No posting in multiple categories? I will be banned on get go if I were on it. Wonder how that makes a good business model.
sunburntkamel
· 2 years ago
because single-category posts do much better at collecting revenue from targetted ads, i'm sure. how it encourages users, i have yet to figure out. maybe they figure they've already got enough users.
You know, I run a WPMU installation, and the amount of work they've done to wp.com to do that is... scary actually. And rather useless in the end, like you said. They seem to cater far too much to a small handful, and ignore a lot from the community, which is really sad. I need chocolate now.
Root
· 2 years ago
Every now and again I wonder if our persistent anti com commentary is over the top. Not now. This is really spooky.
sunburntkamel
· 2 years ago
@andrea- absolutely. and as a commenter points out, serving the few is exactly the last thing they should be doing. but given the work they've put into it, I'm sure they'll keep it up until they meet their ROI.
@root- i do to. lloyd's comment about "using the tool you think is best" is part of the reason i've been commenting less on wp dot com. but this is just to absurd to let slide.
engtech @ IDT
· 2 years ago
The biggest problem I've had with wordpress.com after blogging there for so long is that it completely cuts out what's easily the two absolutely strongest features of wordpress:
- plug-n-play themes - plug-n-play plugins
Complete pain in the but most of the time.
hso
· 2 years ago
I know, here’s an idea for those having to deal with one category per post, make a new category each time you post something along this:
“New WordPress Theme Redux with Google Adsense Widgets and 3 Columns by hso”
That’s one category right?
sunburntkamel
· 2 years ago
works for me! hell, since the category links lead to the tag pages instead of your own blog, at least NWPTRwGAWa3CbHSO would guarantee you wouldn't have anyone else cluttering up your tags! :twisted:
Andy
· 2 years ago
Over the top, yes, you are. There is nothing logical about your extremes. You went right off into terra incognita. Please come back to reality.
You totally missed the word "gratuitous" which means "not called for by the circumstances" and implies that reasonable amounts of nudity and profanity are acceptable. Please use a dictionary.
To say that we designed the departments for increased ad revenue is way off the mark and totally irresponsible. We don't even put ads on pages reached via the front page. Please do your research.
One category per post? Pure hyperbole. I never said anything of the sort. Please stop reporting lies.
And the "censorship" tag? You have no idea what censorship is. Again, use a dictionary. Those guidelines are not preventing anybody from publishing. You aren't required to publish unwelcome links or commentary on your blog. If I publish a "Featured Blogs" list, don't expect me to publish what I consider unwelcome. Please curb your overgrown sense of entitlement.
The hot sex you had last night has no place being featured in any list I publish. Please stop acting so dignified.
When it comes down to cases, the News Departments are causing more and smaller blogs to get featured, not some conspiratorial A-list. Please quit provoking hostility.
I've seen you ride the soapbox before but this is just too much. Please make good on the oath in this post's title.
And FFS, chill out! :mrgreen:
"And this isn't my nose. It's a false one."---Witch
sunburntkamel
· 2 years ago
You totally missed the word “gratuitous” which means “not called for by the circumstances” and implies that reasonable amounts of nudity and profanity are acceptable. Please use a dictionary.
A large part of my "logical extremes" is based on the chilling effect. "Gratuitous" is not a definable quality in a post. Similar to US indecency laws, it would not be possible to know whether your nudity or profanity were gratuitous until you've crossed the line. Except you don't have any notification mechanism in place, so users won't even know then.
To say that we designed the departments for increased ad revenue is way off the mark and totally irresponsible. We don’t even put ads on pages reached via the front page. Please do your research.
I'll have to take your word on this one. Although Matt having said that you guys don't check the ad serving that happens on wp.com, does leave your assertion a bit suspect.
One category per post? Pure hyperbole. I never said anything of the sort. Please stop reporting lies.
No, you didn't. But you said 10 was a lot. which sounds like something under 5 is what you'd consider acceptable. again, with only an idea of what's not acceptable, anyone who's concerned with getting on the front page will be using less and less categories. My point here is just that 10 is not a lot.
And the “censorship” tag? You have no idea what censorship is. Again, use a dictionary. Those guidelines are not preventing anybody from publishing. You aren’t required to publish unwelcome links or commentary on your blog. If I publish a “Featured Blogs” list, don’t expect me to publish what I consider unwelcome. Please curb your overgrown sense of entitlement.
The hot sex you had last night has no place being featured in any list I publish. Please stop acting so dignified.
There are no sidewalks on the internet. Free speech does not apply here. There are no laws protecting it because the entirety of the the thing is held up by private owners. Unless private owners are accountable to their user's sense of freedom, the internet will never be about the free flow of information, only the free flow of advertising revenue. (Ok, that's a bit disingenuous, I'm not one of your users.)
