Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Where Have all the Good Blogs Gone?

I started getting into blog reading about 9 years ago when my first child was born.  I was home, he was sleeping, and I'm not big into tv.  I quickly found my favorites.  Those that dealt with things that were important to me, ones that made me laugh, and those where the writers reached out and became friends with their readers.

I subscribed to my favorites, followed them religiously, chatted with them, felt like I knew them...

And then an ad would pop up.  Nothing harmful, nothing big, just a link on the side bar, go here, I'll get paid!  (okay so I have those too).  And then one day ads would appear in the middle of a post.  THEN every post would become an ad.  And then you have to click an ad to get out of this ad, to read about that ad, just to find out a recipe you've used from that blog for NINE years is now an item to buy off of Etsy.  

I get it, I do, we all need money.  We're all fighting tooth and nail to stay afloat, to pay the bills.  Trust me, I know.  BUT I feel betrayed, like my very best friend will only talk to me if I buy from her affiliate using her link.  And I want to talk to her, but about real things, not about which brand of paper towels paid for her to talk non stop about them that month.  

Oh and another thing, while I'm ranting, giveaways rock too.  But not when it's all you do.  Bring back the content bloggers!!!  Bring back the good stuff that's coffee sipping worthy.  Yes get paid for your time, do the ads but if you can't balance real life and Soap commercials, we're gonna have to break up.  

I miss you, we miss you, come back to us.  

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