It seems lately I have been taking trips down Memory Lane. Be it in thoughts, dreams or in blogging. I figure I’ll travel a little further down the road here.
It’s been a very long time since I had to think about comment moderation. Today I saw a private comment that made mention of a second blog that I have. My original blog EL HOMO BLOGO was where I made my start. I had a great readership hearing from guys (young & old) all over the world. It was awesome and I was much younger. It was a fun time. I did something silly and started up a second blog that was focused on gay sex. I was posting explicit images as well as graphic original stories that were fantasies of mine (the names were changed to protect the innocent, as they say). I had the mature content warning up (the banner you see about being over 18 and having to click a button). There were a lot of gay blogs that were mysteriously shutdown all at once. During a period of time where I believe Blogger changed owners. It wasn’t terribly long after the big shut down happened, that they started to pick off others one at a time. Taking into consideration that some of my content most probably pushed the envelope and violated the TOS [Terms of Service] of Blogger at the time, they whacked both of my blogs since they were linked to the same account. I appealed and that went no where fast. For years I tried to get the original name back. I had no way to reach out to my readers and let them know what happened and my fun came to a halt quickly. Needless to say, I was quite upset about it and thought it was unfair.
Years later I found that my original name for my blog was once again available. I was quick to scoop it up. I made a post to let anyone know that might visit the old blog to come on over to my new virtual home. That blog has 2 posts on it one from when I was able to get the name back and one from today, both of which point you to this blog. While I have two blogs registered to me, I only publish regularly here. I like to hang on to the original name for nostalgia and maybe the hope that I could get a former reader back.
Being 100% transparent I got off from looking for material to publish as well as publishing the material and writing the stories. I don’t think I was wrong for doing what I did, but I will still refer to it as a mistake. The thing about mistakes is that as long as you learn from them and don’t repeat them it’s okay. Consider it a life lesson. When you know better, you do better.
It’s very nice for a platform such as Blogger to give away an endless amount of space to people [such as myself] for free to publish their blogs, regardless of content. Thanks Blogger! I have learned from the error of my ways.
Considering that I have new readers, the true joy of blogging is coming back to life and considering that the world at large is on lock down it’s refreshing to have something to look forward to and to get enjoyment from.
Funny story, I chose the name EL HOMO because one of the guys I used to work with at quitting time always said, okay time to go EL HOME-O, meaning returning to home. I thought it was cute and a perfect name for my digital home.
On a different note, today was a rough day at the office so I am looking forward to some R&R with the kids tonight. Hopefully, I can find something decent to watch to occupy my time. I hope all is well in your world and that you are safe. Take care and I will talk with you peeps again soon!
3 comments:
It's interesting that you mention having a previous blog that was more salacious. That's how I started blogging too. I won't mention the name of that original blog. Over time, I matured and realized that my old blog was a bit embarrassing to me, and I set it to private before it could be deleted. Blogger had deleted the old blog once, but I was lucky enough to get it back on appeal. They claimed that it had been a software glitch that deleted my blog. I was glad it could be recovered though, and I could resume posting. It was a pretty popular blog, but it eventually became a chore to come up with posts for it, and I was not enjoying it anymore. I was enjoying my current blog though, so I focused on it. I had run the two simultaneously originally. Now, I just have my current blog.
I am a new reader, sent here by the Closet Professor. I am going to catch up with you on a regular basis I think.
Welcome aboard David!
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