Commmentaries: When Readers Dictates What They Want To Read

From time to time we encounter readers who expressed their preference to pageant news updates over current political issues of national interest. But sometimes pageant news is just so scarce and sparse, the news is few and far between, especially now that there there is no pageant activity around the world. My suggestion here is ... (not that I am complaining) to my readers and followers, we should be contented with what is being offered at the table. I remember my Mom who always tells us, "Just eat what is being served and don't look for food that is not there." Bloggers crack their heads on what story to tell so the blog will not run out of topics to discuss. It is not an easy job. Again ... not that I am complaining.

Even prolific writers run out of ideas on what to write, even the creative ones resort to recycled news just so this site will be up and running. Others resort to discussing pageants that happened decades ago, as they and become pageantry's self-proclaimed historians.  I can't blame them because the members demand pageant-related topics and for sheer lack of materials, they recreated the past and discuss it with the present. Which to some is useless and unnecessary.

When Cheasli committed suicide imagine how many threads were made, how sorry everybody was because of her untimely death.  If the blogger is not creative he will succumb to just repeating the content of the previous threads. Lest one becomes redundant and superfluous other writers talked about conspiracy theories and whodunnit plots and murder itself just to differentiate his thread from the rest. I did one myself, and to make our thread in contrast with their content, we distance ourselves from Cheasli's death and instead focus on launching instant mini advocacy that talks about suicide prevention and early detection of a depressed person and being aware of its signs.

Again, not that I am complaining, but when some readers just happen to pass by and open this blog by accident, and then she suddenly whispered to you a dreary, "Pageant related topics only please ..." sometimes it can be frustrating ... and infuriating.

The taunting voice kept on reverberating in your consciousness and make you question yourself, "are the current political issues of national interest less important than pageant updates? And then the thought segued to the voice so powerful it can limit your breathing space and restrict your freedom and made you realize somebody is dictating you what to do and what topic you will start. And then you start asking yourself, "will they like what you have written or you will be reprimanded right away just like when somebody just sprung from nowhere and ask you, "Who are you? Are you a low life?"

Political topics are fillers, not that we want to write them.  When the blog owner's mind is blank and there are no pageant updates available, can we not resort to writing political issues to fill the void and the vacuum that is constantly infecting the site environs? Just like today, how many NEW topics were added? Three or four?  And there are days when to is only one or two - it gives the impression to onlookers and bystanders that the internet is decaying or dead, just like what detractors are saying.

If all members are active members and not finicky readers, then it is a different scenario. When the pages of the blog are deluged with comments, one will feel there's life in its four corners, and the atmosphere is vibrant, active, and dynamic.  But the fact of the matter is, only a few are, and the rest are just waiting in the wings for news.

We are not getting anything from being a blogger nor there are incentives so we will continue doing it. It is our way of showing this is a labor of love.  We want to contribute because we do not want it to die.  So if it's only consolation if we can try a little, being nice to each other and not grabbing the blogger's throat and giving him a jugular, there is still hope for it to survive.  But if toxicity persists and everyone is free and entitled to say his piece even if his manner of doing it is rude or crude then nobody can blame a member if he finally decided to call it quits.

Just my two cents worth.  And an unsolicited opinion.