Posted on 06/06/2010 12:58:45 PM PDT by don-o
Talking about a post that consists of link after link after after link. Do they bother you? Or do you find them useful?
I’d like them more if I wasn’t on dial-up!
Agree
I see it as simply the respect of the property of another. If an author wants his property (writing) to be link only, that’s his choice. He’ll pay through lack of attention if people don’t choose to visit- just the way the market works.
However, what is really annoying are those who “link only” to their blog which does nothing but link to someone elses’ work. (for example, (just to make up a hypothetical name) “Wave Deinbaum” blog posting all the time with links to his blog and that link actually just is a link to ABC or someone elses’ YouTube or something like that).
One link? The Force is weak with this one.
More than 1/2 the time they’re someone lame simply trying to boost a hit-count. They KNOW you won’t stay, but persist cuz after you click-through they’ve got it made.
The worst offender is this cartoon series with terrible art. What’s more the joke is usually incomprehensible.
I agree. I am also reluctant to click on links to unknown sites, which “link only” articles are.
How could that be annoying in the middle of a serious discourse about a posted article.
Makes me want to go postal.
/johnny
Understood. What I am talking about is a post that has nothing but multiple links (copied and pasted from the address bar).
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2529055/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2529055/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2529055/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2529055/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2529055/posts
That is exactly what I am talking about.
Some authors are just OCD about protecting their work. It is our job as the consumers of said work to not give them the attention and let them know why.
You mean someone who for example, spams every thread about Obama with a mass of links about O’s ties to Ayers and Wright? Yeah, that takes up bandwidth and is annoying to scroll through. That stuff belongs on a person’s home page.
Ideally each started thread would have metrics that would enter a database; each thread would not only list comment # but also view # (as at present) but the Freep searcher could ask for a listing of ONLY those threads featuring over a certain threshold of views, or comments, or view/comment ratio.
This would help A LOT.
They are probably good, but I always skip them. TMI.
If they’re going to post links, at least give an indication as to what it’s about.
LOL
But I agree. At least provide context.
I scroll right past them.
If I want to look something up, I’ll do it myself.
And blogpimp teasers are a pain too but that’s a different thread.
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