They attract a lot of attention from very young girls (and dirty old and young men), and eventually advertisers. Sooner or later, these bloggers began mentioning or recommending products (without any acknowledgement that they have been paid), and finally their blogs become one giant product endorsement site.

A very successful example is http://xiaxue.blogspot.com/

The blogger, “Xiaxue” (falling snow) is said to have made a fortune capitalising on her self-made notoriety. What a clever, cunning way to make money, although there is absolutely nothing in her blog except trash.

How would one describe her? A blogging whore? An online parasite? (Maybe “parasite” is not accurate since advertisers find her useful…) I wonder if there

I love to read everything written by Hunter, and this book is no exception! It is informative and insightful (two attributes that are rare in most published writings today).

Read it to the end, especially the end.

I won’t give away the ending except to say:

Life is short, why waste time blogging? Live life authentically, but not in front of the computer screen. The lucid, simple, authentic life is all that matters.

[lucid, simple, authentic = All your thingking is clear, all your decisions are simple, and everything you do is sincere and genuine]

And if you have any interesting thought, any idea or insight that you want to retain for further contemplation, jot it down on a diary or a spiral-ring notebook (the kind made of paper). There’s no need to be an unpaid reporter (which is essentially what most bloggers are).

In 2000, way before the term blogging came into being, I too began my personal diary jottings which I placed online using the hosted Homestead.com service (jottings.homestead.com). But since it’s my own thoughts, I have placed a password protection on it.

I used to be a newspaper reporter once — very well-paid — so I can’t figure out why people are willing to write and write and write, essentially for nothing other than the satisfaction of being read and appreciated.

My father used to say that without cash, everything is hypothetical!

Here’s my opinion on blogging:

http://bystander.homestead.com/letter-to-the-world.html