Why I hope bloggers never make $$$ Here is why I think blogging should always be for the love of the game.... If x amount of blogging is proportional to y amount of revenue, the bloggers will have an incentive to keep blogging more (and yes, blog well at that). Eventually, the blogger might be able to quit their day job and just blog. Soon, they'll be tracking down stories and publicizing their more thoughtful essays for wider linkage and distribution (as now they have a monetary incentive). They'll also be aware of what topics will catch the most eyeballs. Sound familiar? For-profit bloggers will become journalists. In fact, the one profit-making blog I know of, AndrewSullivan.com is by a journalist, and quite often strongly derivative of his print content. That is called convergence, but it's something I hope most bloggers stay away from, because the beauty of blogging is that it allows one to get a different perspective from the journalistic zeitgeist. Bloggers should have day jobs, then they can talk about something instead of always mining others for information and ideas. Let's not become columnists. I for one am going to keep posting obscure pieces about pygmies and pagans until they disconnect my internet account or someone shut's the universe down.