We get a lot of comments on the blogs over at rtv6blogs.com. Most of the comments we receive are great: political, insightful, fun. Occasionally we get spammed on posts, or hit with spammed trackbacks. The worst are the readers who actually take their time to tell us that it’s a waste of space:

A new comment on the post #591 “A New Addition” is waiting for your approval
http://rtv6blogs.com/rtv6_toddandtrisha/2008/12/26/a-new-addition/

Author : Anchor fodder
E-mail : anon@anon.com
Comment:
Good Lord, this is a waste of space.  I can’t believe that WRTV pays these two bubble-headed goofballs to post every rambling thought that comes in their heads.  I’ll avoid reading their “blogs” in the future.

So what do they hope will happen because of their comment? That we’ll tell the anchors to stop blogging? That we’ll approve the comment and tell you that you’re right?

If you don’t want to read the blog, then don’t. Websites don’t have the pervasive presence of television or radio. When you turn your computer on, you don’t automatically get sacked with websites (unless you have a spyware or adware problem). So why complain about something you can avoid? It’s not like we’re pushing religious or political views (except on the Capitol Watchblog, and there that’s expected).

Just because you don’t think the content is worth your time doesn’t mean it’s not a blog. It’s still a blog. So watch where you put those quotation marks.

I just don’t understand the point of sending this e-mail.

Oh, and we don’t pay the anchors to blog. We pay them to be on television.