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Dismissing an Article Because It was Written on Blogspot, WordPress, Etc.?

I guess one of the dumbest things I've run into on Facebook when I share my essays is, "Blogspot? WordPress? Is that a reliable source?" That's really a fallacy called Ad Hominem. That is choosing to attack me (the blogger) instead of the argument on Blogspot because I'm using a free domain .  I share my articles written in Blogger for this reason--I don't like writing overly long comments. It's sometimes better to link to my links rather than type them so long on social media. Writing articles on my business blog  and this blog prepares me to write a lot. I can choose long essays and short ones . I may need 1,000+ (or more) words to explain a topic. Sometimes, I need only a few words (like this one) to stress a point. In short, I use my blog posts like ready-to-go ammunition.  Is my blog really suddenly, automatically fake news ? FYI, I don't just write. I also do some Internet research. I even quote from some books like the late Lee Kuan Yew's bo...

Why My Plans to Move to Wordpress May Be Gone for Good

I wanted to create a WordPress site for my business and economics blog . I did think that WordPress might be good. However, I decided to finally delete it. Hopefully, I'll find a better blogging platform. For now, I think the big problems I've had with WordPress are as follows: Really hard to customize themes. Sure, there are a lot of cool-looking themes but newer themes don't even have a default search box . I want people to easily find what I have written! The WordPress editor is getting laggy . I really feel that WordPress may be doing a disservice more than a service for those who just want to blog in their free time. It's very difficult to apply labels across multiple posts,  unlike Blogger.  Then, I think this gives me a good reason as spelled out by Spell Out Marketing : 5. No Limitation On the Number of Visitors  Even the expensive hosting plans come with space and bandwidth limitations. Those “unlimited” are never really unlimited . When the number of your dail...