eibrahim, your comments are getting down voted pretty bad. you're probably a nice guy, and i hate seeing so many downvotes because, you know, that can feel bad

eibrahim, your comments are getting down voted pretty bad. you're probably a nice guy, and i hate seeing so many downvotes because, you know, that can feel bad. i have to admit that i downvoted some of your comments, too. hopefully there won't be a trainload of down votes. anyway, i'd like to at least explain what i think is going on: i bet most of us went to your blog post with an open mind about services that are worth paying for. it's definitely a topic of conversation my partner and i have pondered before. some aspects of the blog post are a little...vacuous. the angelsoft one sounded particularly ridiculous to me. where's the meat of the advice? the affiliate links makes things seem even more slimey. ok, so those comments are made here, hopefully not to harshly (critical is good, mean is not so good). your responses are defensive and, IMHO, unthoughtful. for example, this disclaimer doesn't address my concerns of bias at all. in fact, it makes them worse! > "Don't worry, that didn't affect my recommendations or integrity (what is that?)" ok...you don't value integrity and don't have a reason for why your recommendations have substance, which is bad in itself but somewhat insulting in your view of readers. i'm not sure i've communicated my point very well. ultimately, good luck, and i hope by thinking about your comments they'll fair better in the future.