I can't believe this blog is still here.  Is anyone still blogging?
I have been homebound with Dad since July of 2019.  Who knew that the rest of the world would follow my lead?
I decided to start writing again because I feel like I'm starting to lose my mind.
I used to be very literate but now words don't come to me and I thought it would be healthy to get back into the practice.
I can't even remember what the last thing was that I couldn't remember.
I'm a 55 year old woman.  Does that make anything make more sense?

Ok. It's the year 2020. How do I cash in on that little deal that reads "What's your big worth?" I could really use the money!

Hello!

I'm delighted to have been able to transfer my original blog from AOL to blogger.
Thank you, Google!

I just wanna add...

something I'm quite proud of:

You can still follow my thoughts

http://newday-jean.blogspot.com/

Death of a Blog

When AOL put banner ads across the top of our blogs, it was an affront.  It was as though someone stuck an ad in the center of the page of a book.  We weren't asked or even warned.  They just showed up one day.

The thing is that bloggers PAY for their subscription (even though blogging is a bonus, a free opportunity.)  You cannot blog on AOL if you are not a subscriber.

The company was using the attention bloggers get to bring in revenue.

A bunch of bloggers (me included), some of them noted for their blogs (myself not included), left AOL for that reason.  Thus, this blog is left to slowly die.

Just recently, they increased our subscription price.

They didn't offer any consideration to the bloggers.  Some of those options might have been whether to have an ad on their blog or not and maybe some subscription price reduction for agreeing to carry an ad.

I don't buy t-shirts or other clothing that advertises itself or anything else unless it is something I support.  Why should my personal thoughts be sublet to advertise cell phones and banks? 

And if a bloggers thoughts are used in such a way, with or without their consent, shouldn't they get some consideration?

AOL advertises "Your Thoughts.  Your Blog."

There ought to be a proviso.  Something like: "Your thoughts, used for profit."

 

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Alas.

It doesn't look like we'll be coming back to AOL to blog, I'm sorry to say.

AOL did post a disclaimer under the ads.  I guess they thought that was big of them.

The funny thing is, if they had asked, we might have responded with what ads we would accept and they might have made even more profit from the diversity and good will from those who chose to advertise for charities and non-profit organizations.

Judi's blog alone gets some 2,000+ hits a month.  Tsk tsk  That makes her pretty darn popular as bloggers go.  In fact, I'd almost call her famous... and AOL just let her and her friends split.

Don't you miss the old-fashioned way of doing business?

 

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