From About 2-3 Blog Posts Per Day to Not Even One Per Day (After Covering Up for 'Good' EPO Under António Campinos)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-11-22 15:07:02 UTC
Modified: 2022-11-22 15:07:02 UTC

If blogs don't cover what people care about and what needs to be said, writers and readers will go elsewhere

With just over a month left in the year:

Summary: While it's totally debatable whether the problem is IP Kat's deletion of comments critical of António Campinos (among other such factors after pressure from the EPO [1-7]) or blogs in general perishing, this blog certainly peaked when it covered EPO scandals (864 blog posts in 2015 and 879 in 2014 -- the highest ever in the blog's almost-20-year history)

Luis has new reputation-laundering priorities:

António Campinos: I will silence your critics like I silenced my critics at IP Kat, using blackmail tactics; Klaus Grabinski: Sounds good, mein master

IP Kat and Censorship:

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