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I Might Be Moving To Blogspot Very Soon

Do you like this font?  I don’t. 

Somehow, the editor is stuck in this font and nothing I do can persuade it to change.  I spent some time trying to reprint my second column from the Blue Doodle tonight.  It’s not going to happen.  Besides insisting on this ridiculous font, the Friendster blog editor also insists that I not insert breaks between paragaphs. 

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Folks, I might be moving this blog to Blogspot.  Although Friendster doesn’t have the constant service interruptions suffered on MySpace, and Friendster has a more visually appealing blog editor, I get complaints about the flashing ads.  That, and the malfunctioning blog editor, and having found the help desk at Friendster completely unresponsive, I conclude that I have gotten what I paid for. 

Tomorrow I’m going to check out some other options.  It may "bye bye Friendster" soon, and I do hope those of you who read - and the tiny few of you who leave comments - will follow. 

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3 Responses to “I Might Be Moving To Blogspot Very Soon”

  1. Lorianne Says:
    September 6th, 2006 at 5:04 am

    I for one would be happy if you migrated to Blogger. I find the flashing ads (often accompanied by LOUD audio) to be super-annoying. I typically read Friendster blogs in Bloglines (without clicking through to the blog) for that very reason. It’s disturbing to read a thoughtful, meditative post and then see an ad asking “Who’s legs are these” next to Jessica Simpson in her Daisy Dukes.

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

    Because I don’t often click-through to Friendster blogs, I also don’t comment on them frequently. ALthough I have a Friendster account to allow me to comment, it’s a real pain to do it. Every time I try to comment, I need to log in even though I’ve clicked the “remember my login” box. After I’ve logged in, the interface never brings you back to the blog you were reading, so you have to go to wherever you have the blog bookmarked, follow the link, etc.

    Commenting on Blogspot sites is much easier since Blogger actually remembers my login. And there aren’t flashing ads with invasive audio.

    Okay, rant over… ;-)

  2. Algernon Says:
    September 6th, 2006 at 1:27 pm

    The try-out can be viewed at this address:

    http://algerblog.blogspot.com

  3. Hal Says:
    September 6th, 2006 at 4:15 pm

    What a coincidence. I discovered blogspot yesterday when I found an old helicopter acquaintance on a helicopter website. I like what I see there as well, so I might just be following you. Bob Barbanes is a good writer if you want to check out his blog.
    http://www.fh1100-pilot.blogspot.com/

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