March 29, 2009

• Some watered-down thoughts about xanga

  I have a lot of unshared thoughts about Xanga, but damn it, this is my freaking blog, so I'm just going to share some... uh... stuff.

  First, my incurable cynicism (sorry, guys... I just have an affinity for pessimism). I think Xanga is fairly close to being dead. I really feel like after Xanga was sued by the FCC for One Million Dollars, it really just crushed the determination and drive of the site's leadership to maintain their growth. I'm sorry to say it, too, because I really love Xanga, and have been using it for four years now and after that much time invested, I've gotten attached to it, and at first, I was really depressed about what was happening, but I think I've made peace with it now, so whatever happens, I'll blog on Xanga all the way to the very last day if, God forbid, the site simply can't maintain itself anymore.

  I know some people don't believe in growth and say "I like the small community feel", and to them I say: you're in luck, then! The community is about to get quite a bit smaller!

  Oh, but just as a sidenote, I noticed the "publish to facebook" feature, which is definitely a step in the right direction.

  Anyhow, there's nothing I can do about any of that. I could go crazy spamming Xanga everywhere on the internet, but I feel like that would be like taking a bucket and trying to make a new ocean.

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  I'm sick of being called a "xangalebrity". I'm kind of sick of being popular on Xanga in general. I'm sick of people obsessing over me, because it's kind of creepy and scary. If they enjoy it, good. If they obsess over it, not good. I've told them to chill out, but they don't listen to me.

  Next, I'm sick of people telling me "You need to post more." Really? I need to post more? YOUR MOM NEEDS TO POST MORE.

  Next, there's this. I get these stupid comments/messages, like this latest one. Here, enjoy:

  I'll be blunt. I've never understood the appeal of your blog. It shows up fairly regularly in top blogs (as you are a "popular xangan", which is not necessarily a good thing) and with so many readers and comments I usually give you the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately, nine times out of ten, I am disappointed.

  I think I remember some past titles of yours (I might be wrong) that were featured such as: "why I will never be popular on xanga", "user guide to xanga" (something along those lines anyway), and now this. I don't understand why people want to consistently read what ought to be written, rather than just reading posts that do, in fact, follow these rules already. is anyone truly informed by this post? More importantly, does anyone really care?

  This is funny. I'll give you that, but I wish for once I could see featured blogs that matter. I've never understood why people like http://orbiting.xanga.com/ who write beautifully, or those who speak about important issues or personal affairs aren't featured. With so much going on in the world and with so many thoughts to discuss, kinda funny posts don't seem to deserve 56 comments.

  Why do people write me this shit? Besides that, she mentions blogs that Rissababe and Antisoccermom wrote, not mine. I'll also be blunt; you need to use semi-colons more. 

  Furthermore, she says she's constantly disappointed in my blog (Because really, it is such a big disappointment, amirite?) but continues to read it on a regular basis, essentially answering her own musings. The answer is quite simple, deary: all of my blogs are rigged to subliminally turn enslave my readers to my mind-control, which I bet orbiting doesn't do.

  But seriously, I don't deserve any comments, really, but somehow, I receive them. I write what is important to ME, like Ninja Sperm, Unicorns, Zombies and Cats Ruining Porn. I'm not actually going to explain what makes people read my blog and not Orbiting's blog, because I've already explained this before. If I don't understand something, I either do two things:

  1. Make peace with the fact that I don't get it.

  2. Learn how something works.

  Is that too much to ask? For most people, the answer is actually "Yes, that's too much to ask." No one ever wants to try to get what they want. Just the other day, some guy was complaining about how hard college was and how he hated it so much. "Quit college and start your own business." I said.

  "In this economy? Ha!" he said.

  So, basically, what he did was he didn't even attempt to figure out how it could be possible to be free from college. He simply told himself that it was impossible, and didn't think about it. I can't believe how often people do that. It just blows me away.

  I'll bet any amount of money that Orbiting hasn't tried to get lots of readers. I'll even bet that if Orbiting wanted readers, that he or she was just crossing his or her fingers (if she was born without limbs, I apologize) and hoping for a domino effect of recommends to pour in randomly one day. Well, that very seldom happens. If you just sit there and hope for luck to hit you, it probably won't, and that's why it's called "luck". 

  Anyyyyway, you'll notice it's called "Top Blogs" and not "Best Blogs". That should tell you something right there. I don't think I'm that great of a writer. I have a very average vocabulary and an average level of intelligence, so I don't think of myself as being better than anyone. All the well-written blogs are valuable by their own right, not because of how many comments they receive, and you should know that already.

  Alright, I'm done with that. I hope my answer make sense to you.

  
  

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  Well, speaking of Top Blogs, I've noticed, again, that they're dwindling pretty badly. If anyone is concerned about me clogging up their rightful places on Top Blogs with my hot, hot garbage, don't worry; I haven't been posting very often, and my traffic is way down, mainly because I haven't been trying anymore. At the rate I'm going, in a couple of months, I won't be able to get on Top Blogs anymore even if I post a sandwich, unless, that is, Top Blogs continues to drop in the number of comments necessary to get onto it.

  I don't really feel like trying anymore, though. People I know keep leaving, and Xanga keeps shrinking, and my Xanga-addiction-recovery program has helped me get in touch with my inner child or some shit.

  Furthermore, people need to chilll in general, but the people on Xanga need to chilll. Yeah, they do. Today, I logged on, and saw that the latest wave of drama was attributed to some person who wants to suck on Perez Hilton's dick. I swear, it's not me this time. Use Yosho's IP address tracker.

  Actually, I was going to say who I think it is, but I wrote a whole thing and was like "This is mean. I don't want to do this." and deleted it all.

  It's not worth it. I'm not going to start another big fight. There are so many things I could say about Xanga's "celebrities", but I realize they're just regular people who mess up, although, I should say that Wuwu cussing out Becca.... that was pretty fucked up of him, but then again, the friend requests probably got annoying. But that response was way too much, SO SHAME ON YOU, WUTUWAITN4. SHAME.

  Also, another thing. If you're going to attempt to be a Xangalebrity, take down those stupid Adsense codes. They don't pay you anything, and all they do is make you look like a sell-out. I talked to BigShowatUD a few weeks ago, and he said he didn't make any money from his ads. Like, literally nothing. He said he could probably make some money if he had as much traffic as me. The truth is, once, TheTheologiansCafe told me how much money he made on his ads, and he was getting sometimes as much as ten times what my traffic was, and he was making very little money. I mean, very little. So, if he's not going to be making money, than I'M not going to make any money, and therefore, YOU won't be making any money.

  Besides, Adsense powers Google, which owns Blogspot, which is stealing Xanga's bloggers. That's like funding Al-Qaeda. Only not.

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