DISQUS

I have to add one suggestion: Don't make political posts unless you're running a current events/political blog in the first place. I've lost count of how many otherwise good niche blogs I've walked away from permanently because I've gotten sick and tired of irrelevant political slams being forced down my throat in between otherwise-excellent posts about technology, cooking, etc.

(I should probably note that in 9 out of ten of these cases, it's the same political side being taken across the board. It's almost as if these bloggers actually enjoy ostracizing fifty percent of their potential readers.)

I'm a journalist, and the only thing I found wrong with it is that it seemed like a waste of time. Real-time twittering of a funeral simply isn't needed or particularly desired by readers. But tasteless or "inappropriate"? Please.

What I did find inappropriate and journalistically questionable was the ABC reporter's inadvertant admittance that her blog bookmark list consists entirely of journalism shoptalk sites and the Daily Kos.