When I moved to Silicon Valley, I told myself I wan't going to be "one of them". You know, the self-important Arrington types who expect people to recognize them on the street because of a blog that gets a respectable amount of traffic. In going back East for a week with a complete cessation of internet, I think I am back to normal.

The Internet Makes You Stupid

And when I come back from my week off and see Arrington taking a poll about whether or not TechCrunch should accept Izea's (formerly PayPerPost) advertising offer, I am validated. Mike has a long history with PayPerPost, and I really can't figure out why. If you hate the company so much, fuck, stop covering them. 10,000 sperm, and you were the fastest?

I like PayPerPost. It's capitalism at its finest. If I could, I'd Get Paid To Blog About The Things I Love. Arrington's main argument is that it pollutes the blogosphere. News flash: nobody gives a shit about the blogosphere. If you are a PPP blogger, the only people who take offense to what you do are sitting in a coffee shop in San Francisco, sipping a latte, typing on their MacBook that's covered in stickers that boast the name of indie rock bands; stickers that said hipster probably bought in a hipster starter kit of some sort, having never actually seen any of the bands in question.

The Don't Taze Me Bro Kid Cries Like A Pussy In The Video

PayPerPost's idea is good, but sometimes their execution makes me want to slide into a chemically-induced coma for the next six years while they burn all of their funding. For example, after I read this little nugget, I wonder just how sharp my kitchen knives are:

Are you a genius? Do you eat, sleep, and breathe the Internet and social media? If so you may be the right person for a rewarding career with the most creative group of disrupters out there.

This snippet links to Izea's careers page, but something tells me that the type of people who are responding to this are those very same latte-sipping hipsters. Oh, yeah, and disruptor is spelled with an 'o'.

Anyway, like I said before, I would do a PayPerPost-type thing if I actually liked the internet, but I wouldn't be suckered into Izea's little scam. If you get enough traffic to your pointless little blog, as I've found out, the advertisers come directly to you and ask you to write about them for money. And you don't have to do any stupid disclosure or any shit.

Credibility? Bloggers have no credibility - we are just a bunch of assholes who write this stuff from our living rooms. Once we leave the internet, we come to the stark realization that nobody cares.

It's very serious business.