Agree with the question of promoting one's self in any way....

Prying on the vulnerable comes to mind.



Love inspirational quotes, prayer, music.....anything positive that lifts the spirit..." support for those with CP" :)

JC, responding to your "Is there anything to gain from blog traffic" question: it depends on the blog. Many blogs allow people to use AdSense, which makes it so that if someone clicks a link to an ad on a person's blog, the blog owner makes a few pennies. Some people actually manage to make a living that way.

Honestly, I often copy my blog posts and put them here. But I also follow some very good blogs who I would not feel comfortable copy+pasting, and if I thought it was relevant to a topic on here, or if it was an extremely salient post about chronic pain, I don't think I'd hesitate to share it.

Q: Do y'all think that folks who come on here ONLY to promote their blogs would be considered spammers or trolls?

A: Yes. If they happen to have a blog and happen to reference it because someone posed a question about a specific topic, then I'd find it OK. but to be on here to ONLY promote your blog= WRONG!

I completely agree jancam! It bothers me...

It has NOTHING to do with songs, inspirational quotes, OT posts about whatever we want to talk about! Its about a Blog.

To dump a link to a blog for promotional reasons with no intention of coming back because they have no interest in the board except for the potential visibility of many people-- is tacky and in bad taste.

DS will decide ...

we do have active members here that put up blogs to educate people about the lives that people live in chronic pain. i think that is a good thing to make more people aware of it, as long as they r regular contributing members.

I think if someone is an active member, an dposts a blog they've written (like my articles about cp on divinecaroline.com), then I appreciate them.

I DON'T appreciate being linked to a self-promotion site. No, I don't want to vote for your blog so you can win some award. Very tacky and inappropriate.

That said, I do enjoy the quotes and song links. They brighten my day.
Thanks for looking into this, jc. I appreciate your work!

Sandy

i do not go to links unless its interesting . i would not share on personal blogs i think its a choice you may or not become involved hugs minnie

I have a blog. It's about chronic pain. I've been at DS for quite a while but don't participate much. However, I did post a few days ago with a link to a new entry on my blog. The article was information that I definitely wanted to share with the DS-CP community, but having spent so much time on the entry itself I didn't feel that it was necessary to come here and create a new post that was worded differently. (As written, it would look like exactly what it is: an article.)

I don't advertise on my blog, so all I intend by posting here is that I have something to share on a personal site that might be beneficial. I don't take that route for "diary"-type entries on my blog; this was an article distilling my thoughts on overcoming an emotional component of CP that I hoped would be of help to someone else.

If it's against rules, fine. But I don't feel that DS is the be-all end-all of resources for coping with CP, and if others have material that might help me, I welcome it. Not everything worth sharing really fits in a post format. Maybe there are some out there preying on CP sufferers, but there's a difference between "here's a blot entry with my take on CP" and "in pain? Check out my blog for 10 ways to cope...and order my book!"

In other words, it's like anything else: shouldn't common sense and good judgment prevail?

yes, mike. posting information from all sources is helpful when prefaced properly...i thinks that's a useful purpose of this site - info sharing...

sandy's stories are helpful.

common sense isn't so common! (not to insult anyone here!!!)

I must be very naive, it never crossed my mind that blogs could be money spinning things. I wrote a blog when I first joined DS but I found I was writing the same boring things.
I think if blogs are informative with no personal gain, then it is up to the member's choice.

Thanks again everyone.

I want to reiterate that my personal discomfort with something doesn't make it not OK. That's why I'm trying to find out 1. How many folks feel the same. ( and, even that is just having the same or different opinions..doesn't make it wrong or right. And 2....if there is something to be gained in getting more people to go to your blog.

I've read DSs' ROR. Even having read their definitions of trolls and spammers, it seems that some of it is subjective.
I'd like to put the question to DS without referencing a particular thread..in other words as a general question..not a report of abuse...'cause I don't know that it is...or isn't.
I don't know that they'll respond in that case..but..I'll let y'all know.

Hugs.....jc

yeah, people have nice blogs, but i'm not into being solicited by the owners for my own participation unless compensated. people make their living off of blogs sometimes and i'm more of a get me rich than get you rich sort of person.

also, when handing our writing over to a stranger, it may be edited, amended or other wise changed without our permission since it will no longer be ours.

just a thought. nice blog, write it yerself.

WriterMike,

I did read your post and blog the other day and enjoyed it. I am fine with seeing someone occasionally share a blog that may be useful or interesting. For me, the distinction is that you were a member, although like myself, a member that doesn't post frequently, AND you shared a blog. Maybe you will share others you feel are relevant. Conversely, if a member joins just to post a link to a blog, and never posts or particpates in any other manner, IMHO, that IS a violation of the RORs . But, I'm not the admin...