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a glimpse into bobongpinoy.com
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unimaginative black background..
white comic sans font to match whatever amount of excitement the
black background generated..
links- ABS CBN, INDUSTRIYA, KOMIKS, etc
very minimal to none graphics..
and the content in each link- a lone voice calling out to
whoever wanted to listen. he didn't have a name then. in the
guestbooks, one enterprising reader bestowed the name Bob Ong
upon him. biting, taking the shortest way possible into your
senses- the guy assaulted his readers. the effect was fast,
shocking, lasting, and addicting.
slowly, a following was born. the fan base became unruly-
demanding their webmaster to update his site regularly. being
what he is, Bob Ong of course never complied. the natives became
all the more hungry for his brand of reading. the first
philippine webby awards was launched. the little unknown site
went home with an award.
in time, his cult followers banded together. the second webbys
saw them engaging in massive cheating and vote buying just for
the site to land the plum award. in the face of giant
competitors pldt.com and pm junior's site, the still underground
bobongpinoy was a force to reckon with.
UNSUBSTANTIATED RUMOR #1: bob ong was there at hard rock cafe
when bobongpinoy was given its second webby trophy.
a bevy of launches came- chatroom, two mailing groups, free
bobongpinoy.com emails..
in my mind, the decline happened when the site underwent a
facelift. black background gave way to white. bob ong opened the
doors to guest writers. bob ong grew up..
the updates happened less frequently. with much too few and far
between happenings in the site, the group dwindled, dawdled, and
disbanded. the site and domain bobongpinoy.com was no more. |
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