*first person again*

And you would be wrong. In high school, I was the complete and total loser that everyone asked why she even bothered showing up to school at all. Thanks for guessing, though.

Did I think I wouldn’t lose readers? Everything you do, every single post loses and gains readers. Yes, I know that anything specifically dealing with controversial content at all loses readers, but it also gains some, because there are always some who agree and some who disagree, and some who don’t really care.

As for how stupid I am, yes, I am pretty stupid and childish. So?

How I really feel about Joana and Maria?… I don’t really feel anything about them. I’m talking about their blogs here, not them. I’ve never MET them, so I really don’t know enough to say anything other than the fact that they’re people.

I guess if they want to get away from my blog, that’s okay. Then we won’t have to have any more of this “e-drama” based on what I feel about one particular detail of their blogs.

*first person again*

I’m very sorry it hurt your feelings, Maria. That was absolutely the last thing I intended to do.

I only singled you two out because you two were the best blogs that I absolutely loved that I had to see just fall off my radar like that. It really bothered me to see myself swear I wouldn’t lose interest, but end up barely reading some of my dailies at all.

I do know, and I have since you started doing paid posts, that they’re never on the front page or in your feed. I guess I should just read your blog from a feed then. But, judging from how you’ve not only removed all my comments, but my link in your blogroll too, I’d say you don’t want me to. That’s okay. Would you like me to remove your links from my site too?

I didn’t say you were neglecting it. I now understand about this “having a life outside the Internet” thing.

And I hate having to explain my mindset to you guys on this, while trying to remain perfectly calm as people basically attack my website on someone’s (I don’t know who, and I won’t presume to guess) rather unneccessary orders. Or you all could just have really good fans/Internet friends. I dunno.

And I’m also disappointed that you guys all took this in a more negative direction than intended. I’m not talking about you yourselves. I’m talking about blogs: things containing writings on a system that goes away every time you turn the power off. Kind of silly to get personally hurt when someone talks about the Internet, I’d say…

And by the way, I would have kept linking to you until you came back and wrote more, to see if you were still going to have those awesome posts (which of course you would). I would have still linked, knowing that PR doesn’t matter as much to me as Alexa rankings (which I have only checked 2 times total), or the blogs that I like.

*first person, again*

Ivy made that point too. And I honestly didn’t know that it didn’t count that much in searches. I’ve begun to consider it lower than Alexa rankings.

Julie, I didn’t read your blog that much anyway. Your posts were always so grown up and mature, about things that I don’t really have a clue about. When I did read your blog every day, I’d always hope that maybe I could gain some insight into how to act when I’m older, but instead of growing up, I’m starting to fit in more with the people in my “stupid teen” demographic.

I guess you won’t be wanting me to comment or read your non-paid posts anymore either (I only read your blog about once a month, though, since I never really fit into your age group). That’s okay, though. People can get really…well, emotional where emotions are concerned.

*first person again*

Yeah, I’m stupid and childish. So? I have fun doing it. And that’s the point of the Internet, anyway: to get away from real life for a minute or two, and you can be as stupid as you like.

Well, yes, the design is pretty crappy, borderline godawful. I don’t claim to be that good at design. I just claim to have fun doing it.

And yeah, I guess when my content is mostly from news feeds and stuff, it’s not that original, because an actual journalist wrote it. And my original content sucks, too. Is anything really original, though? Being that there are 6 billion plus people on the planet, I have a hard time believing anyone can think they’re original.

And that’s okay that it reminds you of something cute and stupid. That’s basically the intent.

The only reason I’m keeping this comment is that you did make a few good points, which I happen to know are true myself. Other than that, I don’t appreciate the fact that you only had about 5 words about the actual post.

Thanks. Maybe I can improve my site now.

*first person due to severity of comment*
Oh, my, here we go…Apparently I can’t give an opinion on anything, ’cause no matter how neutral I try to be, everyone decides to take their favorite negative words from the entire post and put them together in a sentence

I did not call “basically call you a ’skank’”. If I had, I would say it in a single sentence, in consecutive words, example: “So-and-so is a skank.” If I wanted to call names, I would, but I don’t want to call names and did not call names. I used a simile to describe how I feel about people putting ads and paid things on their websites.

I posted about how your blog has (very unfortunately) garnered less and less attention from me due to ads and paid postings. I did not say that you were personally anything, other than a human being who writes a blog. For your information: I don’t really know anything about you, so I wouldn’t say anything about you.

Now that we’re done explaining that, why I removed you from my blogroll: I don’t read your blog daily anymore. It’s as simple as that. It’s not saying something childish like “OMG U SUCK”. It’s saying “I am no longer absolutely head over heels in love with your blog.” It’s not like I’m picketing your blog in protest. I simply don’t read it that often. I do however, take a look at the feed maybe once a week (or two) to see if you’re posting anything interesting.

But I guess if you’re going to type with a tone like I murdered your grandmother just because I had an opinion about the 25% paid posting content on your blog, maybe I shouldn’t read it at all. I understand that when people have emotional reactions to things on the Internet, they can be pretty strong and instantaneous, but perhaps you didn’t understand the full intent of this post? Then again, that’s probably my fault, because I didn’t explain it fully. For that, I’m sorry.

And one more thing: Yeah, the quality of my blog has dropped through the floor from any tiny iota of quality it ever had. It’s not like I claim to be anything other than teh suck, but I’d like to imagine it’s just 1 point better than a 1/1000 scoring blog on geocities. I’m simply trying my best (which is again, teh suck) to have a silly little website.

Julie’s right, if you had been looking around a little deeper on my site, you wouldn’t have known that my feeds are NEVER linked to any paid posts and they never show up on the front page unless you click on their titles. You’d also notice that the “better” quality posts are the only ones that are on the front page, so my Blog365 ones aren’t even there. You also know why there aren’t any posts lately either, so it’s not the fact that I’m neglecting my website; I need the time.

I hate having to defend myself to you Mari; I thought you were really better than this and I’m truly disappointed in your behavior to all of this.

When I read this it kind of reminds me of Jar Jar Binks from star wars. Really cute and fluffy, but not very bright.