Note: This is a really condescending post. But I don’t apologize for it.

So, I didn’t know that this would actually be a real issue, but I feel as though I need to discuss this. See, below every post on this blog (and mostly any other website or newspaper or magazine or book or journal or anything in the world) there is a byline with the name of the person who wrote that post. There are a lot of writers on the site — only few are actually active, however. So, for example, on this post, below the title is my name, along with my picture, and a button to follow me on Twitter. Here it is again below:

So, this is how you know that this post is written by me…Michael Collado. Hi! How are you? My name is Michael Collado. Oh, how embarrassing of me, I don’t know your name. Listen let’s skip the introductions and get on with this post, shall we? (Pro tip: Clicking on my name goes to a list of all posts written by me. The same is true for all writers onsite.)

Now let’s take an example of some random post — oh, I don’t know…perhaps the latest America’s Next Top Model recap. Here is a screencap of the headline.

See how below the headline there lies Samantha’s name, with her picture in her avatar, and a follow button for the NoWhiteNoise Twitter? (Writers who don’t want their Twitter out in public have a “Follow NoWhiteNoise” button instead.) That’s because Samantha wrote that post. So how come almost every day, people completely confuse who writes what on this site? When I coded this look, I made sure that the bylines were LARGE AS HELL.

For example, today NWN received this comment on the post which stated that the Gossip Girl recap (which I, Michael, do) will be late (and by the way, the post had my byline):

Here’s why the ANTM recap was put up so quickly — (A) Because first of all, written-out recaps do not take NEARLY AS MUCH time in comparison as a photo recap does (in fact, it’s not even in the same ballpark)…the workload simply does not compare; and (B) BECAUSE I DID NOT WRITE IT.

And this happens all. the. time. Even then, I feel as though even if the byline is different, people should note the difference in writing style and tone as well. But I guess not. So, I urge everyone that reads NoWhiteNoise to please read the bylines on the site. You’ll get a sense of who writes what. And I ask that you continue this technique in every facet and aspect of life. It’s important to know the author of the text you read — to know their biases, to follow their work, to connect with their thoughts and ideas, but mostly because it’s just right.

Thank you. (And I’m sorry for the condescension.)