Seasider Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I would love to be able to google up some recipes without having to wade through pages of debatably amusing commentary and scads of ads. I love the original but most of the spinoffs just get in the way. Maybe JAWM. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) Yup. I used to read her blog now and then back in 2007. Too much going on now. I thought she had the recipes in a separate "corner" on the website? Oh, it just dawned on me that you are probably talking about the way she presents the recipes. Go straight to the printable version - that used to cut out all the other stuff. Edited November 18, 2016 by Liz CA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) Yup. I used to read her blog now and then back in 2007. Too much going on now. I thought she had the recipes in a separate "corner" on the website? Oh, it just dawned on me that you are probably talking about the way she presents the recipes. Go straight to the printable version - that used to cut out all the other stuff. It's not PW that bugs me - I expect that at her site and find it entertaining. It's all the other storyteller recipe sharers that bother me. Just give me the list of ingredients and cooking directions right at the top, please! Edited November 18, 2016 by Seasider 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frugalmamatx Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yup I totally agree. I have spent most of the morning on pintrest trying to find new paleo friendly allergy friendly recipes to plan in. And I'm spending at least a minute, maybe more, scanning just to find the darn recipe in the middle of the blog stuff! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I love SimplyRecipes. No storytelling except an occasional "here's where this recipe came from". Great recipes, been around since the early 2000s. Not Pioneer Woman at all. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I love her white chicken chili recipe. I skip to the end where it's just a recipe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yes! All the sites with photos of each ingredient added, stirring, butter melting, on and on... And I'm almost always looking on my phone so it is double annoying! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 And no, bloggers, you don't have to show each and every step of artistically photographed recipe creation. I don't care how the bowl looks after you add the sugar. I hate scrolling and scrolling and scrolling to find the real recipe. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 You need to use Copy Me That. It's a free site. You install their toolbar tool and anytime you're on a site with a recipe you click on it. It goes through the page and excises out the actual recipe. Then it's stored in your recipe file on the Copy Me That site. You can edit and print. I love it! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I would agree with you even if you didn't ask JAWM. I hate all the photos and chitchat. An occasional photo of a difficult technique can be helpful. For ex, the various stages/colors of a roux. But, for the most part, just give me the recipe. Agree with Lady Florida about Simply Recipes. It is a great site. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yes! All the sites with photos of each ingredient added, stirring, butter melting, on and on... And I'm almost always looking on my phone so it is double annoying! And no, bloggers, you don't have to show each and every step of artistically photographed recipe creation. I don't care how the bowl looks after you add the sugar. I hate scrolling and scrolling and scrolling to find the real recipe. YES. And it can take forever for all those photos to load on certain platforms. I wish she'd include a "skip to the recipe" link at the top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I love Ree, but I abandoned the site a long time ago. Partly agnst with the overwhelming nature of it making it difficult to navigate a recipe on my phone standing in the kitchen, and partially because, well, I'm not June Cleaver. LOL, I've said it. I just simply am not the queen of cooking and baking. To give you an idea just exactly how much specialty item food preparation I do here, I had to buy a 4 lb. bag of sugar the other day. It was the first sugar I purchased in almost 2 years! I hope my children remember that while they have never been blessed with the cookie baking, gingerbread house making mamma, they do have one that routinely preps and launches rockets with them! :lol: For me, any time I am looking for a recipe, simple is best, and a website that is easy to navigate on phone or kindle because until I've tried it once, I am not likely to print it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meena Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yes, too many pictures of inane details! I like one picture of the finished product so I know what mark I'm trying to hit. And then maybe a picture or two if there are complicated steps (like shaping dough or what color to which the sugar needs to be caramelized). I also don't need a story of how your cousin's grandmother's sister's truck driver husband found this recipe on the back of a cereal box and you had to try it in memory of him. Or how the autumnal air and leaves the color of rust, mustard, and hipster rainbows called you to write a 1200 word essay on why you needed to bake a pumpkin cheesecake. