PayPerPost Isn’t Evil

Comments off · October 9, 2006 at 5:00 am · Hot Web Topics

It sounds like I am one of the few people out there that doesn’t think PayPerPost is evil.

I think the main problem some “big names” have with PayPerPost is that it sends the perks over to somebody else. Big blogs are used to having everybody and their grandmother fawn over them, so this change might be difficult. The super successful blog will be as relevant as the blog that is getting paid an extra dollar or two for the same post.

Want to toss ethics in there? I read through the PayPerPost Web site, and not once did I see that they are holding a gun to your head and making you post about something you don’t like. For some folks, I could see PayPerPost being more of an inspiration engine. Run out of good ideas to write about? Pick something interesting from the list that you like (or would like to try) and make a little extra on the side.

I think it is about time the nobodies stood up and said they don’t want chances being taken away by massive egos in the blogging world. If anybody doesn’t like seeing posts, they can always decide not to look at them. That is the beauty of the Internet! You can read who you want to read, support who you want to support and you don’t have to listen to anybody trying to play the role of the Internet’s conscience.

 

2 Years of the Lockergnome

Comments (1) · August 4, 2006 at 5:00 am · Personal

Well today marks my two year anniversary of writing for Lockergnome.com. It is hard to belive that much time has passed by, and I have to say it has been a fun ride. Of course, many thanks go out to Chris and Ponzi for keeping me under the Lockergnome wing.

Thanks to Matt for keeping me in mind as far as his other projects go. Thanks to Bob for keeping me edited (what else would you expect an editor to do?). If you haven’t gotten the message yet, I’d just like thank everybody at Lockergnome.

Two years later and I am still as excited as I was the first day.