After spending time scouring my settings to determine exactly how to remove these pervasive ads covering this blog, I realized the “free” theme isn’t free — it’s actually covered in advertisements. The option of incorporating WordPress into a subdomain of my own website requires either additional fees or allowing corporate sponsors to promote targeted advertisements. What you see? That likely depends on your search history. What I see? If I searched for something on a Big-Box-Retailer’s website or helped shop for a vendor, ta-da! I get an ad! Are you hearing the disdain in my digital voice right now?
For the sake of convenience, I use WordPress to organize this blog: you may see this post today, but I likely wrote it days in advance because I have scheduling and editorial calendar options. Instead of making my main domain a blog, I have this subdomain — look, I’m trying to have that professional web presence even though my teaching philosophy needs to be revised desperately and my resume needs to become a C.V. (curriculum vitae) with updated achievements and skills. Regardless, I pay the annual fee for my domain name; I pay the monthly fee for my web hosting. This concept of charging more money for everything is beginning to grate on my nerves like Gordon Ramsay violently shredding cheese while berating his kitchen staff.
I suppose, for now, we will tolerate the corporate sponsors who do not share their profits with me. If they require some space to allow me whatever conveniences I enjoy for releasing my words into the wild, fine. I will trust the process for the time being until I can determine a method that satisfies me while also evicting anything that does not resonate with my goals.
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