Article: "Something to think about before you click on a post about puke" by Simon Dumenco; EBSCO 1/14/2008

According to an article by Simon Dumenco, he first compared blogging with a magazine from 1973. On the front page of the magazine it said: "If you don't buy this, we will kill this dog." This is an example which some people also use for blogging nowadays. For blogging, some people say, "If you don't click on this Post, we will kill this blogger." That doesn't mean they will kill the blogger, but the blogger might kill himself because his "pay rises and falls in direct proportion to the number of people who click on his blog posts." What Dumenco actually wants to say with this is when other people will go and blog, the actual writer gets more money. Also, you have to know that most of the people are more likely to read about "crazy" or "different" things than about something normal.

In my opinion I would say that it is really exaggerated what they are saying. I think you shouldn't make money with saying "If you don't buy this, we will kill somebody." I guess most people don't even think about that there is somebody who earns money if you do a blog, because most of the people just write for fun, especially younger people. I believe especially with "crazy" things the writers make the people to read about and to earn money. So the next time you blog, think about before you click!