We all express our opinions without
being fully informed first.
Bloggers can be counted among the most
guilty. We comment on posts that we haven't read in their entirety. In
fact, I am willing to bet that many bloggers comment on posts without
reading an entire sentence. Read the title of the post, look at the pictures,
scan a couple of the other comments, and then just tack one on. As long as your
comment references anything--anything in the post it gives the
illusion that you read it.
This bit of insincerity comes from a
good place: we just want to make our fellow bloggers feel supported. Or, we
want to make other bloggers feel guilty so that they'll check in on our blogs
and comment on our posts that they haven't read--let alone read closely.
So basically blogging has become a lot
like relationships: just another way to provide a false sense of security.
But my most recent post has brought to
light a trend--at least new to me--in blog commenting. Not only does every porn
site in the world "comment" on a blog if it is promoted in a public
forum, but now a bunch of other online businesses are commenting "anonymously."
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| Courtesy of dryhumordaily.blogspot.com |
Yes, I have finally learned the reason
for the word-verification prerequisite in order to comment. Please refer to all
posts related to technology if you are astounded at my stupidity.
And while we bloggers may not always
read our comrades posts fully, we sure as shit read and re-read every
single syllable of the comments to ours. This is how I discovered that blog
commenting has become the new way to advertise, and apparently there is a huge
market of out-of-work, pornography addicts online.
Or maybe the title of my last post,
"What Can Your Butt Do?", has the right key word to attract the
automated, anonymous comments from the merchants of jobs and porno flicks. If
you haven't read about my butt yet, please do so now. I'll wait . . .
This post received a string of
comments from anonymous "readers." To their credit, these comments
are composed with sophisticated language and tailored to the writer's ego. Out
of context, they seem intelligent and flattering. But, in the case of my butt-post,
they are both impertinent and asinine.
For example, Forex Trading Systems
commented:"I've been surfing online more than 4 hours today, yet I never
found any interesting articles like yours."
Okay, if you can't find anything
online more interesting than my ass, you are either retarded or even more inept
with technology than I am.
Jobs from Home Online shared that I
had, "read [their] thoughts" and that "[I] know a lot about this
topic, like [I] wrote the book on it."
First, if you are sitting around
thinking about my butt, seek immediate help. Second, who else is going to write
the book on my ass? It's not like I am wealthy enough to have my own private
proctologist. And if such a book did exist, who in the fuck would buy it?
I've also been thanked for
"sharing this with all the people who understand what you are talking
about." Really? There is a population of people who can trigger paper
towel dispensers with their tush?
Finally, it seems as if I have
"put a new spin on a topic which has been discussed for decades."
In this case, I'm willing to believe that this commentator did read my
post, because I am sure people have been talking about my ass for decades.
Well, beggers can't be choosers, I
suppose.
I'd appreciate your comments.