
–Dwayne!