There are few people whose careers have taken a worse nosedive than mine, but Ben Parr might be one of them. At the very least I can say that Ben and I have been on similar downward trajectories, and for that reason alone I feel a kind of kinship for him. And I am loath to mock him for making money in men's rooms in Las Vegas, because I fear that after this gig at Valleywag that kind of work might be all that is left to me, and at my age it won't be easy.

When you name your investment vehicle #DominateFund (with an actual hashtag!), you're inviting the wrath of the gods, and an ironic end. Sure enough the pet project of Mashable's former editor at large Ben Parr is striking out.

If Quora's presumptuous plan to "grow the world's knowledge" doesn't work out, perhaps it can pivot into a Silicon Valley burn book. This insider spat between blogger-turned-investor Ben Parr and Napster founder John Fanning is a good start. Things got so litigious, a Quora admin had to put on his Tina Fey bossy pants and break things up.