Posted on 04/30/2015 6:18:45 PM PDT by jimfr
participants have complained about someone posting their bloggs. Why is this? I am interested in understanding that view point.
If they post the entire content, no complaint. If they post an excerpt, hoping to lure the reader to the blog to read the rest, they’re using FR for advertisement. The only FReeper I know of who tolerates that is named Humblegunner, so I’ll ping him to this thread.
You bad. LOL
From what I have seen, it is when they excerpt their blog or post less, and expect everyone to click on the blog to generate traffic/revenue.
From what I have seen, it is when they excerpt their blog or post less, and expect everyone to click on the blog to generate traffic/revenue.
Wait. Are they complaining that other people are posting their blogs and the blog owner does NOT want them posted here?
Uh Oh :)
I don’t like blog pimping either.
I've been try to understand this to (and BTW I'm not a blogger).
Let me see if I have this right. CNN, WaPo and all the rest of the propagandists should have their stuff excerpted and bloggers shouldn't??
The shorter the excerpt, the more obvious and more offensive the attempt is, IMO.
They’ve formally requested it. Any blogger can do the same. That said, nobody at WaPo or CNN posts their stuff here to lure readers. Other people do.
Well-stated.
I’ve been to that one. Now THAT one is interesting!
One is freelance thought - no different than a post directly on FR.
The other is a paid gig, and property of that source (regardless of whether we like them or not).
I don’t want to pay for open-source software, but I will pay for a commercial product.
Same deal.
Here’s the secret.
Pretend you have Obssesive-Compulsive Disorder, use LOTS OF CAPITAL letters, and accuse everyone of being a TROLLISH troll, and everyone will think it’s OK.
LOL...
Here’s everything you need to know, straight from the owner’s mouth -
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2636843/posts?page=552#552
Jim has several times since then restated and reinforced that position. I don’t think anything more needs to be said.
Yeah - why does he do that, anyway?
He knows that blog posts bother mostly everyone else, yet still he perseveres, swimming against the current...
Seems Jim is aware of the pro and cons. Don't want volumes of blog spam, yet having alternatives to the dominant propaganda media is desirable too.
I've seen some blanket criticisms of blogs by a few posters here that makes me cringe.
If a blogger is breaking the rules, why not call in a moderator?
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