The problem with MP3 bloggers

Sure, MP3 bloggers link to MP3 files that they find online.

But where these bloggers go wrong and do a disservice to fellow bloggers is when they link directly to an MP3 file rather than the permanent link.

MP3 bloggers are depriving readers of reading and the experience of the originating blog.

It's nothing but a weak move.

Essentially, these MP3 bloggers strip out the template, framework and whole of the blog and the blogger's hard work, for the sake of the MP3 file.

To compound the problem, originating bloggers, such as myself, often switch the server which the file is hosted on, when there's high traffic when enough of these MP3 bloggers start linking to your file.

Then, the link becomes dead and no one can access the file. It's a losing proposition all the way around.

I don't discourage linking, but I do expect bloggers to exercise courtesy and link to permanent links and not just the individual file.

MP3 bloggers who don't give their readers a chance to visit other blogs are lame.

And if you don't know what a permanent link is, you probably shouldn't be blogging.