Give me £10 and I’ll let you read my blog

With the Times, NY Times and countless magazines charging for content online, I’ve been thinking, why the hell should I just give my opinions away for free?  If I had a penny for every time I’d published a poorly worded article online I’d have a bucket-load of pennies. Maybe even enough to buy an even fancier bucket.  With bluetooth or something.

Where do I see myself in 5 years time?

Hold on, a thought occurs.  There’s always going to be some communist who’s going to give away exactly the same opinion for nothing.  Still, despite being exactly the same, my opinion is clearly of a much higher standard than that other guy’s. So surely people will still pay for mine even if it’s free elsewhere right? Right? Hey, where are you going?

Wait, come back! OK, I concede, after having thought about it for a little bit, maybe I’ll keep my blog free for now.  If I started charging I’d probably lose my ten regular readers for one paying reader.  On the other hand, what am I waiting for? Cough up the cash or get the hell outta here!

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