in September. At first I loved the little pictures of people sitting there. I loved the idea of "followers" who liked my blog enough to put their little picture there. Ego feeding? Well, maybe.
When I first started this blog, I had a couple of my own rules about what blogs I would link to in my sidebar. I would not link if they had advertisements. I would not link if they were overtly political. I would usually not link if their blogs were written from the perspective of an "expert" in recovery.
Now I have links, including pictures, of all sorts of blogs. I am not sure how I feel about that. If this blog is supposed to be about being a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, shouldn't my links also reflect that? Shouldn't they steer clear of politics? Shameless advertising of treatment centers and books on "recovery"?
Yesterday, I lost one follower. I can't even figure out who left, but the number is one less than it was 24 hours ago. As one who tracks opinions for a living, who carefully gathers statistics and then tries to present them with veracity, it is weird to have such soft science on my very own blog.
And I expect that this post will annoy one or two of you enough to remove yourselves from my "followers" list. Don't worry, I won't know who you are...
Have a nice day :)
16 comments:
I reckon if someone deletes their blog they would disappear. Maybe that is what happened?
Even though my blog is not about recovery I do find a lot of comfort in your blog. I don't have the addiction myself but my son does and blogs like yours help me daily. But then my blog is just a country girl living life......no opinions or advertisments and such.
You always think things are going annoy someone (hee hee).
It's funny you should post this today, because I was going to talk about the same thing tomorrow. My problem with it is that I start comparing myself to others "MC has more followers than me" whaa whaa
It's what I check first when I open my blog in the morning. I thought I might try to figure out a way to hide it. Good grief-I'm a 3rd grader.
What Pam said. I do the same thing as far as comparing myself to others, who has more followers, etc. Then I realized my blog is for me and hopefully others will benefit from it in some way, shape or form. I love reading what you have to say and we all know, some people will like it and others will not. That's OK!
What Pam said. I do the same thing as far as comparing myself to others, who has more followers, etc. Then I realized my blog is for me and hopefully others will benefit from it in some way, shape or form. I love reading what you have to say and we all know, some people will like it and others will not. That's OK!
I'm totally with you on this (should I worry;)
I have links,so why the followers. It does seem like a contest. Also, I've noticed some poeple put their picture on every single blog I've gone to (no matter what it's about). I'can't imagine they are reading all of them, it would be a full time job.
I'm torn about deleting it because you get the update feed that way. I'm thinking I should delete the links & just use followers.Oh, why does it have to be fraught with so many decisions??!
nah, i like reading your thought-provoking posts.
I like the term "soft science."
Whatever. Enjoy the day!!!!
I just let it be and get the updates. That way I also may find another interesting blog out there. There's room for more than one way to get information and I'm all about that.
Sometimes I wonder if blogging in itself is an ego feeding or deflating propostion.
It makes me think of what a friend told me she said to another friend when they were talking about what they'd say if Jesus appeared right smack in front of them; "pick me, pick me."
I cannot imagine missing your words for the day. They are the leavening in my daily bread. You keep me coming back because I learn and want to do that some more. J.
What an interesting post Mary. Thinking about it, I started a blog to put my thoughts down. I don't have a particular person in mind who its aimed at. As for the blogs I follow. I follow the ones I want to. The ones that interest me or have caught my attention. Usually about recovery, but maybe other things as well. I guess none of us wears the same clothes so why should we all have the same preferences. Youve got me thinking. Thanks
I have been reading your blog ever since I started - both times. You, Pam, Daave, and Scott are strength in the blogdom. I have added others, but y'all are what I started with and I ain't gonna change it.
I have always enjoyed your blogs MC
It's gonna take a whole lot more than that to get rid of me as a follower, even though I prefer to be a leader lol.
:-)
I follow you, albeit, anonymously.
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