Is EntreCard a Metaphor For Sex?
InternetOsphere March 7th, 2008
metaphor
noun.
- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in “a sea of troubles” or “All the world’s a stage” (Shakespeare).
Recently, I briefly posted about the benefits of EntreCard for a blogger attempting to promote their blog and who also might be looking for other interesting blogs to follow. Blogs that have registered with EntreCard are regularly updated and well-maintained. Owners of these blogs generally understand how interaction with commenters can drive visitation rates up. Whether they are interested in making money from their blog or just finding an interactive audience, EntreCard has proven to be a useful tool towards either end.
But there seems to be a Freudian undercurrent to the creation of EntreCard. Let’s consider the following:
- It is more satisfying when my drop is reciprocated.
- If I’m tired or don’t have time to do much dropping, it’s still nice to be dropped on.
- I’ll drop on people for a while, but if there is no eventual reciprocation, I stop dropping on them.
- I usually drop on people first and only afterwards read their blog to find out more about them.
- If you drop on someone and they then drop on you but you are not interested in dropping on them anymore, is it rude to ignore them?
- It’s really cool when I drop on someone and they drop on me at the same time.
- I’ll drop on ugly or cute widgets, but I prefer to drop on cute ones.
- I think twice before going back to drop on a blog that takes a long time to load or is too complicated for me.
- It’s nice that there are no strings attached to dropping.
- After dropping on people, they sometimes become your friends.
- Some people talk to you more after you drop on them, others do not.
- Sometimes EntreCard is up, sometimes it is down. It is mostly up.
- The more EntreCard credits you have, the richer you are, and the more people that want to be your “friend”.
So there you have it–some food for thought. Gotta go. The Girl is waiting for me to drop on by.
Update (April 8, 2008): EntreCard has modified their economy and, in my opinion, reciprocation is not as big of a deal as it used to be. I’ll still try to reciprocate as much as I can though because I’m just that kind of a guy.
Update (January 1, 2010): I no longer have Entrecard attached to this blog for various reasons. At the top of the list: Change in ownership of the organization, unfilled promises, no time for dropping anymore.
March 7th, 2008 at 9:08 am
LOL. Dude, that’s just awesome!
Be gentle when you drop on me!
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March 7th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Cute, very cute. Coming from the consistent ‘top dropper’ on my site… this makes me a little worried… lol
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March 7th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Rudy: As long as you’re wearing that leather outfit I like, I’ll be gentle.
fragileheart: Don’t worry. You know what they say about good dentists…you won’t feel a thing.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Too funny. And frighteningly enough, the metaphor works.
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March 7th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Hi Haley. What I find most frightening is the fact that I came up with the metaphor…
March 8th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Considering how often we drop on each other, well – does that make us gay? (not that there’s anything wrong with that.) If you’ll excuse me, I suddenly feel like I need a shower …
March 8th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
lol but if I’m going to be having sex (and evidently cheating on my bf) I don’t want to NOT feel a thing!!
lol Canucklehead!
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March 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
fragileheart: Try Canucklehead then, he’s a much better dropper than I–and he’s proven it by siring a child. You’ll probably feel much better drops with him. This weekend is a good time because his family is away.
Canucklehead: You don’t owe me anything for the hook up…Guess I won’t be coming over anymore.
March 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I almost always have a good time dropping! (Except for those sites that take forever to load or make my browser crash.)
Hmmmm. Yep, the sex metaphor works.
March 8th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Kelly: Too much alcohol makes things take too long to load and also causes my browser to crash…I wonder if Firefox has a plugin to help.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I don’t think Firefox is gonna help you any, Periapex.
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March 8th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Well then maybe I’ll follow some of the links in the comment spam that I get on here…
March 11th, 2008 at 3:51 am
this was funny… you should make it up into a “all i really need to know about sex, i learned from entrecard” card and sell it to the junkies…
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March 11th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Hmm. And then fame and fortune will follow and people will recognize me as the de facto EntreCard sex authority.
Um. I think I’ll stick to what I do better…Thanks for the suggestion though. Hope you’ve recovered from “working” at that resort.
We could do with some of that sun and sand over here in Canada these days.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Did someone say Sun & Sand and Canada in the same sentence?!! When? Where? How?
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March 11th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Yeah, this has been a pretty depressing winter, starting off early with freezing rain. Everyone has some degree of cabin fever now.
At least there was blue sky out there for a few hours today.
March 11th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
That was SOOOOOO funny!!
Good job!
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March 12th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Thanks for stopping by Monique. Looks like lots of rain over there in Texas. I’m assuming you’re not cursed with the cold that we have here though.
April 8th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
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