[Lera]

Some folks would be happy just to have them post their full content instead of excerpting. Which seems rather the opposite of "try to shut them out/up".

It's a waste of bandwidth and slows a server down. If everyone got into the habit of excerpting a post things would not get so bogged down around here. If you don't want to read it there is no reason to click through .

[humblegunner]

Personal blogs = vanity posts.

They are not deserving of commercial status simply due to existence.