Please Define "Top" Without Blinking

The number of views do not define a great blog. Most of the time, those figures came from click-bait and refurbished viral or trending content.

There's a site using ASEAN as part of its domain name (but is it any way involved with the association?) and is sharing news about "top" blog sites but are only basing the recognition based on the views or site traffic.

Mocha gets a lot of views on her page but it doesn't mean she is among the "top" bloggers.

Duterte had 16 million votes, but he is definitely not a "top" personality.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago was "tough" but she was totally not among the "top" senators on my list because of her intermittent behavior.

Satire and fake news sites get more views, comments, shares and likes compared to the more credible sites. The trolls gobble up everything and spreads them like an infectious disease.

Go figure why!

If we wanted to get more views, we could have exerted effort to do the same strategies. But why follow the mob, when we are already doing well just with our little numbers alone.

There are smarter people out there who do their homework and has a better definition of "top"

There are just so many who follow the same old formula just to get the much sought after views even if it means dumbing the masses with their junk content.

I'm not saying all of the blogs on the list are not worthy, but there are better blogs that deserve a higher ranking (including those already on the said list) not because of their views but because of their content.

I used to write for an online publication, and all their concern is to increase their numbers however and whatever strategies to employ just to get them.

Ang akala ko noon everyone is just busy promoting themselves, but when I got into media, that includes blogging, I found out that many are also busy destroying others, especially their competitors. Nakakahiya na yun pang top at senior ang pasimuno sa siraan. They will do everything to maintain their standing even if it means fabricating or exaggerating issues against others.

Dirty deeds never go unpunished. Karma is real!

We also know that the more significant stuff are boring compared to the showbiz or controversial issues. Still, we believe our readers deserve better content than just the hyped "entertainment" that's too crappy to be included among the top blogs in the country.

Blessed Are Those Who Play Fair

Ang akala ko noon everyone is just busy promoting themselves, but when I got into media, that includes blogging, I found out that many are also busy destroying others, especially their competitors. Nakakahiya na yun pang top at senior ang pasimuno sa siraan. They will do everything to maintain their standing even if it means fabricating or exaggerating issues against others.

If they are really outstanding, they don't need to bring down others just to uplift themselves.

As an example, I submitted a complaint against an online publication for practicing unfair competition by indirectly but deliberately forcing its clients to choose them instead of other online publications.

This arrogant online publication (itago na lang natin sa initials na WIM) sends emails to its clients saying they belong to the Top 100 of the Alexa ranking and they do not want to be co-media partners with other "low-ranking sites" and threatens to get out of the media partnership. It also requests its clients to give them a list of their other media partners before they would agree to accept the role of media partner.

Apparently, their ranking has gone to their heads. But we all know why they are on top.... simply because they put out refurbished content they get from trending or viral sources. They put out memes, controversial and exploit the other talked about issues that do not really contribute to the betterment of their readers. They just contribute to the dumbing of the masses. People go to their site to be entertained by trivial content that are fit for the garbage dump rather than for intellectual nourishment.

It is now up to this government agency if they will pursue the case against them or shrug it off as not among their priorities.

But what can we expect from a government that promotes violence rather than harmonious living? I may be expecting so much.

However, I believe dirty deeds never go unpunished. Karma is real! They will soon be enlightened ofvtheir wrongdoings. They just need to believe and realize that the opportunities for everone are plenty. There is no need to be greedy.

Act Now Before It's All Too Late

The present government initiated EJKs, or whatever you want to call it, in the country. No less than the President himself is encouraging everyone, especially the police, to kill.

We do not want a government whose only way to cleanse the society is by mass murder. No matter how much they defend it, this stupid War on Drugs, is wrong.

Drug addiction is a sickness that needs to be cured. You cannot eliminate this addiction if you do not attack the source of these drugs. You cannot eliminate this addiction if you kill the victim.

Yes, drug addicts are victims. The real criminals are not the pushers but those who finance, manufacture and supply these drugs.

But the President is only brave enough to fight the defenseless which majority is the poor.... And the fanatics refuse to believe they have been duped by another trapo who thought the country is as easy to fool as the city where his family governs as a dynasty.

Everything about our President is wrong. Yet the few also thought that because the previous supposedly good leaders turned out to be crooks, they assumed there may be a chance that the crook turns into a hero.

No matter who we vote into position, they will all turn out to be wrong because our election system is wrong. The people who are running would always be those who are equally capable to spend a fortune because the voters would always vote for the most prominent and popular which could only be possible if they have enough resources or financiers to promote themselves. All of them are crooks. We just hoped for the lesser crooks.

Now that it has been proven that we got worst than a villain. We now live in a nightmare hoping we wake up soon. No one feels safe anymore, only those who think they could easily be distinguished among the suspects.

This is not an exaggerated declaration. We have put into power someone who believes life is not precious....and those belonging to the lesser class deserves no opportunity to live. He befriends the suspected affluents and gives them a chance to flee or pay up instead, while the poor gets killed immediately.

We should all send that madman out of the country just like what we did to the dictator and his equally corrupt family before this madman tries to put them, or their allies, back into power and revise history. We should act now before its too late.