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I have the worst luck with regarding other weblogs. When I add a link to a weblog onto my homepage (my version of bookmarking) I think some kind of mysterious signal is generated that tells the author of that particular site to never post again. And of course the real trump card is when I add a link from -273 to their site. I might as well hack into their site, delete all their files, and use their account to send spam to people. The end result would be the same: no more updates on that site.

I'm generalizing of course. The -273 is filled with links to lots of great sites, and I don't want their authors upset at me. But we also link to sites like this one.

All of this is building up to a point, I promise. Here's my idea. What if I replace the links to all of the good sites with links to bad sites? That way, all the sites I like will keep posting, and the sites I despise will disappear, never to be seen again. The main problem, at least as my sleep-deprived mind currently sees things, is that there are so many sites that I dislike that composing a list would be rather tedious. And taking down the links to the sites I like, while meant as a compliment, could be viewed as somewhat insulting.

Before the Internet, life was simpler, and no one had problems like these.

Posted by on 1 July 2002 at 10:03 PM