6/02/2008

Cursing on your Blog: Do your Readers Give a Sh!t?

Do you curse on your blog?

Cursing is something highly debated in the world of blogging. There are good and bad things about cursing, and it isn't appropriate for all blogs. Some people would say that it is never appropriate, but really, I think cursing is ok in the following cases:

  • It is appropriate or your topic. If your topic is something edgy, using mild cursing is not always a bad thing.

  • It's part of your blogging persona. Sometimes it isn't really your topic - but rather, it is you. For example, I write a college football blog where I curse if the subject matter demands it.

If you're going to cruse, keep a few things in mind. First of all, don't curse for the sake of cursing. It can be really distracting from what you have to say.

Also, don't curse if it is going to be a turn-off for your readers. You may have to take this on a post-by-post basis. For example, if I'm writing on my college football about a player who passed away, I'm not going to be like "F this" and "F that."

Do you curse? Why or why not? Let me know as a comment below.

1 comments:

Paul said...

I guess it depends on the post. I try not to curse too much, especially on my toy blog, but sometimes you have to.