In bed with the enemy

photo by Miss  Merrill M 

It's over. Toronto's most hated and/or: loved, admired, read, commented on, e-mailed, and protested against blogger is moving on. Yes, Miss Sarah Nicole Prickett is leaving the  ist-a-verse. 

Sure, she's still got a day job (or three) at  Eye,  Toronto Life, and  Fashion.  And there's the occasional freelance piece for a  paper (and we can always hope for another  tell-all), but I have to say I'm going to miss the comment-riddled posts on  Torontoist. Though the snarky commentary provided by SNP was reason enough to read, it was the two-way conversation in the comment section of the city blog that kept people talking, and typing.  

In today's post, one in a series on the  Future of Toronto Fashion, Prickett announced her own future at Torontoist: there isn't one. All readers got was a quick "hi, and bye." I'll keep up with Prickett on (and off) the blogosphere, but to commemorate her final Torontoist posting, I decided to take a quick look back on some of the choice comments from her time writing for the site.

Feel free to toss more of your favourites into the comments section. 

It's all in the last line

Indeed, bravo

It was rare any comment was the colour neutral, but here's proof it happened

Yes, and no. When Sarah writes a blog post, someone is always there to read it

Which was the appeal, or was it?

Many posts warranted comparisons, positive, negative, and riddled with spite

A Howard Stern comparison? She'll take it!

No, she's no Hemingway. But blogging is never done in Ernest

No, this is why we  could have Gawker

Animal activists found her journo-methods debate-able. To say the least, they weren't her biggest fans

Sometimes the comments over-stepped, but those only made it all more entertaining

*nb: this is definitely my favourite

Calls to quit were not uncommon, but commenters like Barb B. miss what makes SNP, well SNP. She's the kind of girl who thinks crayons are  cute. Still don't get it? Didn't think so

Only she will, Ryan. Only she will

The reference points left the less savvy confused

Evidently, not everyone is fan

The comments continue, but haters aside: hit counters don't lie 

And occasionally, someone would express gratitude for the hard work of a fashion blogger

But usually that gratitude was as sarcastic as said post

Posts often inspired rage, which was regularly funneled into fruitless online labours

Quick, check  Google.  There's a whole lot more space to be wasted

Let's be honest: the last word was always hers, so I figured I'd give it to her. You know, as a fashionable defender. Or whatever. Enjoy the Web 3.0, Prickett.