Do You Think Making Money From Blogging Is A Sin?
I tossed this question among blogcatalog community. In response I received so many interesting, weird and logical answers to my dig up. Some answers were so interesting that I love to share them with you guys in the form of this post. Moreover I ask you to tell me now that who’s answer do you think is the best? Comment your view below.
[1] Thaiger
Yeah, there are alot of people that say they make money blogging, but when you check out their blog, it’s just a clutter of ads with little content. And the little content that’s there is something like “To make money, you need traffic”, you know, something obvious. I think those money blogs are just marketing strategies to help sell their ebooks. It’s not a sin though… unless you’re lying.
[2] cooper
Not if you make money from something worthy and shut up about it. There is nothing more boring or uninteresting than listening to people talk about how much money they can make from sitting on their asses.
[3] jafabrit
I don’t care! How others choose to use their blog (within legal limits) is their business.
[4] Norski
I wouldn’t call them a “sin,” except in a very metaphorical sense. They’re more like patches of thick fog on the information highway
[5] satijournal
If you’re producing something that there is a demand for, there’s nothing wrong with making money from it. Blogging can be a lot of work. Domain name squatting is another story. They don’t produce anything or add any value. I don’t know if that’s a sin, but it should be a crime.
[6] MadameX
Sin is a strong word, but I think in general that it’s destructive to society that we’re working so hard to find ways to make money without actually producing anything. There are bloggers who are creating something valuable and using that as a forum to make money, and there’s nothing wrong with that–any more than there is anything wrong with making money from a magazine or newspaper or writing a novel. However, blogs that exist only to make money without adding anything of value to the world or the people who might read them are, in my mind, another story…something akin to sitting home and printing up counterfeit money instead of getting a job.
[7] drdental
There are certainly some “gurus” out there running “how to make money online” blogs that are purely profit motivated – with very little actual help coming from their blogs. It amazes me with so little contents how they’re still successful, but once you create an empire it’s not easy to tear it down. Anyways, I don’t think it’s a sin to make money on a blog because it’s no different than making money at a 9 to 5. Is that a sin?
If you ask me I love what Copper said above “There is nothing more boring or uninteresting than listening to people talk about how much money they can make from sitting on their asses.” Are you listening to it my dear Mr. John Chow? Well now it’s your turn to let me know who’s answer do you think is the best. Comment now.
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I don’t think it’s a sin making money from blogging. And I agree on drdental and MadameX answers.