News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #13…
Friday, December 30th, 2011#82: On Wednesday, I tried to comment on one of Joe’s posts at Joe Konrath’s website. Previously, I was allowed to list the URL for my own website or use my Facebook fan page. Now you have to sign on to Google+ (I don’t use Google+ or much of anything of theirs anymore beyond their search engine and Chrome—they’re becoming a monopoly). Conclusion: either Google is being undemocratic and tyrannical, or Joe Konrath has succumbed to the pressures of rampant capitalism. My first suspect is Google since I use Chrome and they obviously know I do. If this keeps up, they can also take their web browser and shove it where the sun don’t shine. If Joe is the guilty party, then shame on him and I’ll ask everyone to boycott his website. In any case, pox on the house of the guilty one—I intend to find out who it is and launch an attack!
It won’t be the first time. When the CEO of GoDaddy published video of his elephant hunt and subsequent butcher job on the carcass, I cancelled my GoDaddy account. It cost me money too, but that’s the way I am. I’ve noticed that during the last two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) GoDaddy has run a full-page ad in the NY Times. Could it be that their business is hurting? I sure hope so.