You know, when I went on my extended hiatus, the biggest thing going on in the "blogosphere" was the constant political bickering that was enough to make anyone hurl. I mean, the whole "you can't be a Christian if you are not a member of the Republican Party" was enough to drive me batty and I must admit I got quite sick of it. I didn't miss it either. Believe me. It is not something I have ever had to deal with at church. I think it is truly an "online" thing.
Now, the big thing is people trying to make money from their blogs. There was some of that before I went offline, but not like it is today. You can't hardly view a blog without a multitude of advertisements bombarding you. Whole sidebars are filled with them. It is ridiculous!
It is one thing to add an ad ... it is another thing to decorate your blog with them. They are not a decoration. They are not the newest thing in blog design. They aren't pretty. On a lot of blogs ... they aren't even tasteful.
And, let me be the first to tell you ... I won't click them. I will not click an advertisement on a blog no matter how enticing it is. It could be for the product I have been looking for since 2002 and I still wouldn't click it. I am not helping you annoy me. And, everytime you make a cent off those ads, you are adding more ads, and you are annoying me.
I don't read blogs for ads. If I wanted ads, I would read magazines. I would watch TV. I read blogs as an alternate to all that and you are ruining it for me. And, that is "you" as in those of you who put a gazillion ads on your blogs.
Anywho ... I'm just saying. I am sure it will not change the fact that some people just have to have an ugly blog. And, hey, it's your blog. You can make it as ugly as you want to. Just don't expect anyone to read it.
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