Changed My Mind
November 13th, 2007 by Brian
I think the main thing that led to my decision to stop writing here was the overwhelming tendency for my posts to be too positive. My goal was to fit in with a blog community that I think is absolute crap. I felt like every post I made was just making that pile of crap bigger.
Well, I’m going to continue writing here after all. There will probably be a greater emphasis on board, table, and video gaming as those are my primary hobbies. I don’t really care about readership anymore but I’ll keep it entertaining.
Layout-wise I’ve stripped out all of the “attention whore” sidebar items.
Mybloglog recent readers - gone
Blogtopsites counter - gone
Feedburner subscriber counter - gone
Google ads - gone
Mybloglog is a fucking joke. I never cease to be amazed by the sheer number of fake-ass idiots on there. The “I’ll click on your blog so you’ll see that I clicked on it and in turn click on my blog” is possibly the dumbest thing in the history of the internet. Sure I get hits from there. I’m SO sure that “blog4cash07″ clicked over here to intently read one of my articles. Right.
Soon I will clarify my opinions on blogging by listing the blogs I actually READ and explaining why I read them.
Spoiler warning: If you do not live in Chicago your blog probably isn’t on there.
Your back!
Gaming & counter culture - just don’t forget the zombies!
mybloglog started out as a good idea, but is now devouring itself.
mybloglog reminds of baseball card shows. The only people who go to baseball card shows any more are dealers looking to buy stuff and turn around and sell it to another dealer. I made this observation when I decided to sell some original art at a show in Orland Park, Illinois. Most of the people on mybloglog are just visiting blogs of other myblogloggers in hopes of getting them to visit their site. No one is really interested in finding a blog they can actually enjoy.
I’ll have to re-evaluate whether or not to keep the mybloglog widget on my site. It does seem kinda silly to have it. The only way I have found interesting blogs via mybloglog is through the search function, not by the people who have stopped by my blog.
Interesingly enough, I came across the blog not through mybloglog, but through a google search for the chicago olympics bid.
You still have way more readers than I do!