Do you visit whatifitdid.com or do you subscribe to posts via email or a subscription through an RSS reader? It doesn’t really matter, and I’m happy that you’re here — but the reason I’m asking is simple. If you subscribe, you will notice you get everything (photos and all) of every single post delivered to your inbox or your reader should you be a subscriber. No teasers. No short first 20 words of the post to entice you to click a link to read the rest. Why? Because there’s no place when you navigate to whatifitdid.com for you to click that will result in me putting one copper penny in my pocket.
Not so with about a bajillion other sites. Take WISH TV for example. (I’m not just picking on WISH, it’s just the one that inspired my rant.) Yesterday, I received the following in my RSS reader:
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While dude is out on the street, you can work on your MBA in Sustainability from the University of Saint Francis™ where you receive credit for professional experience, or you can check out the 2012 Cruze LS from Chevy, because Chevy Runs Deep, OR… and this is totally incredible(!!)… you can learn a foreign language in just 10 days. Just like the FBI! I assume every FBI agent can speak at LEAST 5 languages. Seriously, what’s 10 short weeks of additional training for such a valuable resource? Nada!
While you’re there trying to find the photo of the dude that may sexually abuse or shoot your neighbor or family member, you can probably order some of that fruit online. You know, the fruit you eat along with 10 pizzas a day and still lose about 9 pounds of unwanted fat a month!
Here’s the other thing… WISH TV isn’t a newspaper where the written word is the source of revenue. It’s a freaking TV station! Last I checked, commercials are still sold for audience viewing — many are national advertising package deals — with Pepsi or Bud Light or Ford or whoever or whatever for example. Wanna bet they include “x number of electronic views” in some fashion?
Sad, isn’t it? (Sorry, but if you want to see if you know the offender you’ll have to click the link & endure the ads. I can’t post the photo here because of copyright restrictions.)
How about making exceptions WISH TV and others? Non-registered sex offender with a gun? Just add the photo for crying out loud! Before you know it, just to see an Amber Alert you’ll also be required to click your heels together 3 times and exclaim, “THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!”