I was looking through my archives (I’m nostalgic, what can I say?) and realized that this blog has really changed in content from when I first started it way back in 2004. I know the archives don’t go back that far, so don’t worry. I blogged on Xanga before moving here and was unable to keep all my old posts. That’s actually a good thing, since they were the usual thing you’d find on Xanga: vague ramblings about how my day was and how much I hated my German/math/gym teacher, or how lame my car was (there was a funny post in there about the family Crapavan…good times), but nothing you’d really want to read.
However, as time’s gone by, I’ve written less and less about myself. I kind of switched to writing about how I feel about more important stuff, which is what blogging is really more about. Writing all about yourself is either egotistic or whiny, depending on how you phrase things. The rants started probably around late 2005 or early 2006, but they were few and far between, and I wrote more and more about technical stuff: my experiences with Linux, games I liked, movies I’d watched, or, when I moved to my own hosting, about WordPress and other blogging platforms. (Yay for lame history lessons…moving on.)
Now, however, my posts are almost exclusively news and rants. Or both. By now you’re probably wondering what the point of this post is, considering I’ve gone on and on about what I write about. Anyways, I’m asking you, my readers, what you would prefer to see out of Mad Rants. In short: what do you expect from this blog?
This has become less and less a personal blog–and that’s not a bad thing–but I want to make sure that’s okay with my readers. One of the best things a blog can do for itself is write towards its audience. If Maddox started writing about fluffy kittens and DDR (in a non-sarcastic fashion), his readers would be pretty taken aback. Heck, they reacted bad enough when he pulled an April Fools’ prank.
The question I asked is optional. I half meant it, but I also half wanted to just write something to make it look like I’m doing something. I also half wanted to see how many people replied. And now I think I need to go work on my fractions. Kolleg iz lerning me gud, arn’t it?
Most popular post
Oddly enough, my rather disjointed rant on Alex Jones and his status as a case of nuts is the most popular post on this blog, having received 242 total views since it was posted last September. It’s also the most commented on with 21 comments (mine included). Just goes to show how easy it is to piss off conspiracy theories, doesn’t it? Just mention their leader and an insult and the referred searches just start rolling in…
And yes, I know 242 views over 4-5 months is nothing, but it’s a lot for this blog. And if that’s not enough to wow you, I even got a comment from Morton Devonshire, the Wikipedia editor who got Jones all riled up a while back, which pushed me to write the article in the first place. How’s that for full circle, or whatever? Yeah, you know what I’m talking about.