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So you say being a paying customer gives a higher guarantee that you won't be locked out of your domain and be forced to switch to a new one, potentially losing
by dojitza1 5y ago
So you say being a paying customer gives a higher guarantee that you won't be locked out of your domain and be forced to switch to a new one, potentially losing a good chunk of your readership. It makes sense, and thank you for your answer.
As for the signaling, I don't view it as something undesirable. It is an innate human need and we rely on it heavily. I was just wondering what people found useful in addition to it.
- PaulHoule 5y agoOr worse yet having the neighborhood get gradually worse. What if they don’t kick you off but the ads get more sleazy, distracting, annoying? What if the sidebars are full of engaging clickbait that hurts people psychologically, socially, and poltically? Ultimately you are complicit in that if you stay, but moving is hard, you wind up making excuses for yourself, your heart won’t really line up in your writing.
- dojitza1 5y agoI see that you are a talking about free blogging platforms. I was more interested in the free hosting + domain solutions with your own web page design.