Over at the "safe space" philosophy blog run by Justin Weinberg, I was surprised to learn that 3 of its 6 ads under "paid advertisements" are, in fact, not paid advertisements, but gratis gifts of the editor (one to himself).* This may be a reflection of the rise of Facebook-as-blog noted the other day, or a consequence of the fact that the safe space philosophy blog conceals its visitor stats, or because the ads there aren't very big, or something else. Certainly the proliferation of blogs has put pressure on those seeking advertising--the APA blog, for example, still has no advertisers, perhaps because it has no readers, I'm unsure--and even I've seen a slight advertising dip from the heady days of 2012 or 2013 when I took to selling 4th-from-the-top spots due to demand (now I rarely sell 4th spots). Be that as it may, what amused me in particular is that one of the "free" ads was for Clifford Sosis's great site What is it like to be a philosopher?, to whose usually interesting and entertaining interviews we have often linked. Now if you look at the row of photos that is 7th from the top at Clifford's site, you will see a photo of me in the middle spot, as I was one of those he interviewed. Amusingly, Weinberg went to the trouble to edit me out and replace my photo with the photo of another interviewee for purposes of the free ad on his site. Poor Justin! I must have hurt his feelings on my unsafe-space blog.
*For those keeping track, 5 of my current 6 are paid, with the 6th being exchanged for non-monetary services.
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