I am a Purist Blogger

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I am a Purist Blogger

(a blogger’s creed, by: RJ Marmol)

I am a purist blogger, I write original content.

I do not scrape from people’s blogs.

I give credit where it is due, I link back “no unfollow”.

I generally don’t get paid to blog.

But when I do, I disclose, always.

I am a purist blogger, I do not spam.

I do not send readers to unsafe links.

I do not cram my pages with ads, but with quality content.

I am a purist blogger.

I am not after your hits, I am after your hearts.

I am not after your traffic, I am after your respect.

I do not criticize just for the heck of it.

I do not blog anonymously just so I can malign people.

When I criticize, I sign my name — the real one.

I have accountability and responsibility for what I write.

What I write, I own.

What I own, I protect.

I am a purist blogger.

I do not deceive my readers.

When I’m selling something, I tell them.

When it’s an opinion I write, I warn them.

I am a purist blogger.

I intend to contribute to the discussion, not confound it.

I intend to build  communities, not destroy them.

I write for my readers, I write for myself.

Some will read me, some won’t.

Some will love me, some won’t.

Some will praise me, some will attack me.

But because I’m a purist blogger, I will keep on blogging.

I will write, and blog, and write.

I am a purist blogger.

And to all the world, let it be  known,

In this vast cyberspace that is my home.

I blog assured that I am not alone.

Suggested Further Reading:

• How’s Your Blogging?
• Thoughts that keep me awake at night
• Let Me Write You A Prose
• What Kind Of Fool Am I?
• Woe to the Writer

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