Absolutely can’t stand the inexcusably large mouseover area around the yellow "Posterous" links at the top of these blogs. That's the truly obnoxious thing here
Other themes have less obtrusive versions with transparent logos. Most people end up leaving the basic theme because that's what simplicity is about -- reducing the number of choices. People who care a lot can change it. Most people don't care.
I think it's more an issue of most people don't care enough to send you a message about it. It's still extremely annoying and frustrating, because often times it simply won't go away, and so I have to move my cursor back and forth a bunch of times until it decides to disappear.
You're right -- I misunderstood your initial comment. I'm going to think about this some more. Really appreciate the feedback.
I also find the wording a bit strong, too: ”Shouldn’t you?” My snarky response is “Only if I wanted all my content to have an obnoxious yellow thing at the top that cheapens my personal brand.” Politely put, I find it offputting and presumptuous. “So can you” is a similar message that’s much less aggressive.
You can just get rid of it by editing your theme.
Really? A while ago it would add itself back at render time even if the block is removed from your theme template.
Totally agree... one thing you can do with custom themes is move that link all the way to the bottom of the page.