Joker saw
this thread on the BO board and thought of you
I feel the need to clarify a few things
I knew my income was going to take one hell of a hit over 2257 in fact I went on my last real bender over it. I posted yesterday that I cried like a baby when my grandma died, my wife saw me cry another time, tears ran down my checks when I got back from a three day drunk in Mexico and saw Tommy was the only link list sending me traffic, killing off all of my free sites hurt.
Since then I have been one paranoid asshole and will never trust the Government or put contol over anything I build in the hands of someone else.
I have great respect for Twan he has built a real empire, hope he's putting money away it won't last.
What if Twan should get killed in a car accident, or google catches someone posting CP or maleware on one of his free hosted blogs? The whole thing will tumble like a house of cards.
If it's free some assbite will find a way to fuck it up for all, it's a fact of the business.
Easily 9 out of 10 Thumblogger blogs are inactive or not viewed on a regular basis, that tells me it's the hobbiests and part timers using the free hosting and most have given it up.
At one time the first thing I did with a new blog was add it to Twan's sign up to 15 top lists at once thing, the little traffic I get back isn't worth the outgoing links (I get more traffic link dumping a couple times a day).
Once again I say be the master of your own domain