[shibumi]

"Fear not those of you who would begrudge an author being paid for his efforts – I profit nothing."

If you have no incentive for profit, then why direct traffic away from this forum in the first place?

I'm all in favor of you making all you can off your work. I think it would be a great incentive for you to do much better work.

However, I question the wisdom (not to mention good taste) of pimping your work in a community of which you have been a member for less than two weeks. FReepers pay, through their donations, to keep this site free of ads, cookies, trackers and the journey through redirect hell.

While we champion Capitalism, we are first and foremost, a community of like-minded individuals who contribute both our money and our efforts to advance Constitutional Conservatism while keeping this site a island of safety in the danger and nuisance filled internet.

"You’re free to click or not click. It is your choice. My only gain is the bemusement of watching some of your reactions."

You think it's funny that we're protective of our forum and it's content? I think it's funny watching blogpimps get hoisted on their own petard.

Lest you meet the fate of so many others, here's a little guide to local customs.

Followed by a word from the guy who runs the joint.

[billflax]

O mercy - I entreat thee, not the petard.

Thanks for the advice on how “to do much better work.” I didn't know you'd even read it.

Please explain though how I'm “directing” traffic anywhere? All I've done is extend you an offer. A choice you and others can take or leave at your discretion.

As for local customs, before my first post, I visited this site many times for years. It's an excellent site. What you find is many threads contain an excerpt and link.

Then when you post a thread it very obviously welcomes excerpting and linking. Why do links back to Forbes or RealClearMarkets bother you so much?

For the first ten or so threads (sorry didn't count) when submitting it indicated that the thread was pending moderator approval. That the moderators posted every thread without issue is a pretty good indicator they are OK with my posts.

Maybe I'm misinterpreting things.

If a moderator tells me not to post or to do so in a different manner, I will gladly follow their instructions. Otherwise, given how well the editor of Forbes/RCM has treated me, I'm going to continue as I've been out of loyalty.

If you look at the featured op-eds on Friday, my resume is easily the least impressive. Yet they post me right next to the kind of economists that I referenced in my book. It's mind-boggling.

The least I can do is support their site. And since everything I've ever written defends the vision of the founders, i.e. Constitutional Conservatism as you stated, by expanding the options available I'm also supporting Free Republic.

For those interested, it's a win/win. For those such as yourself uninterested - you sure show a great deal of interest. God bless you and keep fighting the good fight.