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The Hater: Pulling the plug on Internet Week

Having previously taken down South By Southwest and the Vimeo Awards, the Hater turns his attention to New York's Internet Week. 

On May 16, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: Finally a TED Talk about Beer Pong

TED unveils a way anyone can make a TED Talk. Jordan hates it.

On Apr 25, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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A prayer for National Unplug Day

The Hater shares a few words, chugs some wine, and shuts down. In that order. 

On Mar 23, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: 4 reasons my YouTube channels are better than yours

If American Hipster is the best you people can do, maybe I should become a YouTube producer.

On Mar 21, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: suck on this meaty day

This column might make you hungry—or it might make you hate.

On Mar 14, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: 5 things to hate about SXSW

So you're not going to SXSW? Or you're not invited to the swank parties? You might just be the luckiest person in the world.

On Mar 7, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: Die, Facebook memes, die

I blame Mark Zuckerberg for the new, stabbier News Feed.

On Feb 1, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: Taking down @MensHumor and @WomensHumor

Why these unintentionally terrible Twitter accounts are the online equivalent of Spencer's Gifts and must be stopped. 

On Jan 25, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: Don’t everybody black out at once

Five websites that should have gone dark today, but didn't, from Thought Catalog to Klout and worse.

On Jan 18, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: Please stop saying “Shit,” people

"Shit Girls Say" was funny, but you there, with the webcam, about to do a knockoff? Drop it like it's hot.

On Jan 11, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: Ranking the 2012 Miss America contestants on YouTube

The contestants for the 2012 Miss American Pageant posted a total 53 vignettes to YouTube. The Hater ranks the top 7 "in order of their fathers' disappointment."

On Jan 4, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: @EveryTweet_Ever takes care of Twitter for you

You all can stop tweeting now. Seriously. @EveryTweet_Ever has this thing on lock.

On Dec 28, 2011 by Jordan Valinsky

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The 10 most important people to hate on the Internet in 2011

The Hater, year-end edition: Without these people to revile, the Internet would never have gelled as a community.

On Dec 21, 2011 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: Time’s Person of the Year is neither, discuss

Seriously, "protesters"? There's got to be a better choice for Time's cover.

On Dec 14, 2011 by Jordan Valinsky

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The Hater: The one thing I love about the 30 Rock tree

The real star of NBC's absurd Christmas-tree special is a parody account.

On Nov 30, 2011 by Jordan Valinsky