On becoming a discriminating blog reader
My opinion on becoming a discriminating blog reader is one who can “Belly up to the bar..” and upon finding out his favorite whiskey is all gone, he can accept another brand and still enjoy watching Miss Lola And Her Wonder Girls when they come to town performing on the tiny multipurpose stage.
My imagination was excited when I heard a conservative member of a think tank group saying he prepare groups to interact on the internet. That confession awakened my thoughts as to why a positive post or diary would garner positive comments up to a certain point then suddenly there is a slew of negatives comments which kills the thread.
I think during the brief interim of the positive comments, the naysayer monitoring the site for certain issues has a chance to contact his team and its members subsequently descend upon the site like a cloud of locus. I think they want to use a debate team format which is not appropriate. The website is not set up for such an issue. Debating teams have a rigid format. If that is not the case and they just want to be assholes, many times they succeed.
There are many times I do not read comments due to the fact I know the obstructionists are out there on that particular issue so I just want the post or diary I enjoyed reading to stand on the merits of the author’s writing and forego reading the comments altogether. This may not be fair to the author but hey, that‘s the kind of guy I am.
And while I am on the subject, I have almost stopped reading all stories from Huffington Post for two explicit reason: Huffington Post has begun to put two headlines under most any article on Pres. Obama and his wife, Michelle. For example, one article may read Michelle Obama To Appear On Fox News and the article right below it would read something like “How zoo keepers are keeping animals warm”. If memory serves me correctly, this difference on the Huffington Post website started happening shortly after her controversial new-hire last year.
The other reason is I do not like being faked out with names of articles being different than names the author attached to them. Matt Drug does both of these odious things and is the reason I stopped reading his site months ago with no regrets whatsoever!
As always,
BB
My imagination was excited when I heard a conservative member of a think tank group saying he prepare groups to interact on the internet. That confession awakened my thoughts as to why a positive post or diary would garner positive comments up to a certain point then suddenly there is a slew of negatives comments which kills the thread.
I think during the brief interim of the positive comments, the naysayer monitoring the site for certain issues has a chance to contact his team and its members subsequently descend upon the site like a cloud of locus. I think they want to use a debate team format which is not appropriate. The website is not set up for such an issue. Debating teams have a rigid format. If that is not the case and they just want to be assholes, many times they succeed.
There are many times I do not read comments due to the fact I know the obstructionists are out there on that particular issue so I just want the post or diary I enjoyed reading to stand on the merits of the author’s writing and forego reading the comments altogether. This may not be fair to the author but hey, that‘s the kind of guy I am.
And while I am on the subject, I have almost stopped reading all stories from Huffington Post for two explicit reason: Huffington Post has begun to put two headlines under most any article on Pres. Obama and his wife, Michelle. For example, one article may read Michelle Obama To Appear On Fox News and the article right below it would read something like “How zoo keepers are keeping animals warm”. If memory serves me correctly, this difference on the Huffington Post website started happening shortly after her controversial new-hire last year.
The other reason is I do not like being faked out with names of articles being different than names the author attached to them. Matt Drug does both of these odious things and is the reason I stopped reading his site months ago with no regrets whatsoever!
Finally It's Time: 99% Good-Bye---Updated
by Phil S 33
Excerpt:
The president has many faults; and we need to criticize him, and push him---but do we need to tear apart this community while doing so??
Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/17/837836/-Finally-Its-Time:-99-Good-ByeUpdated
As always,
BB
posted by BB at 6:26 AM
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