Snob
Am I the only person who kind of…you know…thinks a bit less of BlogSpot-hosted blogs? Not the blogger – just the fact that the blog is BlogSpot-based. I know that I shouldn’t, but if I’m getting ready to click on a link and see the “sitename.blogspot.com” address, I automatically sigh, internally, and almost roll my eyes. Does that make me a bad person?
EDIT: Ack…my apologies to anyone that I offended. I really do appreciate “beginning” bloggers who are able to use BlogSpot to get into blogging, and did NOT mean to slight them. I think the “looking down” aspect comes into play when a well-known blogger who has been around for a while chooses to continue using BlogSpot. It just seems…odd, to me, that someone wouldn’t want their own domain and unique site name. For instance,17 Comments »
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No because I do the same thing. Drives me frickin’ nuts.
Comment by Asherah — January 19, 2005 @ 5:13 am
Sorry, you’re a snob Dave. Asherah, I can’t go there with you, cuz I don’t know you well enough… but with Dave… heh… game on!
Comment by Geo — January 19, 2005 @ 7:15 am
That’s OK Geo, I understand. LOL.
Comment by Asherah — January 19, 2005 @ 7:37 am
What’s the problem with Blogspot? My blog is hosted there.
Comment by Juicyliciouos — January 19, 2005 @ 9:44 am
I think it’s just the little navigation thing they put at the top that bugs me.
Comment by bonkrood — January 19, 2005 @ 2:05 pm
Sorry snobs - not all of us are so computer literate, or have the time & energy to devote that y’all do!
Comment by moos — January 19, 2005 @ 3:26 pm
Yes I agree with moos…if we didn’t have the training wheels which Blogspot provides, we probably wouldn’t have blogs at all.
Comment by Pandora — January 19, 2005 @ 5:10 pm
Not only do I look down my nose at them, but AMC blocks out .blogspot.com. So I can’t take a break from protecting the free world to view Ann Althouse or The Diplomad.
Sickening, really.
Comment by Breaker — January 19, 2005 @ 5:16 pm
Actually, I think that Typepad is easier than Blogspot; but, it isn’t free.
Comment by Babs — January 19, 2005 @ 5:26 pm
Actually, that’s not Daily Kos; that’s Eschaton.
Comment by CGHill — January 19, 2005 @ 7:13 pm
*sneezes bad word about that person any way*
Comment by Jen — January 19, 2005 @ 8:55 pm
It’s like seeing as part of an email address. *shiver.*
Comment by danelle — January 20, 2005 @ 1:12 am
Re: 12 - I feel the same way about aol - I have ever since I finally got Joe’s telephone service to allow us to get online after they dropped the hourly charge.
Comment by moos — January 20, 2005 @ 9:55 am
I do think it’s the easiest way to start, but I didn’t like it even when I was on it. Daily, I thank the Munuvian brethren who saw fit to upgrade me after I did (what seems to have become the standard) 6 months with Blogspot.
Comment by Key — January 20, 2005 @ 10:42 am
Honestly I am just plain old lazy. I don’t want to have to do anything more than just write a fun post and be done.:) That, and I don’t know how to do it the other way!
LOL
Comment by Aimee Roo — January 20, 2005 @ 11:34 am
Well, today I have been attempting to post & comment on my blog & a few other blogspot blogs to no avail. So I’m doing more than rolling my eyes!
Comment by moos — January 20, 2005 @ 12:56 pm
I was on blogspot for a couple of years, and I got the feeling that having that URL lessened my street cred (blogosphere cred?). I think getting your own dedicated domain is a subtle sign that you’re more committed, in that you’ve spent time and money to set yourself up (not necessarily the case all the time, but it’s a safe assumption). In this sense, I even look at Typepad with less credence, even though you do have to pay something for it.
The one advantage of using blogspot and other free services, aside from the training wheels phase: Anonymity. I believe Eschaton has cited this as a reason for not graduating to another service.
Comment by CT — January 23, 2005 @ 9:23 am