On Jun 3, 5:05 am, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 2, 9:32 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It was only the withdrawal of advertising money in response to
> > hysteria from a small group of xenophobic dickwads that ended Wai Wai.
>
> In the tradition of many English versions of Japanese sites, the
> almost 2 year old explanatory stuff is still linked from the main
> page:
>
> http://mdn.mainichi.jp/20080720/20091021.html
>
> > For years it generated traffic and advertising sales, and the Mainichi
> > was quite happy to pocket the proceeds. Its BS that management "didn't
> > know" about Wai Wai, or that the advertising department never browsed
> > their own server stats.
>
> I thought I recalled something about the content not putting Japan in
> a positive light; it was a bit extreme at times (the oral sex world
> record article might have been the straw that broke the camel's back).
> I always liked my (few) interactions with Ryan and I think he merely
> provided content that the audience wanted; . Wonder what he's doing
> these days.
>
> John W.

According to The Age from about 2 years ago, Wai Wai became No No when
2Chan
got wind of some of the stuff he was putting up.  Even the Hokkaido
Crusader got to comment
in the article.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/japanese-set-the-blogs-on-sleazy-australian-writer-20080704-31w7.html