My sister, Emily Mercedes, painted this for me about six months ago. It was her way of expressing how she thinks people perceive theCHIVE. She’s a fantastic artist, good at metaphors.
This is Chive Island, built into the bedrock and a steadfast light in the dark. Truth be told we actually tried building bridges to our fellow humor sites about a year ago to create a united front against the relentless Facebook onslaught. Strength in numbers, right? For a number of reasons a deal never materialized.
Then one by one every single website in the comedy vertical fell like dominoes, culminating with the collapse of College Humor two weeks ago.
Never build your castle in the sand.