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Agreed! I hate all the recipe blogs trying to brand themselves with their own particular blend of pithy-saracastic humor.... that sounds just like everyone else's pithy, sarcastic humor! Ugh. BUT.... I do love all those photos. I'm a cooking photo person. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I think OP was saying other bloggers and recipe sites try to be like Ree and they fail. She likes Ree and doesn't mind her site. I just watched at least 2 episodes of PW. Sometimes she gets on my nerves...but today she was soothing because my dog is dying. In general, if I can't skip to the printable recipe in 10 seconds I move on to something easier to navigate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie~Phlox Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 And no, bloggers, you don't have to show each and every step of artistically photographed recipe creation. I don't care how the bowl looks after you add the sugar. I hate scrolling and scrolling and scrolling to find the real recipe. I find those especially insulting to my cooking intelligence. As if I can't tell my peaks are stiff enough without a picture reference. :rolleyes: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I think OP was saying other bloggers and recipe sites try to be like Ree and they fail. She likes Ree and doesn't mind her site. I just watched at least 2 episodes of PW. Sometimes she gets on my nerves...but today she was soothing because my dog is dying. In general, if I can't skip to the printable recipe in 10 seconds I move on to something easier to navigate. I feel that was a little rude of me to say she gets on my nerves. After reading her blog for so many years her voice doesn't match the voice in my head and I can't reconcile that quite right. That's all. I am getting use to her actual voice vs the voice of my imagination. My parents bought us a set of her dishes for our anniversary. And her butter dish. And my SIL bought me a set of her flea market bowls and the little set of beautiful measuring cup/bowls. I am so please with all of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I find those especially insulting to my cooking intelligence. As if I can't tell my peaks are stiff enough without a picture reference. :rolleyes: I wish I had had such detail instruction when I was young. It is still helpful sometimes.....but yeah usually it is over the top for someone who has a general clue about cooking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 You need to use Copy Me That. It's a free site. You install their toolbar tool and anytime you're on a site with a recipe you click on it. It goes through the page and excises out the actual recipe. Then it's stored in your recipe file on the Copy Me That site. You can edit and print. I love it! Brilliant! I need that! I have a thousand book marks on my phone, this looks like a good solution for that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I love Ree, but I abandoned the site a long time ago. Partly agnst with the overwhelming nature of it making it difficult to navigate a recipe on my phone standing in the kitchen, and partially because, well, I'm not June Cleaver. LOL, I've said it. I just simply am not the queen of cooking and baking. Neither is Ree, no matter how hard she tries to make people believe it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 I think OP was saying other bloggers and recipe sites try to be like Ree and they fail. She likes Ree and doesn't mind her site. I just watched at least 2 episodes of PW. Sometimes she gets on my nerves...but today she was soothing because my dog is dying. In general, if I can't skip to the printable recipe in 10 seconds I move on to something easier to navigate. I like Ree's site, but I am only a rare user and know what to expect there. And if I am looking for a culturally authentic dish, I don't mind some historical narrative, in fact under such circumstances I like it. But when I want to browse-compare recipes because I'm looking for a new way to jazz up baked chicken, I don't need the details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Neither is Ree, no matter how hard she tries to make people believe it. June Clelaver she may not be but she certainly managed to whip up a lucrative brand in a few short years. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I kind of love the whole food-as-story thing. If I don't have time I scroll to the end, but I enjoy those photos. Not as a how-to, but more as a mini food-themed carnival ride. I encourage their behavior. ::ducking:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I would love to be able to google up some recipes without having to wade through pages of debatably amusing commentary and scads of ads. I love the original but most of the spinoffs just get in the way. Maybe JAWM. Yep. Completely agree. Before PW, food bloggers would blog a recipe with some commentary and usually one photo of a finished product- maybe a before photo of the ingredients used. Now it's step by step AND everyone has monetized their blogs so that they are loaded with affiliate links. No thank you. