Friday, May 7, 2010

Was it the chad?

I've lost a total of three (or was it four?) followers in the past 2 weeks.  I realize that people who "follow" don't necessarily read.  I also understand that people want to weed out the blogs that they don't actually read.  It doesn't make the sting go away though.

I've been thinking a lot about unfollowing blogs that I don't read.  I would rather not have a blog roll and instead have my own reliable list of blogs I enjoy.  After losing "so many" (<- relative) followers though, I'm not sure I want to put anyone else through the disappointment.  Frankly, it sucks.

So, was it the chad?
Tom Green as Chad in Charlie's Angels

13 comments:

  1. Yeah, it's always a bummer to see your number go down. But it's a part tof blogging life, I guess.

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  2. oh, i didn't notice. i thought you had more at 104! but then again, you may have 'secret followers' that read your every word but don't make it official, kinda like brangelina. Thats me, minus the immorality ;)

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  3. I recently had the same thing happen. Bummed me out some but my still have my regulars...
    ahhaaa The Chad

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  4. I lost a couple a few weeks back and realized it wasn't anyone that I recognized so I figured they lacked a sense of humor or something. The same must be true for yours :)

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  5. Yeah, they come and go and you wonder who it was. Oh well. I still lurve you. :)

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  6. i'm with ya, sistah. i lost 7 followers in the past couple of weeks. i cried into my tub of sugar cookie dough.

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  7. They do come and go. But I never unfollow anyone. So it wasn't me!

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  8. haha... I do care about my amount of follower, but not as much as my reader, and more importantly commenter, and the blogs in my blogslist is the ones I enjoy reading, not because they're my followers... I make sure to visit each one of my followers/commenter though, and if I like the blog, I leave a comment, follow them back and I'd put them in my list

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  9. oh! And I tagged you in a little game, well.. you can always choose not to but maybe you need a filler? :)

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  10. I am guilty of weeding people out of my reader. I hope I didn't hurt feelings, but I really try to keep up with every single blog in my reader and they were mostly people that hadn't updated in months or that I haven't read since like last year.

    You know it wasn't me though. I would follow you anywhere forever.

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  11. That is so strange, I just lost 3 followers too! Maybe the same ones? Hmmm!? And, i think I am going into depression just thinking about it! Boo

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  12. You know, it's funny. As a relative newbie to the blogging scene, I bookmark tons of blogs and just continue to visit that way. I think this stems from the fact that I follow an old-fashioned approach to just about everything in life.

    But I have just started to "follow" you. I have no idea how this works, so I'll prob continue returning to your bookmark. In any event, I always like to read what you have to say :)

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  13. It sure stings. I just wish they would let us know so we could unfollow them as well.

    But i'm determined to write for me and not to please anyone.

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