When PayPerPost first came out, I threw up a few posts to see if the system would work. When I saw it did, I wandered around the blogosphere to see what was going on.

People were complaining about disclosure (and the lack of it), so I simply started disclosing long before PayPerPost got around to being whipped for not requiring it.
Sometimes the blogosphere has a good point. The rest of the time, it’s usually hot air.

As for that ‘low technical knowledge’ comment, nice try, but you’re off by miles.
I’m on a well-secured Win2000 box, shelled (huzzah, ssh!) into two different FreeBSD boxes to do some work. One is getting PHP5, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SuPHP, and either Abyss or Apache 1.3.37, so I can test-run Habari locally.
The other is me upgrading some of the apps I use on my webhost (since I have… you guessed it, root access), and deploying them for server-wide usage.
I run WordPress from SVN (and prior to that, from CVS, and that was since 0.72’s release which still had a lot of b2/Cafelog’s default files in it).
I have enough Unix utilities on my Windows box to be comfortable in not switching local operating systems, so that I can use the majority of the software out there.

As per the TechMeme comment:
I generally avoid things with the word ‘meme’ in it. It usually ends up as a lot of ‘me me me me‘ saying that I could live without.

By the way… You’ve got a bit of Flat Screen TV spam on one of your posts.
Akismet’s slipping a little.

Oh, next time… More body to the rant, please. Karoli’s reply has more natural body to it than your post. Thanks.

— Justin

I understand where you are coming from, but I also think you are the exception to the rule. Just have a look at the PPP forum and think about how many others posties are taking those cheap, spammy ops.

I don’t begrudge you making money off your blog. As I have said many times, though, I think there are other ways that allow you to keep your credibility.

Their users (Posties as they like to be called) are usually people with a low technical knowledge who don’t read TechMeme.

No low technical knowledge here. I’ll betcha I could go toe to toe with you and stand on even level. I quit reading Techmeme because it’s usually just blogosphere blathering piled on, but I subscribe to and read the Megite Web 2.0 workgroup every day as well as 328 other blogs, many of which are on your blogroll as well.

Don’t assume we’re all idiots. PPP has allowed me to help fellow bloggers in need of help with real money at the time they most needed it, it’s allowed me to make charitable contributions over and above what I’ve budgeted out of normal income, and it’s enabling me to purchase a camera lens I wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford anytime soon.

My posts are fully disclosed within the body of the post — every one — and I only choose to write for those advertisers who appear to be above-board and offer some real benefit to the people who read my blog.

The fact that you and a few other bullies in the blogosphere begrudge me that doesn’t faze me one bit. You keep blustering, I’ll keep writing, and we’ll all get a few more visitors and a few more readers.

Regards,

Karoli