I was going to post this on Metroblogs, but I decided maybe I shouldn’t drag my fellow bloggers there into a feud with Joy Johnston. 
When I first moved here and was looking for information about the city, the Atlanta “blog” from about.com worked its way into my rss reader.
Perhaps its bad form to moan about another local “blog,” but since there is no way to post comments on that site, I am left with no recourse.
What a piece of junk. I don’t know why I haven’t deleted its feed yet, but there it sits, and I dutifully read the new entries. about.com is an internet dead end. A black hole. All the links link to another page on about.com, which link to another page on about.com.
I’m always looking for local bands to check out, and today there was a mention of one I hadn’t heard of (I haven’t heard of many), 13 Stories. Great, I think, I’ll check out their website and see what they are. Not from about.com, I’m not. I’m going to keep checking out the same page on about.com. Over and over. I can’t escape without (the horror) actually having to type “13 Stories” into google and searching myself.
Maybe I’m lazy. If looking for basic functionality on a website is lazy, then I’m lazy. Perhaps I am too picky. I’m sorry, when your link reads “Visit Their Web Site” I want it to *gasp* go to their website.
I know everyone knows this about about.com. I’m basically saying “McDonald’s hamburgers are made from soy!”
And I still haven’t gone to the band’s website.