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Let it go man.. seriously. If it were my blog I'd put ads on it too.. hell, I would have put ads for the NRA or a gun store, so Mike is a saint compared to me.
Trust me, I'm not losing any sleep over it. I understand that morals are left at the door when marketing online, but I just had to comment when he denied it.
 


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Hey Mike, people are always going to comment on a sensitive subject no matter what you do. I bet if you didn't put ads on there, someone would post a comment asking why you didn't put ads up. You've made some great contributions here so it'd be a shame to leave over this. You've taken on more caustic comments before and handled them.

Wish you the best in whatever you're currently working on.
 
Okay, I'm chill.

I want to start by apologizing to everyone. Yeah, I spazzed. This is something I really don't like to advertise, but it's why I spazzed: I forgot to take my meds today. No shit, not a joke. I was diagnosed about 4 years ago with "severe clinical depression" and if I don't take my meds, every little thing just sets me off.

So, I'm sorry I forgot my meds today. I took them, gave my kids a bath, went in the garage and cried like a baby for about 10 minutes, and then started to think straight.

I agree with everyone that it's a shitty thing to do to monetize death, of any kind. I want you to understand that was not the intention with the blog. I put the leaderboard up there for two reasons: 1) because it's kind of habit. You people should understand that. Build a site, put adsense all over it. and 2) I spent about $40 on domains last night and was hoping to recoup some of that. That's it.

My other reason for putting the blog up was entirely selfish. My life is really shitty right now. I'm NOT going to go into details. So, I was hoping that people would tell stories and share prayers that could help lift my spirits as well. I wanted something to be proud of and say "I did that, and it helped people." My over-reaction was due to a feeling of hurt. I love WF, and it kind of felt like my family telling me I was a terrible person. That hurt. As a defense mechanism, I just said fuck it.

So, I'm sorry. I will remove the ads too.

BTW Jon, thanks for not deleting my account. Sometimes, as insane as this place is, it's the only thing that keeps me sane.
 
ahhh mike you nutcase ;)
seriously though.. you cant push a site like that if it's got adsense - I couldnt care less - but that's cause I'm a selfish apathetic bastard and most people don't share my point of view.
Anna Nicole killed herself by an overdose...so it's kinda different....I can understand why people sympathize with these college kids more than they did with her
so, as far as I see it, it's got nothing to do with being unethical....but society in general isnt gonna let you bank from it unless you trick them into it ;)
 
Mike, I hope my comments didn't offend you. I don't see any problem with ads, they are everywhere now and mostly ignored by me - after all most of the news sites have them don't them? The leaderboard was the first thing I saw when I looked at the site though and as there was little content at the time it stuck out a lot.

I can understand (at least in part) where your at - been there mate, it's not good. Try not to stay on the AD's too long... the drug companies (& docs if you're in the US) love to profit out of making people feel 'normal' and prefer to stick someone on meds for the rest of their life than actually sort out the underlying probs.

Hang on in there mate, life can be good. Without the lows there'd be no highs.
and if you're ever in the UK give me a shout... :rasta::D ~Si
 
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