tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29552770.post116196509524370712..comments2023-06-11T06:03:12.069-05:00Comments on Think In Pictures: Adventures In Visual Education: Notes On Blogger's Worst Week EverJeremiah McNicholshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586987877676673757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29552770.post-1162126426269661332006-10-29T06:53:00.000-06:002006-10-29T06:53:00.000-06:00You are not alone, Jeremiah... and I should say I ...You are not alone, Jeremiah... and I should say <A HREF="http://manuelhp42.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">I agree</A> with your comments about why Blogger should still get its act together in spite of being a free service.manny hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858113972000180533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29552770.post-1162003305506824252006-10-27T21:41:00.000-05:002006-10-27T21:41:00.000-05:00Blogger is a good free, basic service, one of many...Blogger is a good free, basic service, one of many good free basic services Google has released over the past few years, all of which make it an amazing and dynamic company right now.<BR/><BR/>That being said:<BR/><BR/>1) Paying for a service is no guarantee it will be better, so this is not very practical advice. Many pay services are worse than their free counterparts. Welcome to Web 2.0.<BR/><BR/>2) Offering something for free does not mean that you should not complain when your free thing fails you. Reading my blog is free, yes? You don't like, you criticize, offer suggestions, whatever. Makes sense to me.<BR/><BR/>3) Google did not buy Blogger for altruistic reasons. This does not change the fact that blogspot is free for bloggers, or that we should be any less grateful for the service. But it does mean that Google should care if we don't, and have an interest in making the service good enough that people don't sign up for it and then leave when they learn about all of the deficiencies, and of the other blogging services - some free, some just dirt-cheap - that they could be using instead.<BR/><BR/>4) Google does great things with free. They also do great things with basic. And there's nothing wrong with either of those approaches. But you have to make it work, or you shouldn't be doing it. Google knows this, and we're all hoping that the Blogger beta solves the significant problems that face this free, basic service.Jeremiah McNicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586987877676673757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29552770.post-1161984613137051862006-10-27T16:30:00.000-05:002006-10-27T16:30:00.000-05:00How much do you pay for this service? Oh, I forgot...How much do you pay for this service? Oh, I forgot it's free!<BR/><BR/>Go pay for a service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com