5 things that your blog doesn’t need

The More Minimal blog has a very interesting post listing “5 things that your blog doesn’t need”:

1. Badges
2. Social bookmarking buttons
3. Google AdSense insertions (when your blog has low traffic)
4. The Really Big Blogroll
5. Unrequested media (i.e. Background music)

I agree with most of the items. Badges, buttons and other intrusive objects just clutter the blog without adding to the reader experience.