I have always been a little mystified by the fact that such a small percentage of people who follow a blog ever make any comments. I really would like to hear from you. I need your feedback. I am not saying that I can make everyone happy, but it seems that if we all work together we can make this blog more enjoyable for all of us.
I seem to average about one and a half new followers per day. But the thing is… I know, there is always a thing with me, isn’t there?… I do so many different weird things on this blog that I always wonder about the new people who press that follow button.
In the last several weeks I have done:
Funny pictures of bats. Pictures of sunsets, rugs, watercolor paintings, drunk robins, cute dogs, and the Bay Area. There has been poetry, some silly ramblings about evolution, and a whole lot of other funny Photoshop pictures.
If you started following me during the pictures of flowers or sunsets or the Bay Area, I can only wonder what you think of the rest of this stuff.
I always feel as though I should explain myself.
But I can’t. I am just weird.
So if you wouldn’t mind, drop me a comment.
At least that way, we can be weird together.
Pouring My Art Out 
I’m here, leaving a comment. My comment is boring because I am very tired right now and I need to catch up on your blog since I have not been around lately, but it is a comment none the less, blueberry head…
If I didn’t miss your comments I wouldn’t care that you haven’t been here… but I did notice.
Hey, I’m a pig with an unique curiousity. You tickle me. That’s why I stalk you… I mean follow you. Snort – Bacon
I have never tickled a pig before… that is my story and I am sticking to it…
snort – see that’s what I like. Your funny sense of humor.
You just bring out the best in my… it must be the little curly tail and beady eyes.
Now how many more comments can I leave to make you go “I’m getting UBER popular all of a sudden.”
I know. Whenever I do these posts asking for more comments it seems like I am just pandering, trying to get a few more views and comments to bump up my stats. And there is some truth to that. But that isn’t all of it. I am going to do another post now just to clear that up.
lol, I don’t actually think that, I agree with all of it. Out of just under 300 followers you’d think I could get 100 views per post but alas, no
I have days where I get a hundred, and days where I get 20. It is a rollercoaster.
I feel the same way, about my blog and my followers. I can only imagine how many ‘followers’ stopped paying attention when my Christianity came further to the front. Or how many Christians look at ‘blogging in the bathroom’ or one of the other random posts and pray for my soul.
And from what I can tell, about 3 of my followers actually seem to read each post, but then again, I can’t tell how many may just read it from the email and move on.
WordPress gives us just enough information to be interesting but not enough to be helpful.
If you really want to keep yourself awake at night, go to your stats and check out how many times people have been referred to your blog through Facebook.
All those people could only have come if someone else had posted a link to you. And said something about you. And you’ll never know what it was.
Facebook is stealing all those c useful comments you’
Sorry. That was supposed to say Facebook is stealing all those comments you’re after!
I am such a bad speller that that made sense to me… thanks.
I always worry that no one is sharing mine. But then I’m self centered at my very worst. I guess you have to be to write a blog to some extent.
Hey… I am not self-centered… now stop talking to other people on my blog and talk about me some more!
The stats do drive me crazy. The weirdest part to me is the search engine terms that people use to find my blog. There are some sick people out there. I consider it my duty to keep them busy looking at my weird but harmless stuff for even a little while.
my search results hold true to my geekiness, 90% of all searches come from an image search for r2d2 or the deschanel sisters.
ummmm okay… I should do a post of some of mine.
Following because I feel your weirdness–all of it–the bats, the sunsets, the poetry, whatever. I feel a connection.
See, now that is one of the nicest things that anyone ever typed to me. Thanks.
Yes, exactly right, you are weird, and wonderful. I, for one, am following to see who it is who finally helps you organize your weirdness.
Good luck with that.
I think some people on WordPress see someone is popular and they follow them then they have no intention on ever returning. I’m always curious how about the people who follow and always click Like but never comment. Do they read my stuff even? I’m so curious.
I will never stop looking for the answers.
I find these people ARE reading my blogs, and I know I’ve written an especially good post when they DO comment. Which is typically a post that surprises me that ‘THAT’S’ the one they liked.
Amen…
“Your thought is outstanding; the problem is some thing that not enough consumers are speaking intelligently about. I am fairly happy that I stumbled across this in my search for something relating to this”
Sorry AB, I just became possessed by a spam commentator.
Remember the fake spam message I cut and pasted into hundreds of random blogs? Oh, good times.