Blogging Sucks

Saturday, 23 May 2009

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One of my first posts on Misanthropy Today was about blogging.

Here is an excerpt:

So i’ve decided to start blogging because I guess I don’t have much to do. If you’re reading this, you probably don’t either, so we’re both sort of caught in that same net.

People always say “so and so needs to get a life”, usually people who say that need to get a life too. Rest assured, should I ever get a life I will drop this blog like a hot potato.

Well if you like reading this site I haven’t gotten a life yet so i’m not going to drop it like a hot potato just yet.

That said,  i’ve gone back into the archive and deleted a lot of posts that I thought were off-topic (not about Misanthropy), too topical (news, TV, etc) or otherwise just not that great.

As a blogger i’ve gone back and forth between wanting to only write good stuff and wanting to write a lot of stuff.  I see I have a lot of returning visitors who just drop in and see if  i’ve made any new posts.

I’ve also made some .htaccess changes and 301 redirects to remove that ugly Month, Day, Year datet thing from the URL.

So instead of misanthropytoday.com/5/23/08/something-that-sucks they are simply misanthropytoday.com/something-that-sucks.

If you want instructions on how to do that let me know and i’ll drop it in the comments.

Suprisingingly Google has updated all of my indexed pages and I’ve only seen a small drop in Google search traffic as a result.

For an hour or two I tested out randomizing the front page so that new visitors would see a mix of new and old posts, but it felt wrong and I went back to chronological order. I might put a random post box on top or something.

What sucks the most about blogging is finding stuff to write about. I picked a really narrow topic and I feel like putting personal blog posts on here seems dumb and not helpful to those looking for Misanthropy, so i’ve deleted most of those too.

A site called SucklessBlogs recently wrote about Misanthropy Today.

Go check that site out, its a good place to find good blogs.

Also here’s some blogs that I like and some that I don’t like:

Blogs I Like

Abandoned Couches

Be The Boy

Ninja Pirate

Drunken Stepfather

Neatorama

Psychotic Letters From Men / Why Women Hate Men

The Shape Of Days (Now Defunct, book deal or something)

Mike Doughty’s Blog

Mongo Nation

My Very Worst Date

eFukt (NSFW)

Blogs I Don’t Like That Much

(mostly because they are pretending to be real life stuff but all seem fake)

Overheard In New York

F My Life

FailBlog

Not Always Right

If you know of any good blogs that you think i’d like please comment them, it’s hard to find good blogs.

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Reader's Comments

1. 

   Thanks for putting me on the blogs that don’t suck list. I’ll try not to disappoint in the future.

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2. will betheboy on 24 May 2009 11:06 am
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   http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=98847072564

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4. Dan on 24 May 2009 2:23 pm
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   I guess you could check out my blog, NoTimeForRecess.com, if you think it sucks, then I completely agree.

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6. NoTimeForRecess.com on 27 May 2009 8:27 am
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   Nice stuff. Glad you didn’t drop it like a hot potato or even a semi-warm potato.

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8. Maxwell Moonshine on 30 May 2009 7:42 am
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   Hmm. I suppose it is a good thing for me not to be on the good OR the bad list. Neutrality is good, ask Switzerland.

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10. Sam on 31 May 2009 12:41 pm