I don't think this came out the way I wanted, in fact, I'm pretty sure I went way off-point, but fuck it. I got to put on my Internet tough Guy shoes and wear an Onion on my belt for a bit.



There's a bit of a tizzy going on with STLbloggers, And people are pissed about it. I'm not going to get into large detail over it, as you can Easily go get the jist of what peoples' general opinions are about it in the comments, or here, or Here. Either of those last two links will get Send you on a myriad of other links so you can gather what the local Blogging community thinks about the issue.

here's my perspective.

I don't fool myself into thinking that I'm ever going to be good enough to get paid to do this thing full-time. It's a lovely dream to chew on from time to time, but when it comes to content, and..ahem... Timeliness, I'm not so hot sometimes. I repeat myself, tend to whine and bitch about oh-so-important things, and typo like I'm drunk trying to piss and never bother to clean up the mess. I'm a-okay with that, too. For the pittance of money I pay yearly, I get:

1. a place on the internet where I can divulge into my more voyeurstic side... Anyone who is willing can stop by and take a peek at what's running, or has ran, in my head. Maybe they'll find out something they didn't know and go "gfee, hmm... this kit's pretty alright", or more likely, they go "yup. still crazy as shit." whichever.

2. A "home". Something I dived into before.

3. A place where I can satisfy my delinquent urge to shout profanities in the public wihtout getting arrested, pissing off soccer moms, or look like a crazy homeless guy.


I don't charge, or sell ads on my site for several reasons. The foremost being an ethos I still try to hold to: That Information longs to be free. you can thank Steven Levy for putting that in my head at a young, impressionable age. Yes, yes, i know, the net dosen't work like that anymore, web 2.0 web 2.0 RAH RAH SIS BOOM BAH. Other reasons are pretty much along the lines of quality of work, and the fact that some part of me would feel wrong if i made money off saying "fuck' 50+ times in an "article". Also, I can be rather petty and offensive, and that dosen't usually set well with advertisers.

There's a bit of feng shui worked in there, too: I like simple, easily presentable designs(yet I don't go back and correct the typos and copypaste mistakes, and that makes me a hypocrite!), and having complete control over what is on my page and how it is presented. I know there are ways you can do taseful ads without letting them take over your site, but I'd just as soon not deal with the beast altogether for now.

I answer to no one on here. I like that feeling.

Anyway, the point I'm wanting to make is that there is a threat of content being taken out of context and published on other sites where essentially money can be made off content they did not create, with or without owner consent. again, others have said it better than I can. As I said on STLbloggers, it's not happened to me because either I'm not important enough, or no one's stupid enough to try. I like to believe the latter, but realize it's probably the former.

Again, that's absolutely fine by me.


And part of me shouldn't even really care. Even befor i moved away, I never really considered myself in tight with the STL area blogging community. I prefer to remain on the outer edge. Not because I'm trying to come off as some sort of elitist snob, or that I get the feeling that I'm unwelcome within the community, it's Just a habit I picked up growing up. Nonetheless, I do consider myself part of it in some form, and I do care what happens to other local bloggers, so I find myself wondering what I should say in support of them. And that's where i get a bit tongue-tied. I know i'm not really something that many people want(or are willing) to link to due to the Nature of the site, so i find myself wondeering if I should even speak up.

I do, however, have to consider the fact that it is a possiblity that something like this could happen to me. So, in closing, allow me to leave a tale of caution.

I run this site as a labor of love. i allow(and want!) people to read it, if they so choose. I do have myself listed on a couple of services that I ping when I update becuase it suits my fancy.

If i were to find my stuff being updated elsewhere that isn't my site, and without my permission... that will be bad.

very bad.

I'll post the Pain Series, Last Measure, The Power 5, Rickrolls, Fifty-Hitler posts, you name it. I'll scorch the very earth I worked, and pull down the pillars of my own palace.

So don't.



So here they come
One by one
Them killers of the new frontier