And yes, erotic stories might be another extreme. Perhaps a better one would be a post about the g-shot. Important, valid sex information, not on wp.com, but you've scared of many of the people who write that kind of stuff (good vibrations, sex in the public square). I refuse to accept that every discussion of sexual information is lurid and gratuitous. Again, explain where the side of your line is.
When it comes down to cases, the News Departments are causing more and smaller blogs to get featured, not some conspiratorial A-list. Please quit provoking hostility.
Indeed, featuring more blogs does seem good. One of the things I liked about wp.com when I first started using it was that top- and recent- posts were much more attainable than the "things posted in the last .001 seconds" list they had on blogger. There is hope for this thing, but it needs more tweaking and less telling people how to post.
I’ve seen you ride the soapbox before but this is just too much. Please make good on the oath in this post’s title.
And FFS, chill out! ":mrgreen:
“And this isn’t my nose. It’s a false one.”—Witch
I'm really hoping it will be. Well, ok, no. I'm only reading the wp.com blog these days to see when the sandbox will be updated. When that happens, I will post about the hosted versions of my entries for the SDC. that will probably include a link to your post on the subject ;)
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as usual, wank has much better written commentary.
They seem to cater far too much to a small handful, and ignore a lot from the community, which is really sad.
I need chocolate now.
absolutely. and as a commenter points out, serving the few is exactly the last thing they should be doing. but given the work they've put into it, I'm sure they'll keep it up until they meet their ROI.
@root-
i do to. lloyd's comment about "using the tool you think is best" is part of the reason i've been commenting less on wp dot com. but this is just to absurd to let slide.
- plug-n-play themes
- plug-n-play plugins
Complete pain in the but most of the time.
“New WordPress Theme Redux with Google Adsense Widgets and 3 Columns by hso”
That’s one category right?
You totally missed the word "gratuitous" which means "not called for by the circumstances" and implies that reasonable amounts of nudity and profanity are acceptable. Please use a dictionary.
To say that we designed the departments for increased ad revenue is way off the mark and totally irresponsible. We don't even put ads on pages reached via the front page. Please do your research.
One category per post? Pure hyperbole. I never said anything of the sort. Please stop reporting lies.
And the "censorship" tag? You have no idea what censorship is. Again, use a dictionary. Those guidelines are not preventing anybody from publishing. You aren't required to publish unwelcome links or commentary on your blog. If I publish a "Featured Blogs" list, don't expect me to publish what I consider unwelcome. Please curb your overgrown sense of entitlement.
The hot sex you had last night has no place being featured in any list I publish. Please stop acting so dignified.
When it comes down to cases, the News Departments are causing more and smaller blogs to get featured, not some conspiratorial A-list. Please quit provoking hostility.
I've seen you ride the soapbox before but this is just too much. Please make good on the oath in this post's title.
And FFS, chill out! :mrgreen:
"And this isn't my nose. It's a false one."---Witch
A large part of my "logical extremes" is based on the chilling effect. "Gratuitous" is not a definable quality in a post. Similar to US indecency laws, it would not be possible to know whether your nudity or profanity were gratuitous until you've crossed the line. Except you don't have any notification mechanism in place, so users won't even know then.
I'll have to take your word on this one. Although Matt having said that you guys don't check the ad serving that happens on wp.com, does leave your assertion a bit suspect.
No, you didn't. But you said 10 was a lot. which sounds like something under 5 is what you'd consider acceptable. again, with only an idea of what's not acceptable, anyone who's concerned with getting on the front page will be using less and less categories. My point here is just that 10 is not a lot.
There are no sidewalks on the internet. Free speech does not apply here. There are no laws protecting it because the entirety of the the thing is held up by private owners. Unless private owners are accountable to their user's sense of freedom, the internet will never be about the free flow of information, only the free flow of advertising revenue. (Ok, that's a bit disingenuous, I'm not one of your users.)
And yes, erotic stories might be another extreme. Perhaps a better one would be a post about the g-shot. Important, valid sex information, not on wp.com, but you've scared of many of the people who write that kind of stuff (good vibrations, sex in the public square). I refuse to accept that every discussion of sexual information is lurid and gratuitous. Again, explain where the side of your line is.
Indeed, featuring more blogs does seem good. One of the things I liked about wp.com when I first started using it was that top- and recent- posts were much more attainable than the "things posted in the last .001 seconds" list they had on blogger. There is hope for this thing, but it needs more tweaking and less telling people how to post.
I'm really hoping it will be. Well, ok, no. I'm only reading the wp.com blog these days to see when the sandbox will be updated. When that happens, I will post about the hosted versions of my entries for the SDC. that will probably include a link to your post on the subject ;)