If you have been a regular reader here, you might have been aware that I have compiled a list of PR1 and above and it turns out to be one of the most commented article ever.

Out of goodwill, I did my research and share with my valued readers what has worked for me and what hasn’t. This blog is intended to document my personal experience in the hope that those not in the know will learn and in turn pass along the knowledge for the benefit of others. It’s a place where beginners can meet and discuss various blogging tips with one another and the pros share their experiences and thoughts.

I haven’t been blogging long enough but the only thing that motivates me to do better is the kind of sincere (read: not disingenuous) appreciation of what I do from my loyal and valued readers. Mind you, I’m not into blogging for money - I make my income off the blog - so a little gesture of appreciation is worth more than money to me.

And what happen when I was treated with a little disrespect and shown to the world as a boy who ruined a grown-up place?

So what you are going to see next for the rest of this article is what I’m entitled to answer the allegation made against me and my readers in particular. I could either response to it on his blog but I choose to write a separate post altogether - lest my comment is moderated or even deleted - in the hope that others will see the light and pick up what they need to learn from it.

Once there was a time…

There is a site that wrote an article titled “Should I Allow Comments on This Blog” that said

….there is a site that wrote an article titled “The Best Places to Get Quality Backlinks” that lists sites for people to leave comments on for the sole purpose of increasing their Google PageRank since they get to leave a link back to their site.

So, when I get comments from people who come directly from that site I think of them as disingenuous and completely discount their validity. I mean, I spend time to write articles for those of you who really enjoy the same general stuff as me.

Hello sir, it’s completely OK if you discount my validity or even think that it’s one of the worst articles you have come across, I don’t give the slightest damn about it but when you categorize the people who are directed by my articles to your site (see I shown you respect by saying ‘your site’ and not ‘that site’…. this is the basic lesson of humility I’m teaching reminding you here), you are talking about the bunch of people who are my valued readers, and who gives you the right to label them ‘disingenuous’? Do you think they deserve this kind of personal branding?

Google gives you a PR7 but the big G doesn’t give you the authority to degrade people that way. Has the pride of getting a PR7 taken over your humility or there is actually none in you? Just in case you aren’t in the know, I value my readers very highly and I doubt you do as much as I do. I don’t expect an apology from you as I know you are too proud to offer one yourself but just take a little break from moderating your comments and do some soul-searching.

Oh ya, I spent the best of my fucking waking hours doing the research and updating the list for those of my readers who happen to enjoy the kind of resources you might not enjoy.

Don’t Cut the Whole Forest Because of One Bad Tree

Now, if ANYONE leaves a comment - no matter how brilliant - which contains a spammy link, I delete it as fast as possible. So the question is why should I treat bullshit comments any differently? Shouldn’t I just can them as well?

Here you are making another assumption that my readers are the people who make bullshit comments. Tell me, what constitute a bullshit comment? Did you ever actually take a little bit of your time and read those comments on this blog before you made that bullshit statement. Shouldn’t I just can you as well?

I challenge you to pick one of the comments and tell me which one is considered a bullshit comment and I’ll tell you my reason why it isn’t. In my opinion, comments which are in disagreement with you are considered as ‘bullshit comments’ and I’m not making an assumption here. The evidence has shown that you only responded to one person who happened to carry your balls while others were left in the cold.

Comments are what makes a blog thick and alive - brilliant or otherwise. Without it, it’s just like a dead man walking. This blog has an open-door policy of free for all, you can come in, drop a comment and leave. Life has other better thing to do than to worry about bullshit comments. After all, I have the Askimet doing a wonderful job for me.

Don’t Rub Salt Into The Wound

Honestly though, Yan’s blog is the one that ruined it for me and everyone who actually cared about the NOFOLLOW. When this site started getting cataloged by different sites like this it really brought a bunch of low quality link seekers who just waste my time moderating out their comments.

The above comment you made later is what actually triggers me to write this article. When I read yours the other day, I told myself that you are entitled to your own opinions and I shouldn’t teach an old dog a new trick. I have shown you with all the respect but you commented later that I have ruined it for you.

Now show me which part of your blog has been ruined by me? Is wasting your time moderating out the comments causes so much pain and damage to you? If it is, then you shouldn’t even allow the comments on your blog.

The thing is you could just kindly leave a comment on the article and say, “Boy, thanks for the link but no thanks. Can you just take the link off from your list since my blog is PR7 and I don’t need to get a less quality link from a PR3 site like yours?”

John, I would have gladly take it off and apologize for being a busybody.

Don’t you have that a bit of courtesy to do so?

I wonder what if Darren were to come out with the similar article like mine, would you treat him the way you treated a nobody like me and my readers in particular? Let me remind you that I’m a nobody today but I will not be a nobody forever in much the same way you are at PR7 today but you will not always be at PR7 forever. I’ll be watching your back and pray that I wouldn’t have the last laugh.

The Lesson of Humility and Respect

If there is one lesson I learn from the whole episode is to appreciate more the value of humility and respect, just like what my mama always taught me in my younger years and I do understand that as the years go by and you grow older, your memory may not function as well as before.

The fact is I’m still young….and don’t tell me that I’m being sarcastic because I AM..

Updated: I have taken his site from the list as he has set a nofollow tag on the top commentator list since the day I have ruined his blog - as alleged.

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