Hear, hear!
Semper Fidelis
Dick G
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I’m a little confused about this “blogger-hatred” - Isn’t the “Bloggers and Personal” section of the site expressly and explicitly designed for bloggers to post? Why would that bother anyone? If I see something I don’t want to read, I just keep going...
As someone who doesn’t blog to speak of, and who certainly doesn’t post it on FR, I still have to ask:
Why don’t you just mind your own business? If you don’t like bloggers, then don’t go to the blogger section. Or if you don’t like a particular blog, then don’t click on its thread? Simply not clicking a mouse button is a lot easier than trying to whip together some half-baked crusade against bloggers who don’t meet your particular standards.
You have the copyright to what you wrote, so even if it is a "Pimp my blog" post, please post at least a few paragraphs. Don't pretend to be the AP or the Washington Post.
There is no reason why they cannot post the whole article.
They get a new story, change the title and repost only you have to go to their site.
Anyone who uses deceptive headline teases, just a brief and controversial quote, or any other "marketing" technique to intentionally draw traffic away from FR and onto their own blog is a blog pimp and, in the view of many, not at all a good FReeper.
Lots of bloggers post daily with no problems. But there are also an increasing number of bad-faith bloggers pimping for hits. Still, only those with egregious blog pimp behavior - like misleading headlines - get this or any other grief from me.
I think much of what is posted from blogs is repetitive and useless. Just today, I see several blog threads that simply blog other blogs.
That way be madness.
Guy goes into a bar, there's a robot bartender.
The robot says, "What will you have?" The guy says, "Martini." The robot brings back the best martini ever and says to the man, "What's your IQ?" The guy says, "168". The robot then proceeds to talk about physics, space exploration and medical technology.
The guy leaves, but he is curious, so he goes back into the bar. The robot bartender says," What will you have?" The guy says, "Martini". Again, the robot makes a great martini, gives it to the man and says, "What's your IQ?" The guy says, "100." The robot then starts to talk about NASCAR, Budweiser and John Deere tractors.
The guy leaves, but finds it very interesting, so he thinks he will try it one more time. He goes back into the bar. The robot says, "What will you have?" The guy says, "Martini", and the robot brings him another great martini. The robot then says, "What's your IQ?" The guy says, "Uh, about 50." The robot leans in real close and says, "So, you people still happy you voted for Obama?"
Blog pimps, those who are trying to get hits for their blog and people who take a MSM article and drehash it to their site are a nuisance.
They are ruining the enjoyment of this site.
Down with blog pimping.
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Get lost, blog pimp. You are not welcome here.
You’ve been here for a whole 10 weeks and want to tell us how to do things here and what we have to accept?
Yeah, right.
What I really hate is some noob telling me how to conduct myself on this forum, what I should and should not tolerate, and using the word "we" as though I'm somehow connected to you and your thought processes.
What do I think? I think you are a rather self-important control freak with too much time on your hands. If that is not what you wanted to hear, don't ask again.
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