
Best Week Ever's large and loyal web community (we believe the term "sticky" could be used here) is in uproar over Star transplant David Caplan, who, we told you, was hired by VH1 to bring exclusive gossip reports to their network of web properties. Except it isn't going over well, if you're to read the comments.
Caplan busted on to BWE.tv with a Lindsay Lohan rehab item yesterday. Today, he massaged his sources for another Lohan item: Linds plans on having her birthday party at Pure in Las Vegas with or without Svedka's sponsorship. (And whether or not she's supposed to be in rehab.) But BWE's readers aren't so happy about it.
"This is terrible," says one. "No one reads BWE for gossip. We want to read people making fun of gossip. I’m so disappointed."
It only gets worse.
Other comments include:
"Seriously, WTF? No more exclusives please!"
"please, stop this feature. please."
"um….booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
"who is this guy??????"
"agreed, this feature is lame"
"I agree with everyone else here. These exclusives suck. I come to BWE to hear people make fun of this shit, not post it themselves."
And, this doozy: "no comment section on this site has ever been this one sided towards an issue. i hope you guys pay attention to what the readers are saying."
Is Caplan striking out as VH1's new celebrity web man? Or are we just looking at some natural growing pains, as VH1 turns its most promising web property into a better version of StarMagazine.com? Either way, we feel for 'em: You should've seen the readers on celeb sister Mollygood react when we took away their "Headline on Your Shoulders" feature.

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