It really is ALLABOUTGEORGE

Contrary to what I thought, this is not my own peice of cyberspace. I got this email today from George K. who's tells what I can and cannot link to.

I'd appreciate it if you would please take my weblog, All About George, off your blogroll. Thanks in advance.

No explanation given. But he visits my website and then tells me what links I can or cannot have?!? WTF?!?

Maybe if he gave a reason like "Prince your site sucks and having you link to it just brings traffic to my site from people who don't know quality." That would be something I could understand. But to just want me to remove his link is rude and without giving me a reason, dumb. Is he baiting me?

I'm just a simple guy who promotes records for a living. Should I be able to walk into his house and tell him he can't have a record I promoted? Of course not. I'ld sound ignorant. I'll let you decide how he sounds.

Comments

[Bol]

Wow. I've conducted personal attack campaigns against people for less, but I've got that kind of free time.

[prince]

rightt, but what should I do. Obviously not take his off my blogroll...any ideas?

[karsh]

I'd say something, but apparently my commenting on other folks weblogs is highly monitored to the tune of finger-wagging e-mails and non sequitur blog posts.

Sheesh, when did hyperlinking get so...hyper?

[Bol]

>rightt, but what should I do. Obviously not take his off my blogroll...any ideas?

I'll think about that and get back to you via email.

Also, here are a few links for people to get an idea of how these things come about.

Take for example this:

http://www.blackgayblogger.com/archives/2004/10/07/de-lovely_de-linking/

Which, from what I understand, had something to do with this:

http://www.byroncrawford.com/2004/09/the_real_world__2.html

and maybe this:

http://www.studpoet.com/mt/archives/000190.html

Not to mention the all time heavyweight champion of blog wars, from a week or so ago:

http://www.byroncrawford.com/2004/10/oliver_wang_1.html