From your viewpoint, I'm sure that is a good argument.
However, I must say that I came to FR (and stay at FR) to:
1. Read articles that interest me.
2. See what other Conservatives have to say about those articles.
3. Be informed about the background and agenda of the individuals who generated the articles.
4. Gain information from other posters who are more knowledgeable on the topics.
5. Get access to links posted in the comments which provide further information supporting or arguing against the information in the original posted article.
6. Reading comments that are moderated to eliminate the leftist crazies' rants, and that exist at FR, along with the article itself.
Accessing the plethora of information on FR can sometimes be like trying to take a sip from a wide open fire hose, and there are only so many hours in a day.
I prefer to accomplish item #1 above by having the full article posted at FR, so that I can quickly move on to accomplishing items 2-6.
Sadly (for me), too many new bloggers are "pimping their blog" on FR with the clear desire to drive traffic (and income from hits) to their blog by partial-posting.
That, coupled with noobs who seem to have a dire need to post vanities, sometimes makes me think that they believe FR is some sort of "facebook/look at me" activity.
FR's owner is the final arbitrator of what will appear on FR, and at this juncture he is allowing partial posting of blogs. Obviously, I fully control my clicking activity at FR and thus can chose not to read something or follow an off-site link.
My suggestion would be that someone who wants to generate interest in their blog should post their full article on FR. If they are good enough writers, with good information to share, they will achieve enough "net cred" to generate interest in what else they might have to say, over on their own site.
Good luck with your endeavors and remember that another poster on FR is not "in charge" of you or FR, and thus their comments are worth what you paid for them. But do be very careful with your own "justifications" for whatever you decide to do.
As Sky King used to say: "Over and Out".
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. First, there are no ads on my blog so the number of hits it gets has absolutely nothing to do with my income. My income comes from other sources having absolutely nothing to do with blogging. Ironically, most of the bigger bloggers generate significant income from the ads they run so the number of hits is very important to them.
Secondly, I have posted here enough by now and my name is known well enough known that people will either ignore me or click on me because they want to know what I have to say. I’m not tricking anyone into going to my blog, using bait & switch or whatever people do who try to drum up traffic for nefarious purposes. My only purpose is to post articles that interest me, either written by me or by others on which I comment. Sort of like Instapundit only more verbose.
I respect what a lot of people who post here have to say. You have provided a reasonable response and I fully agree that the information here is overwhelming. I usually come here to scan the headlines to see if there is anything I have missed. I don’t read most of the postings because I don’t have the time; besides they don’t interest me.
You may note that the “Browse by forum” box on the top right side of has a section specifically titled “Bloggers and personal.” That’s where my posts go. You can avoid all the bloggers simply by not clicking on that section. My understanding is that Jim Robinson specifically decided to segregate us bloggers from the others. I think of it as my own little ghetto.
A final point, I take people’s comments seriously if they are serious and their comments are worthwhile. So I considered posting entire articles. I decided not to because I won’t put up with cyber bullying. I post many more articles than I put on FR. I decided to be a little more combative today because of the C3POs that have decided to stalk me here. But go back to my website and check out what I wrote. You may find yourself looking at FR and The Virginian. Also check out the links to other bloggers. My favorite is Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit (who makes a pretty good second salary from blog ads as well as his income as a law professor).
Thanks and good luck to you.