Originally published at Blogging Monique Renae. Please leave any comments there.
Before I start, I wanted to let you know that the winners of the Free Ad contest have been added to my far right sidebar. I had been planning on doing a formal post about it but because I’m daft and failed to realize I had put the ending of the contest for easter weekend, that plan went out the window. So, TADA!!! Congrats to the winners, and if I didn’t pick you, I’m sorry. I had so many entries and picking just 6 was hard as hell.
Moving on…
I’ve decided it’s time for me to turn into an even crankier bitch. Everyday I take a few hours to do my daily Entrecard drops and as of late, it’s become a rather annoying process. Therefore, I have set forth this nice set of rules in order to preserve my sanity.
For starters, I really do stop and read your blogs. I am not a power dropper who races through 300 cards a day for the sake of doing it. I take my time and go one by one and read new posts. I will more than likely comment on your post if it’s something I can relate to. However, I definitely will no longer comment if:
1. Your site is covered in so many crap ass ads that I have to scroll half way down the page to find the actual post.
2. You use blogger and aren’t kind enough to make it so that people who don’t use blogger can comment on it without having to sign up for their service. It’s not complicated… you want comments, make it so others can leave them.
Additionally, I will not drop cards on sites which:
1. Play music – Turn that shit off. I don’t give a rats ass if you have my all time favorite singer set to auto play on your blog, I don’t want to hear it. Point, blank period. Turn it off!! When I am surfing the ‘net, I am listening to my own music. I don’t need your crap blasting over mine. Plus, it’s rude… Especially when I am at work. What the hell is the point of it anyway? I am sure you aren’t sitting at your own web page listening to that shit on autoplay. That’s why there is iTunes and Windows Media Player and Imeem and other options. If we wanted to hear music, WE’D PLAY IT OURSELVES.
2. Have cards so low on the page I need to hire a private eye to find it. That’s right… if you can’t move some of your sidebar junk around to add that itty bitty 125×125 widget above the fold then you most definitely won’t miss whether or not I drop a card on it. I spend enough time reading and dropping… I don’t feel like spending more time scrolling up and down looking for something that should be easy to find.
Of course these rules do not apply to anyone I might currently love and adore because naturally I’m going to be willing to put up with their faults. Anyone else, you’re screwed. With that said, now you know what might have happened if I suddenly stop dropping on your site. If I have offended you, oh well, get over it and fix your blog.
Edited to add (thank you Mirjam): If you are doing that tacky ass thing with the whole page of ads before I can even see your website, you can add yourself to the list. If I wanted to see a whole page of ads, I’d look in the damn newspaper.
Have a good day.
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