Blogging
Changes with the Photos
Over at Sapid Existence we’ve got a major addition, the CommentLuv plugin. When someone leaves a comment, it adds a link to that person’s newest blog post. So take advantage of that.
DPS Scavenger Hunt #1
Digital Photography School is having a scavenger hunt, and it’s something that looks pretty interesting. Here is the official list
The List:
01 - Stained Glass
02 - Something Pink
03 - A Crowd
04 - Bell Tower
05 - Something Patriotic
06 - Couple Holding Hands
07 - A Quote
08 - Candid Portrait
09 - Something Blue
10 - Tombstone
11 - Dust Bunnies
12 - Eyes Only
13 - Big Truck
14 - Camera SP (Self Portrait)
15 - Water
16 - _____ on a wire
17 - Fire
18 - Church
19 - Cake
20 - Bridge
21 - Something Moving
22 - Jewelry
23 - Unusual Door
24 - Interesting Sign
25 - Toy(s)
Look for what I get for each item over at Sapid Existence.
The Multiple Author Quandary
I was looking around the blogsphere when I ran across a post asking about the ethical issues of setting up fake accounts on blogs. That one was specifically about setting up a news blog to look like it had multiple authors so that the blog would be picked up by Google News. I don’t plan on doing that, but I have pulled a few similar tricks in my time.
Back when Waffles Radio was a blog for my radio show, I would leave comments as other people so it looked like people were listening and leaving comments. Some of these comments were based on people I know in the real world where I would write what I’m pretty sure they would have said. But there was one alias I used, Steve, that was totally fabricated.
I’ve also been paid by a few people to make posts on a forum so that it would look populated. The posts were real, but when I fulfilled my end of the contract I stopped visiting. (more…)
Why I Hate Blogger
I know, I’m branching this off of my tech blog thing and the first thing I do is to write about Blogger/Blogspot. That’s just the way things go I guess.
But there’s a good reason for this. It’s not anything to do with splogs or the overall sameness look of most Blogger blogs. It has to do with the Blogger comment system.
Over at Sapid Existence I participate in something called Photo Story Friday where people post a photograph and a story that involves it somehow. I like the exposure and seeing other people’s stuff.
What I don’t like is the number of blogs where I have to have a Blogger account in order to leave a comment. Only slightly less annoying are the blogs where I have to have a Blogger account or an OpenID account somewhere (which technically I do have but don’t feel like using, so I only have myself to blame for that one).
But what I don’t like the most is that there isn’t any indication on the blogs on what I have to have in order to leave a comment. Well, there is, but it’s below the comment box so I’ve already read the post and written my comment and then scroll down to see that I won’t be leaving that comment because I don’t have a Blogger account.
It would be nice if there was some way to let people know this before they even read the post. Because I’m getting tired of writting my comment and then not being able to say it. Or I guess I could just remember which ones won’t let me leave a comment. But that doesn’t really help when I haven’t even visited that blog before.