You totally missed the word “gratuitous” which means “not called for by the circumstances” and implies that reasonable amounts of nudity and profanity are acceptable. Please use a dictionary.

A large part of my “logical extremes” is based on the chilling effect. “Gratuitous” is not a definable quality in a post. Similar to US indecency laws, it would not be possible to know whether your nudity or profanity were gratuitous until you’ve crossed the line. Except you don’t have any notification mechanism in place, so users won’t even know then.

To say that we designed the departments for increased ad revenue is way off the mark and totally irresponsible. We don’t even put ads on pages reached via the front page. Please do your research.

I’ll have to take your word on this one. Although Matt having said that you guys don’t check the ad serving that happens on wp.com, does leave your assertion a bit suspect.

One category per post? Pure hyperbole. I never said anything of the sort. Please stop reporting lies.

No, you didn’t. But you said 10 was a lot. which sounds like something under 5 is what you’d consider acceptable. again, with only an idea of what’s not acceptable, anyone who’s concerned with getting on the front page will be using less and less categories. My point here is just that 10 is not a lot.

And the “censorship” tag? You have no idea what censorship is. Again, use a dictionary. Those guidelines are not preventing anybody from publishing. You aren’t required to publish unwelcome links or commentary on your blog. If I publish a “Featured Blogs” list, don’t expect me to publish what I consider unwelcome. Please curb your overgrown sense of entitlement.

The hot sex you had last night has no place being featured in any list I publish. Please stop acting so dignified.

There are no sidewalks on the internet. Free speech does not apply here. There are no laws protecting it because the entirety of the the thing is held up by private owners. Unless private owners are accountable to their user’s sense of freedom, the internet will never be about the free flow of information, only the free flow of advertising revenue. (Ok, that’s a bit disingenuous, I’m not one of your users.)

And yes, erotic stories might be another extreme. Perhaps a better one would be a post about the g-shot. Important, valid sex information, not on wp.com, but you’ve scared of many of the people who write that kind of stuff (good vibrations, sex in the public square). I refuse to accept that every discussion of sexual information is lurid and gratuitous. Again, explain where the side of your line is.

When it comes down to cases, the News Departments are causing more and smaller blogs to get featured, not some conspiratorial A-list. Please quit provoking hostility.

Indeed, featuring more blogs does seem good. One of the things I liked about wp.com when I first started using it was that top- and recent- posts were much more attainable than the “things posted in the last .001 seconds” list they had on blogger. There is hope for this thing, but it needs more tweaking and less telling people how to post.

I’ve seen you ride the soapbox before but this is just too much. Please make good on the oath in this post’s title.

And FFS, chill out! “:mrgreen:

“And this isn’t my nose. It’s a false one.”—Witch

I’m really hoping it will be. Well, ok, no. I’m only reading the wp.com blog these days to see when the sandbox will be updated. When that happens, I will post about the hosted versions of my entries for the SDC. that will probably include a link to your post on the subject

You totally missed the word “gratuitous” which means “not called for by the circumstances” and implies that reasonable amounts of nudity and profanity are acceptable. Please use a dictionary.

To say that we designed the departments for increased ad revenue is way off the mark and totally irresponsible. We don’t even put ads on pages reached via the front page. Please do your research.

One category per post? Pure hyperbole. I never said anything of the sort. Please stop reporting lies.

And the “censorship” tag? You have no idea what censorship is. Again, use a dictionary. Those guidelines are not preventing anybody from publishing. You aren’t required to publish unwelcome links or commentary on your blog. If I publish a “Featured Blogs” list, don’t expect me to publish what I consider unwelcome. Please curb your overgrown sense of entitlement.

The hot sex you had last night has no place being featured in any list I publish. Please stop acting so dignified.

When it comes down to cases, the News Departments are causing more and smaller blogs to get featured, not some conspiratorial A-list. Please quit provoking hostility.

I’ve seen you ride the soapbox before but this is just too much. Please make good on the oath in this post’s title.

And FFS, chill out!

“And this isn’t my nose. It’s a false one.”—Witch

what I am actually concern
with is the fact that GT in
its current implementation
breaks WP.com’s blogs
navigation (and therefore
usability) even more than it
was. the whole buzz
around GT is actually just
on the modest line located
in the pos…