Why I unsubscribed from John Chow dot com
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John Chow dot com has fallen into complacency. Is it even worth reading anymore?
I unsubscribed from John Chow’s RSS feed this morning. Let me tell you why.
Two requirements exist for a blog to remain in my subscriptions:
- It must be entertaining
- It must be informative
JohnChow.com failed at both of these. A cult of personality is not enough to sustain my interest in reading paid reviews, posts about his car fetish, or posts about what he ate for lunch.
My God, people, the man posts about what he ate for lunch, and people fucking comment on it. How banal can it get?
I’ve kept the blog in my subscriptions to this point only because I’m too lazy to unsubscribe (Bloglines, please make your user interface better).
“So, Michael,” some of my dear readers will certainly say, “why is your blog still titled ‘Make Money Online,’ just like Chow’s?” The answer: I’m lazy. I used it as a working title while building this site, and I’ve never changed it. I will, however, be changing it this week to something that closely fits my personality.
Have any of you unsubscribed from the “big boys” lately? And why? Let me know in the comments.
on September 17th, 2007 at 12:44 am
I’ve refused to even visit Mr Chow, ever. I’m not interested in what he has to say. I’m interested in blogging; writing content and networking. I don’t need a “big blogger” to tell me how to sign up for payperpost and the others. please.