I don't know if I am the only one who has noticed it but for the past couple of weeks, there has been an explosion in the numbers of diaries whose title is misleading.
From cheeky to downright misleading.
And I have to say ENOUGH.
Yesterday I was watching a TV show about when do TV shows jump the shark.
One of the answers in the countdown was "dream sequence"
That's exactly right. If your diary does not attract people on its own, it just isn't good enough. You should not have to say "X" and then "Just kidding" or "If you do this and this this could happen". NO. TITLE YOUR DIARY ABOUT WHAT IT FEATURES.
And let me add this. Some good diaries are not being read because once one realizes it is not what I thought it would be, I just get annoyed and don't read the whole thing.
So sorry to say but I wanted to diary to ask everyone who agrees me to join in and say ENOUGH.
I won't give a list or name examples because it is not about attacking diarists. It is about a complaint of a big reader of diary on DailyKos who does not have the time to sort through what is real and what is not and HATES being excited about a diary title and then let down. The campaign is hard and stressful enough as it is that I don't need to get the news that so-and-so is endorsing Obama ... if I contact him. ENOUGH LETDOWNS.
URGH.
So when you title "X happens" and then you start your diary by saying "Not really ... but", well, I want to let it be known that you are annoying.
Most of you have interesting things to say. So don't cheapen it with stunts.
End of my rant for the day. And, yes, if you disagree with me, you are welcome to share your opinion but don't insult me. I am speaking my mind but I know I obviously am not the rule-maker here.
But you can't tell me "If you don't like them, well, don't read them" coz unlike, say, pro-Hillary diaries or offensive diaries, I do not have the choice not to read the diaries that annoy me because you MISLEAD me into reading them.