Comments on: More Blogs I Won’t Read - Part 2

By: RJ45

RJ45 — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:38:17 +0000

Restricted commenting is usually in place for those who get spammed a lot, but I find that a captcha will take care of that problem pretty much instantaneously. Any other reason is just stupid (ie. We are an exclusive club.)

Yeah, the era of pop-ups is hopefully almost over thanks to savvy users installing pop up blockers and most browsers coming with a good one. They are annoying and users will NOT return to your site if they can find similar content elsewhere.

Pet blogs are just stupid. Even worse is when people take on the persona of their pet and write the blog as if “Princess Kitty Mew Mew” had taken up blogging herself.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:09:32 +0000

A blog about Toonsis the Driving Cat would be interesting, at least for a while…..
I have done the same thing. Find a cool blog, read an awesome post, go to leave a comment and BAM! ACCESS DENIED. I admit, I never go back to those places. Not the blogger’s fault, but it’s like they are on the other side of a wall of “You aren’t in our club so go away”.

By: mynutsitch

mynutsitch — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:59:48 +0000

1. Firefox. Get it.

2. This bugs me as well because it kills the whole interacting-with-readers aspect that makes blogging interesting. I still do read a few though…if they’re good enough.

3. In general I agree, but mostly because it’s the PEOPLE who are writing pet blogs who are boring. The right writer can make almost anything interesting.

As for ads/making money, I don’t mind…to a point. I’d like to eventually make a little money off my blog somehow, but there’s a point where the ads overrun the content and/or just get too obnoxious. There’s a balance. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to cover hosting costs and maybe get a little something out of all the time and effort you put into it.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:02:07 +0000

I posted some stuff on Associated Content, but where’s the $$? (It says there will be $, but where is it? It’s like the Amazon Associates thing, where they don’t payout until you’ve earned a hundred grand.)
Secondly, they *rejected* one of my submitted essays — a New Yorker-quality profile of an elderly woman in our town who is an astonishingly effective gopher killer.
Wimps.