Blogoticking Sidenote

Glenn (not white Glenn) speaks about blogrolls:

Back in the good ol’ days (about a month ago) I used to only blogroll blogs that I read. I wasn’t snobby about it, but if I didn’t read your blog or find your blog interesting there was virtually no chance of you showing up on my blogroll. On August 8 I changed the blogroll policy. If you link to me, I will link to you.

The reason behind the change was this: There is no way you will get to the top without either A) having a hefty blogroll or B) pimping other blogs like a mother.

Well, he is honest. And he makes no bones about it: he wants to be a big blogging machine who is popular. So help him out with a gratuitious link or two. I blogroll his site because I read it.

Here at SayUncle, I blogroll what I read. If you’re on the roll, I read you daily. I read the RTB there at the left too. I add people to the blogroll and I announce it. They go off, I don’t announce it. Not personal but I’ve either lost interest or my initial wanderlust has faded. For example, used to roll Amish Tech Support and Oliver Willis. Both took a dive too far in their respective direction for me. I don’t read them now. Besides, how much Palestinians are sacks of shit and Bush, Rove, and anyone with an R after their name puts babies on spikes, respectively, can you take?

I realize my approach to this blogroll thing won’t make me popular or get me a ton of hits but (as it says there in the upper right or left if you’re reading a permalink) I do this to entertain me, not you.

If you link to my site just because I link to yours, piss off. Remove the link, I don’t want it. If you read my site, I appreciate your link and want to keep you as a reader. We may disagree, but feel free to comment. Hell, I’ve changed my mind in the past, you may change it again.

Speaking of, new to the blogroll is Rick Dement. He left a comment, I read his site. I liked it. I linked it. I don’t care if he links to me (doh! just checked, and he does) but I liked what he had to say. So, he gets linked.

Oh, and don’t link to this post, punk.