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The Dark Side of Triond

Posted on August 26th, 2010 in Writing by cybertruth
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The secret to success…

     It’s a funny little journalistic microcosm we reside in.  So many people come through these gates, and so many leave soon after.  The revolving door of the online writing community.

     Many of us are entrenched in a few choice ideas of how to succeed here; most are absolutely wrong.  “Read mine and I’ll read yours!”…. worst idea out there.  Why?  Because it doesn’t work.  The only people who should waste their time with that dribble are the poetry writers… Sorry to break it to ya, but you’re not going to make any money anyway.  Proceed with your circle jerk of reciprocating insincere compliments.

     Or perhaps the incessant stream of Trionders who spam the forum.  Trust me…. you’re only going to get a handful of views, and that’s a maybe.  People continue to tell you it doesn’t work, and yet some of these idiots continue to do it over and over, convinced that the 11 views they accumulate in 4 spam sessions makes them Hemmingway.  It doesn’t.  It makes you what you were before you started spamming… an idiot.

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     Ah, and then there are those who think that they are literary professors…. so much more adept at the English language than the rest of us.  Insistant that your article simply must be grammatically perfect in order to reach the promised land.  Numerous times I’ve had some idiot tell me how ignorant I am for using the wrong version of weather or some such.  Often accompanied by one of those silly little “No one will ever read your articles!” on an article already with 6 figure views.  Don’t write pure garbage; any dolt can use a spell check.  But Total grammatical proficiency has nothing to do with traffic.

     And finally, we have our moral grandstanders.  “How can you write things that aren’t true?  Johnnie Depp isn’t dead!  Oh, his family will be devastated when they read this! Don’t you have any integrity?”  In a word…. no.  Integrity is a myth on the internet.  You may choose to maintain your moral highground, writing your articles about how to be environmentally friendly while you poop.  Me?  I’ll be over here on your dashboard.  To quote, of all people (I’ve said it before), Eminem:

      “Will Smith don’t gotta cuss to sell records.  Well I do.  So f*** him and f*** you, too.“

     Everone wants the answers.  How do I do it?  It’s as simple as this…. I am the dark side of Triond.  I will write about nearly anything.  I will stretch the truth, and I will lie.  I will say mean nasty things about celebrities and politicians.  I couldn’t care less if I miss a capital letter or spell a word wrong.  In most cases, I don’t care what you write, and I’m damn sure not going to read your article.  I am not a great writer; at times I am not even a good one.  But at the end of the day,  you know where you’ll find me.  On the list.  I am, sadly, the future of online publishing.  I am very average, but I am a promoting machine.  I can and have pulled thousands upon thousands of views out of absolute crap.

     This is where your answers lie.  If you want to make money at this, learn to do what I do.  I have said it many times… Stephen King could write here under a fake name, and without promotion, no one would read his stuff either.  The most important words you can learn here…..

Triond is not a writing site.  Triond is a publishing site.

     Say it again….

Triond is not a writing site.  Triond is a publishing site.

Triond is not a writing site.  Triond is a publishing site.

     Make this your mantra.  Now go forth.  Promote and conquer.


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