The Blogging Ecosystem

The beautiful thing about blogging is that people can self-publish their work, and they own it, flaws and all. It generally rises and falls in the internet ecosystem on its own merits. Patheos attempted to give certain blogs an evolutionary advantage… but now they want to genetically modify them as well. That crosses a line for me.

I would rather maintain my independence and potentially have a smaller audience than sign a contract which compromises that independence. Generally speaking, I do...