Salon, RIP 1 ▲ idiot king 1 hour ago · Life · hide Wow, I didn’t see this coming. Salon had been A Thing on the internet when I was just beginning to dive in to it seriously, and their site was a regular stop of mine for years. They went to a paywall model at some point in the early 2000’s and my readership tailed off, but every once in a while articles of theirs would pop back up in my feed. Another gravestone for the early web… Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town