My Two Cents Worth

I went over this morning to check out the "new" Journal Space site. It's a bit bare, but ok. Without creating a new blog, I signed up. Really, I wanted to see how things went before making a decision about going back. The truth is, I had mostly decided to stay here, but thought I'd just go see.

After signing in I saw a discussion group for former JSers. I clicked on sign up for the group and began scrolling to see who was there. I got to the last page, where my name and my roaches are and then the shocker...my ferking real name was on the screen beside the roaches...not my screen name...my REAL LIFE, ACTUAL, GIVEN MOFO NAME! WTF? This truly pissed me off. One other person had made that same observation...they wanted to know why their real name was up there. This was not a case of typing in my real name in the screen name space...this was a JS fuck up. Of course there was NO WHERE on the site to get help on this issue. So...I deleted my account.

No big deal maybe...but then on the other hand it is.

First, I never...never...give out my real name on blog sites. It is a bad policy and if you do it, you are crazy. The reason is, doing so identifies not only you, but your family. Nobody, but nobody needs to know who I am, thereby being given a means to trace my family.

Second, it is very easy to piss off people on the internet and there are some loony tune types trolling out here. Paranoid? Yep.

Third, this issue is probably indicative of how that site is going to be run...I am not impressed thus far with their programming skills...not to mention obvious bad translations of whatever their language is, to English. If it's not a case of bad translation, then it's a case of bad grammar.

Ok, so they are new...so give 'em a break. My answer to that is...they have jumped the gun before they were ready and I don't see a reason at this point to go back.

Getting a blog up and running and tweaked is a lot of work, as you all know. I'm tweaked here...Blogspot displays ONLY my screen name when I'm here...every time...and best of all it's ferking FREE.

JS, sorry, you are a fond memory...gone with da wind methinks.

ADDENDUM:
After reading several blogs and comments related to this, I want to add one thing (MY Opinion, mind you). One thing I didn't say above is...if one is going to assume a business (and JS is a business...no matter what else it pretends to be), one ought to be ready to open the doors, full service...when one opens the doors. See what I mean? I am not interested in a half-ass, "well, golly gee, things are gonna get better," effort. Either be ready to roll, or don't open the doors. Blogspace ain't going nowhere, to use the venacular...and no matter how much we loved her, the old gray mare ain't what she used to be.