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I like Smitten Kitchen and Cook's Illustrated. I'm not a PW fan. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Oh, is she one we can blame for the pages that scroll for.ever. with endless high res DSLR photos of artful dustings of flour and the little crumb on the counter to lend 'realism' & omnipresent links to affiliate stores? Another reason to dislike her then. I don't like her & have been avoiding her for years but it's a bummer she's infected so many people. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Frog Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I like Smitten Kitchen and Cook's Illustrated. I'm not a PW fan. I get frustrated with Cook's Illustrated because I have to sign in and provide a credit card when I do. I have a subscription to their magazine; that should be enough for me to register easily. If there's an easier way to do it, I'd love to hear it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 PW always has the recipes at the bottom if you want to skip the commentary. I generally do... Anywhere that doesn't do that though is annoying. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I scroll through quickly and just get to the recipe. So many sites are like that. On the one hand I feel kinda bad because I imagine these people put a lot into these blogs, but on the other hand, I don't have time to read a dissertation anytime I want a recipe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 You need to use Copy Me That. It's a free site. You install their toolbar tool and anytime you're on a site with a recipe you click on it. It goes through the page and excises out the actual recipe. Then it's stored in your recipe file on the Copy Me That site. You can edit and print. I love it!I'm going to check it out. Does it have a mobile version or an app. This is exciting. Yeah, I really don't need an amusing story about the shoes you bought last Wednesday in the middle of a cheesecake recipe. And my biggest pet peeve is when I get through all the inane chatter and there isn't a printable version of the recipe. 😡 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I love Ree, but I abandoned the site a long time ago. Partly agnst with the overwhelming nature of it making it difficult to navigate a recipe on my phone standing in the kitchen, and partially because, well, I'm not June Cleaver. LOL, I've said it. I just simply am not the queen of cooking and baking. Those of us who remember Ree from these boards probably get the impression that she herself would laugh at a comparison to June Cleaver. She was pretty down to earth while she was here and I kinda miss her spark. I too have abandoned reading the blog because it became too time consuming and now everything seems to be filtered through the marketing analyst. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 And no, bloggers, you don't have to show each and every step of artistically photographed recipe creation. I don't care how the bowl looks after you add the sugar. I hate scrolling and scrolling and scrolling to find the real recipe. AMEN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Oh, is she one we can blame for the pages that scroll for.ever. with endless high res DSLR photos of artful dustings of flour and the little crumb on the counter to lend 'realism' & omnipresent links to affiliate stores? Another reason to dislike her then. I don't like her & have been avoiding her for years but it's a bummer she's infected so many people. To be fair, I don't think she started the whole affiliate links thing. But the scrolling forever with billions of pictures? Yep. When she made it big, it was like a clarion call to every food blogger wannabe, and they started emulating her style. I suspect it was some of the mommy blogs that really got the afflink thing to take off. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I would love to be able to google up some recipes without having to wade through pages of debatably amusing commentary and scads of ads. I love the original but most of the spinoffs just get in the way. Maybe JAWM. Yeah, this annoys me, too. I feel like the rest are PW knock-offs and I can make a brocolli cheese soup without 49 photos and fifty paragraphs of wisecracks. Althought, even for PW, I really just like her cookbooks and never really liked the blog so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Oh, is she one we can blame for the pages that scroll for.ever. with endless high res DSLR photos of artful dustings of flour and the little crumb on the counter to lend 'realism' & omnipresent links to affiliate stores? Another reason to dislike her then. I don't like her & have been avoiding her for years but it's a bummer she's infected so many people. Monitizing ruined blogging for me. I pretty much stopped blogging myself because I didn't want to randomly monitize (such as Goodle Ads) because it would probably put ads for idiotic things that I am speaking out against on my blog. :D Like, I would probably have a post about drying your clothes on a line to save money/energy and Google Ads would find the "drying clothes" keywords and put in there ads for dryer sheets. As a blog reader, my experience of reading was totally ruined when they would say something like, "...and then I shred in my Kraft Real Aged Cheddar Cheese and mix it thoroughly with my KitchenAid Mini-Stand Mixer in Rose Gold...." