Our Blog Followers
Several comments about blogger's word verification included comments regarding our followers and whether or not the number of followers really means anything.
The number of followers/members can be a psychological belief that that many people are actually following our blog and it can make us happy to "think" that many people read our blog. It can work psychologically in another direction as well. When we go to someone's blog that has hundreds and thousands of followers, and that can make us think that we must be missing out on something really big at this blog.
It's only a number, but it seems to be a number we all want to attain on our blogs whether it be a true following or not.
It's only a number, but it seems to be a number we all want to attain on our blogs whether it be a true following or not.
Personally I have about maybe 20 - 30 actual followers. That would be my guess. Of my 280some followers, 260 of them joined my site in order to have a chance to win a prize on another blog, Sew We Quilt. They were extremely nice prizes. I would also have to credit 15 - 25 of you actually following me found me by way of Sew We Quilt. Because I only had 3 flickr friends when I started blogging.
I have an attraction to collage. And all those little squares of followers up there make up a really fun collage. But I do not in any way kid myself by thinking that many people are reading my blog. They just wanted to win a prize. A handful even returned after the contest and removed themselves from my following.
I guess I would rather have a collage of true followers up there, but I haven't figured out how to delete the prize chasers or even if that is possible. In any case, I enjoy the collage, and I know that my new followers and my very first few followers are my "real" followers. After my guest appearance and the prizes were distributed, I began to watch you join my blog as a follower (It must be because you want to follow) and I always go and check out your blog in return (if you have one).
It's your blogs there to the right that I love to check in on most because you're checking in on me too. Some of you don't have a blog...yet. But I keep checking so I know when you do start blogging! I so appreciate all my true followers and thank you for all your generous and kind comments.
So, does the number of followers mean anything to you?
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Happy blogging!
Annie
It's your blogs there to the right that I love to check in on most because you're checking in on me too. Some of you don't have a blog...yet. But I keep checking so I know when you do start blogging! I so appreciate all my true followers and thank you for all your generous and kind comments.
So, does the number of followers mean anything to you?
Now here's a fun one too...our
List of Blogs
that we follow.
Everybody wants to be at the top of everyone else's blog list. So, very soon now we no longer will need to know our alphabetical order...we'll need to know the order of importance for punctuation marks.
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Who's winning on your blog?
Happy blogging!
Annie
