I need a show of hands, here.
How many of you have lost all respect for me as an author and a human being because you're reading this on "Blogger" as opposed to "WordPress" or some other hosting method?
I'm really keen to know.
In the course of my wandering the web on questions related to blogging and generally reaching out to the World, I discovered a few pompous lists. These lists rank blog sites, their ease of use and, to my gobsmacked incomprehension, how cool it is to use each of these hosting sites. If these self-important arbiters of All Things Cool are to believed, the fact I've chosen this Blogger venue marks me as some level of sad punk.
I don't get it.
Certainly, a chap wants to put his best foot forward, but really? When searching for an author spewing words of wisdom and wit, does it really matter what virtual coffee shop he's staked out? When I find a blog or website of an author, or any creative type, that I admire, I'm only looking for what he's saying, not where he's standing when he says it.
If it were real life, would you run in disgust if he had a signing at bookstore B rather than bookstore A? Would you recoil with a sneer if he was wearing an odd hat?
Well, I hope you all are made of sterner stuff and deeper values. I've got better things to do with my day-to-day chores than worry about this stuff.
Thank you for your attention.
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