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Yep. Completely agree. Before PW, food bloggers would blog a recipe with some commentary and usually one photo of a finished product- maybe a before photo of the ingredients used. Now it's step by step AND everyone has monetized their blogs so that they are loaded with affiliate links. No thank you. I used to love reading blogs. Now, I avoid them like the plague! Aff-Links and ads have pretty much ruined 98.9% of the internet for me. Especially the dang "subscribe now" pop-ups within 5 seconds of opening the site. Let me see what you have to say first!! I miss the good ol' RSS link in the corner. I subscribed to WAY more sites in those days than I do now. Annoying me with an instant pop-up is a guaranteed "F you" to subscribing or purchasing from me unless I really, really, really need your 100% one-of-kind product (so like 0.0000000000001%) of the time. But, it must work - they're still using the model and it's growing in popularity. I wish more people would follow my lead and boycott all annoying "gimme gimme" subscription pop-ups and exit the site immediately so they have to learn a new way! Signed, A grouchy old woman Damn kids, get off my lawn!! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I want you to know I'm typing this on my Dell XPS computer (in cool white) [insert photo of my unmanicured but still cool looking hands in slight blur over a Corsair gaming keyboard (MSRP 129.99). A plant is in the background (avail at Ikea). Also a dog (avail at your rescue center).] Click to subscribe to all my threads! 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlossom Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I have a crush on Mel from Mel's Kitchen Cafe. She does just the right amount of 'splaining and her recipes aren't overly extravagant. It's good, simple, home-cooked meals. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 It's not PW that bugs me - I expect that at her site and find it entertaining. It's all the other storyteller recipe sharers that bother me. Just give me the list of ingredients and cooking directions right at the top, please! yes!! Exactly. It is so annoying to have to scroll through a gazillion photos of food in various stages of cooking just to get the @@ recipe. Everyone thinks they're an arteest. :rolleyes: Another thing I'm finding on those sites is music or video ads. No... just no. If I want to hear something whilst looking for a recipe I'll turn on my own music thankyouverymuch. :glare: I leave those sites immediately. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I like Smitten Kitchen and Cook's Illustrated. I'm not a PW fan. I used to love Smitten Kitchen! She was doing artsy photos with a story before PW though. (athough she only used a smattering of photos). I liked her because she was a chef but her apartment kitchen was this tiny little thing with a down-sized oven. It was refreshing to see someone create beautiful and yummy things with very little space and gadgets. I know she had a kid or two and I'm sure she moved. I haven't been to her site in years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I used to love Smitten Kitchen! She was doing artsy photos with a story before PW though. (athough she only used a smattering of photos). I liked her because she was a chef but her apartment kitchen was this tiny little thing with a down-sized oven. It was refreshing to see someone create beautiful and yummy things with very little space and gadgets. I know she had a kid or two and I'm sure she moved. I haven't been to her site in years. Yes I never got into the food network thing because i never had a dishwasher nor miles of countertops.I am loving some of the more realistic kitchen ones, such as Mark Bittman, NY times cooking and smitten kitchen. Cooks Illustrated is to me like the AOPs of cooking, completely amazing but more complicated than necessary. Turn chicken inside out and such. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I think we talked about this a while back and the word was that keeping you on site longer (while all those stooopid photos load and you try to scroll past them) makes it possible to charge more for ads. Not that I've ever clicked on an ad at a recipe site, but I guess someone must. Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I really like Budget Bytes. She has step by step photos, but usually AFTER the recipe. So it's easy to avoid them and only use them if you want to clarify some instruction. The only time she does it differently is when she is blogging about a process (like she just did one on how to brown butter) and the photos are kind of the point. I also find her ingredients and recipes are ones I can use everyday. Typically stuff we have or I can adapt easily. Typically fairly easy to prepare. And I don't think I've made anything from her site that was not good. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I am not a pioneer woman and never have been. I have made her rolls for Christmas on occasion. I spend an hour making them and they get gobbled up in 10 min. by my 4 boys. They gobble up store bought cinn rolls in the same amount of time and don't compliment me for spending the hour making them, so, store bought it is! I think I am just cranky as the holidays approach and I don't want to go through a lot of work to decorate, purchase gifts, or bake this year. I want a SIMPLE Christmas. SIMPLE. Is that possible? