This type of behaviour I would expect from the lynch mobs from a certain 'netroots' woman run blog, not from PatriotBoy. I'm really disappointed. Then again, they might have the same readers...
Metablogging
Chris Clark on the Progressive Marshmallow Consensus
As Kevin said, the Progressive Marshmallow Consensus did it for me.
Go read the whole damn thing. It is so rare I give 5 stars to anything but this post is flawless!
Being outraged online is a form of entertainment
People seem to think that by posting in threads and agreeing with other people they are changing the world. They are not. They are posting in threads online. The universe will not be altered by forum threads, even those which are very wry. Being outraged online is a form of entertainment, and refreshing a thread to receive a hit of consensus packs the thrill of genuine activism without requiring any sweat. I'm afraid this test may require more from the community than a sardonic jpeg.
Are blogs like prison?
This is blogging's own Stanford Prison Experiment and and it's both humbling--and it sucks.
FEATURE : Comment Footnote
Another way to promote yourself and your blog is to write a short blurb at the end of each comment you post.
Spammers know this and that's why this blog has been under attack from them for years. What they don't know is that we have instituted a site-wide NOFOLLOW rule for all of our comments. What does it mean?
We get about 2000 comment spams a day. On a slow day. Many unethical SEO companies try to embed links in our blogs so they can poach and use for their splogs our reputation and high-ranking in search engines like Google.
So, I have taken the drastic measure to block all search engine traffic from our comments section. ALL OF IT. This means you will not get any search engine benefits from links in our comments, but you will get whatever traffic is generated when someone clicks on a link to your organization or blog.
With that clarified, let's get into the nitty gritty of creating a comments footer. We have added an entry form in your account settings to simplify the process.
How to update your Comments Settings
1. On the left-side of the blog you will see a box with your name. That's your navigation block.
Click on "My Account" to go to your profile page.
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HOW-TO : Pimp and promote, culturekitchen-style
Membership at culturekitchen has its privileges. One of them is being a member of a blog that, as someone told me recently, "scares people because it's so brainy".
Yah.
We are the thinking woman's (and man's) blog. Welcome to the thinkidrome.
Heh.
I owe the blogs hard thinkitude to my sluttish attraction to good writing. I have always made it a point to drag into this here blog the bloggers I love to read elsewhere.
Call it blogmiscuity, but it works.
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