The Tim... would the phrase "I hate you" sound too junior-high??

Why are you re-posting this?

Were you hoping for a fight and you didn't get one??

I read the article you linked.

I took the one sentence that penetrated that cramped little space in my brain where the technical stuff lives, and I put it to good use and did my part for humanity (I quit pinging every time I update my blog), and I shared it with my bloggies (in the hope that my shout would be heard 'round the world):

"websites and bloggers are starting to feel the weight of thousands of hourly pings."

> For the record. Blogging is a form of online JOURNALISM.

And as I understand it, the internet was created (by Al Gore, right?) so that in case of a cataclysmic event, our communications could not be cut off.

Does that mean only the federal government should be allowed to use it?

> as if you guys just discovered yet another POSSIBLE way to
> get rich (quick or otherwise).

You talk down to people, The Tim.

You SPIT on people with your words, and personally, I have no respect for self-righteous a-holes who "relate" that way.

> Because that's what's gonna happen when all you newbs start syndicating
> your favorite bizop spam!

That's going to happen with us or without us, The Tim.

What about people who use blogs responsibly? God forbid, they may not be trained journalists, but they use their blogs as an added feature to their...

> perfectly legitimate ways of doing
> business on the web, with the main one being to buy and host a
> domain (where they) offer a real product at a reasonable price and
> promote it through traditional channels.

Will they carry the guilt for the scammers and spammers jumping on the bandwagon and using blogs to recruit more victims for the latest-and-greatest pyramid scheme?

> I will never purchase a product from a syndicated
> blogger.

Maybe you need to focus your efforts on passing legislation to limit the syndicators -- making sure they're only allowed to syndicate blogs written by people who meet your journalistic criteria -- and leave the rest of us to promote our blogs by more "traditional channels."

I, for one, would have no problem doing that.

Tell me, The Tim... you mentioned "shared diaries."

Is it less offensive to you if your bandwidth is eaten up by diaries such as, "Little Gracie is only 17-1/2 months a week from tomorrow, and today she did her doody on the pottie all by herself!" or "Here are 73 photos of the kids at the Grand Canyon last summer. Enjoy!"....

because there are plenty of those.

You may fancy yourself a journalist, The Tim, and be a regular on the radio, but you don't know how to talk to people with any kind of respect.

You've come so far already...

Think where you could go if you took the time to shut up and learn how to do that.

I'd slap your face with my banana if I had one.

Luv,