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 (edited) I think we talked about this a while back and the word was that keeping you on site longer (while all those stooopid photos load and you try to scroll past them) makes it possible to charge more for ads. Not that I've ever clicked on an ad at a recipe site, but I guess someone must. Emily You've got it. I teach web design and multimedia at the college level, and that's exactly what is going on. Certain design issues mean more ad revenue. When it was just a sideline for her, I remember her saying that she included pictures because she like that when recipes do that. Usually it was just a few though. Now though they're much more extensive and the narrative has increased. I actually like her cookbooks and watch her show sometimes. Totally different than my messy life, but that's OK. It's an escape. Edited November 19, 2016 by G5052 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meena Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I have a crush on Mel from Mel's Kitchen Cafe. She does just the right amount of 'splaining and her recipes aren't overly extravagant. It's good, simple, home-cooked meals. I really like Budget Bytes. She has step by step photos, but usually AFTER the recipe. So it's easy to avoid them and only use them if you want to clarify some instruction. The only time she does it differently is when she is blogging about a process (like she just did one on how to brown butter) and the photos are kind of the point. I also find her ingredients and recipes are ones I can use everyday. Typically stuff we have or I can adapt easily. Typically fairly easy to prepare. And I don't think I've made anything from her site that was not good. These are the only two cooking blogs that I read regularly. Mel is the best. I've been following her for years and love her recipes, her tone, and her personality. Budget Bytes is fairly new for me. I actually found her book first at the library and started reading her blog after liking the book a lot. I love her cost breakdowns and how her recipes shows how she uses up larger items/leftover ingredients for less waste. I haven't read PW in years. The pictures and stories are meant to be the "stars" but they always felt overdone to me. I love reading about cooking when it's focused on technique or science, so I'm another CI/ATK fan. But the cooking as storytelling only works for me when reading someone like Ruth Reichl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderchica Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I love Sally's Baking Addiction. She does have lots of photos, but she explains why recipes work and gives lots of thorough tips for those who are interested. I have made tons of her recipes and they are all really good and easy. She has a huge variety as well. She has a couple cookbooks now too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 (edited) I have a crush on Mel from Mel's Kitchen Cafe. She does just the right amount of 'splaining and her recipes aren't overly extravagant. It's good, simple, home-cooked meals. Yes! I love her too! Every recipe of hers that I've tried has been so good. and I, too, dislike the whole heart-warming story of how I came up with this recipe and here are 8 gazillion professionally photoshopped pictures of how to make it trend. Earlier this week I found a great recipe for coconut chicken strips but the blogger wrote 2 pages of 'this recipe is best made with feelings of love and peace and serenity' nonsense. I almost thought it was a joke. Edited November 19, 2016 by Mothersweets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I used to love reading blogs. Now, I avoid them like the plague! Aff-Links and ads have pretty much ruined 98.9% of the internet for me. Especially the dang "subscribe now" pop-ups within 5 seconds of opening the site. Let me see what you have to say first!! I miss the good ol' RSS link in the corner. I subscribed to WAY more sites in those days than I do now. Annoying me with an instant pop-up is a guaranteed "F you" to subscribing or purchasing from me unless I really, really, really need your 100% one-of-kind product (so like 0.0000000000001%) of the time. But, it must work - they're still using the model and it's growing in popularity. I wish more people would follow my lead and boycott all annoying "gimme gimme" subscription pop-ups and exit the site immediately so they have to learn a new way! Signed, A grouchy old woman Damn kids, get off my lawn!! Oh yes, I forgot about the subscription pop-ups! When I was blogging regularly, people who really wanted to subscribe had to hunt for the RSS button somewhere in my sidebar. Those pop-ups are beyond irritating. I loved blogging, but I was doing it when it was genuine and not just a job. It was a fun little hobby and the people who read and commented on my blogs were genuine. I keep thinking about getting back into it, but I feel like food blogging is kind of beyond saturated and nothing I would post would be unique anymore. Though, my ad-free, pop-up free format might be revolutionary in its own way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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