In comments about weblogs.com

In the comments in Dave Winer's post re: weblogs.com he says:

"Groundrules: Personal comments, ad hominems, will be deleted. And no negotiating or whining."

Pity he hasn't deleted a lot of the abusive messages posted there. Because I'm having second thoughts about my offer:

1. there's many, many more than thought, perhaps with high traffic, maybe loads of pictures or other server loads
2. whilst some are thankful, others are downright abusive
3. why the hell should I do something for free, when most of these people could afford to pay?

Of course, not all will come here. It's probable that the abuse is just one twisted soul. But, are these all freeloaders? Will I be expected to support them and host them in perpetuity? What would happen if I make a business decision, "the free ain't paying, the payers are taking too much of their burden, please download your site and move else where?" Would I be subject to the same abuse and outcry?

No, sorry, if you come here you'll need to pay our standard rate for Manila hosting and our relationship should be one of business, not charity:

£49.50 ($90.56) a year in one lump sum.

Or, £4.13 ($7.56) a month for 12 months.

You'll get the service then, that you'd expect and I wouldn't feel ripped off.

You should also buy a domain name off a reputable supplier like register.com, that's where I buy mine. You can then take charge of where that name points to, and even wildcard it so you can have more sites here like www.mysite.com, fred.mysite.com, apples.mysite.com and so on.

If you're serious about your weblogs.com site, then you should be serious about hosting it. A domain name of your own is vital!

Harvard man loses 3,000 weblogs | The Register

Dave Winer popularized Netscape's RDF syndication format, which has since splintered into nine incompatible formats.

This is just troll bait.

I'm unsubscribing to the register. The news there has gone tabloid.  Obliviously they're after traffic for ads. Wankers.