chwong had this crazy idea of making a script that would basically comment-spam people in xanga so that they would visit his xanga. So he could promote his business site with the same name. (yes he had a search box at the top of the xanga so that people would visit.)
i was shocked and apalled. I thought it was a horrible idea and very unfair.
UNTIL.
until chwong allowed me to post in the xanga. So for the last few days, I have been posting the best pieces of all my blogs and journals in the xanga.
and now I am addicted. chwong made the account very anon so that nobody could tell whether the owner was female or male. nor did it include our location. I made sure all my posts were discreet. No telling of whether the writer was female or male. however, chwong did include his first name chris as the xanga owner. To some though, people don\’t know whether it\’s a female or male, right?
So when the comments started pouring in about how great the post was. How insightful it was. How deep and thought-provoking. Well, suddenly I couldn\’t pull myself away from it. I wanted more comments. chwong allowed me to have access to the script so that I could pull more visitors.
And then I would think of the perfect post. Wait for comments. Then I\’ll enforce those comments by my own comments. Then suddenly I found myself navigating the world of Xanga, being appalled at the lack of good writing and how self-obsessed some people were.
But my addiction has hit a mark. I really don\’t want to be surrounded by these teeny boppers and attention whores.
But I am turning into a passive attention whore. I love getting comments back about how great it was.
I can\’t pull myself away. In truth though, this is all wrong. I shouldn\’t be running a script that spams people. But all the same. chwong described it as mutual symbosis. He wanted the hits from people visiting and a brand recognition. I wanted to write and be read. And by me writing well, he gets what he wants for his site. By him allowing me this avenue which I would never do on my own, he has allowed me to explore my artistic path…and to be anonymous in the world of xanga.
at one point though, I wanted to start a flame war on an idiot\’s xanga. But that\’s wrong too.