Using cut tags is about respect for your audience. It doesn't matter where you're posting. It's entirely the poster's choice whether to use them or not, but personally, I would hope that people aren't so self-centered that they have no consideration at all for the feelings of those they're expecting to read their posts, particularly when most of them are supposedly friends.


I can't speak for kyburg and wouldn't presume to do so. For my part, I don't post for an audience. I post knowing that some people will want to read it, others may not. Either way, I don't care- it's not why I keep a blog.

It's not a question of being "self-centered". As far as I'm concerned, if you add me to your friends list, you're electing to see what I post. If you don't like it, buh-bye. I don't like, nor do I accept, the patent insinuation that it's somehow rude to use my blog as I see fit. You don't get to impose your viewpoint or even have an expectation that your viewpoint will be considered just beacause you've added me to your f-list.

I think it's extremely rude to ask people to make changes to how they comport their own posts in their own blog. You're a guest, and should act like it. The best part about being a guest is that you can leave at any time if you don't like the accomodations.

I'm so bone-tired of the idea that people who don't act like they have to keep the rest of the world happy are rude. It's bullshit and I refuse to tolerate it. Being rude, by definition, implies that somehow there was an intent to be irritating or offensive to you. Don't think for a moment that because I do or say something you don't like that it's somehow targeted at you. I just don't care what you think.

In short, I obviously don't share your viewpoint about the issue of respect and your audience. As far as I'm concerned, it's my damn blog, and everyone else has two choices- like it or lump it. Those in the latter category are free not to deal with me.