My Blogging Rights As I See Them
I visit a lot of sites. Lately I've noticed a lot of people talking (and getting into heated discussions) about what you can and can't do on a blog. Shouldn't revise some say. Shouldn't delete/edit comments. Should have a disclaimer. Shouldn't curse. Shouldn't put up ads or have referral links to commercial sites. Shouldn't post more than once a day or do mind purges because that clutters up a site, confuses people about what's really important. Shouldn't take entries down.
So, to avoid any confusion I thought I'd take a few minutes to tell you where I stand on some of those things and a couple of others.
On this site I reserve the right to:
- Curse. An occasional fuck, shit or damn doesn't imply I'm a stupid or crude person. I can have a perfectly good, intelligent conversation without the use of curse words. However, sometimes if just feels so fucking good to throw one in there, for fun.
- Edit/Delete an entry. I don't draft entries. Often when I sit down to write, I have only a vague thought to go with, no beginning, middle or end. I do preview, but things slip by me. If I catch it, I correct it. Occasionally, once I see an entry on the blog, I no longer feel like sharing, so I take it down. Deal.
- Talk explicitly about sex. If you're embarrassed by such talk then I'm probably not the place to visit.
- Delete comments that violate my comments guidelines. Yes, I have guidelines for comments left on the site. This, in case you didn't know, makes me very special. You should be very jealous. I'll give you a moment to accept that I'm cooler than you. Okay. Enough of that. If you haven't read the disclaimer in the last few weeks, please take a moment to do so now. If for no other reason than to roll your eyes and think, "God, she's a dweeb."
- Make money with this site. Not that anyone is clamoring for me to put up ads on my site, but if ever in the future I feel like sticking some silly ad for something or other somewhere on the site, or use referral links then that's my right. Call me a sell-out if that makes you happy, but let's be real here people. This little hobby of mine costs me money. I'm not going to pretend that I'm so above myself that I'd pass up a couple of bucks here and there. (Of everything on the list, this is the one I'll probably not ever have to worry about.
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- Push the goofy envelope. If you want cool there are a ton of bloggers out there who have it down to a science. I'm not one of them. Smileys are used shamelessly and jokes so in that only I get them are littered everywhere throughout the site.
- Publicly tell you how much I like you. If you're not fine with me gushing over you then I guess I would have to respect that. But, dude, you rock so why can't I tell everyone? And by everyone, I mean the six people who read this site.
- Tell you how much I Rock! Oh sure, this we know already, but it doesn't hurt to remind ourselves every once in a while, no? Yeah, I knew you'd agree with me.
- Use hearts to my heart's content. No further explanation needed.
- Post IM conversations. I usually ask before I do this and (that I can recall) I've never posted something that anyone would be embarrassed about. I often have fun, smart conversations with people and I like to share. If you would prefer that I not do this, please let me know.
- Lie shamelessly. But only in pieces that are filed under the writing category and its sub-categories. Otherwise, any lie that slips through is most certainly due to a faulty memory and not any intent to mislead anyone.
- Take any number of silly quizzes. Yeah, yeah, I know. I like them, you don't. That's why I get to choose to put them on my site and you get to choose not to put them on yours. See how that works? Isn't blogging fun?!?
- Be in a bad mood and let you know about it. Nobody complains when I go on about how I'm feeling all lovey-dovey and I'm in love with the world, so why should I feel guilty about putting up a post about how the world sucks eggs and nothing seems to be going right? If a week passes and I'm still all Eeyore-like, then you are perfectly within your rights to a.) stop coming by or b.) tell me to snap out of it already!
- Modify/redesign the site as I see fit. Look, I know we all hate change. I probably hate change more than you do, but I have my reasons for constantly tweaking the site. I don't ask you why you never change a thing about your site, so let's not harass me about why I can't keep my hands off of mine. You can, however, tease me about my obsessiveness. If you don't know the difference between those two things than you'd probably be better off not saying anything.
- Indulge in my slight OCD tendencies. Even numbers are ever so much better than odd numbers.
- Change my mind about any of the above. Again, no further explanation needed.
What you will not find on this site:
- Slams on other bloggers. If you ever feel that I've taken a dig at you, send me an email and we'll talk about it. Trust me. This works beautifully; things get worked out and no one clutters up their blogs with ugliness.
- Kitty pictures. Not a thing wrong with kitty pictures, it's just that I don't have a kitty and not likely to have one ever because, well, animals make me nervous. But, hey, this could change! No, not the having of the kitty, but the posting of the kitty pictures. If your kitty is really, really cute, I could be persuaded to put up a picture of it. Bother. I've said kitty so many times that it's starting to sound dirty.
Okay. Well, that last one turned out to be a pretty short list. I'm sure there are other things that could go there, but I'm drawing a blank right now. See above about not drafting entries.
patricia posted 1101 words at 02:20 AM on September 03, 2003 º | Print