does anybody else besides ME wish that blogger didn't put your number of 'followers' on your dashboard page?
i simply can't help it--my eyes go straight to that number every time i open my page, even though i try my hardest not to look.
i admit that i had the 'followers' box on my sidebar for a while. but i removed it because, even though i told myself that i didn't give a rat's arse, it always hurt a little when i realized that i'd LOST a follower.
i wondered what i did to offend, annoy, or repulse. i speculated on how realistic it would be that they just decided not to use a computer anymore. i even considered sending flowers, chocolates, strip-o-grams....whatever it took to win them back.
i guess it just goes to show that, no matter how old we are, we still feel the sting of rejection. it's like my suppossed boyfriend shane asking anne isom to the jr. prom right after i got home from BUYING THE FABRIC FOR MY FORMAL. to wear to the dance that i never got asked to.
The worst is you can't figure out who it was that left you. Same with facebook, I can't ever figure out who de-friended me. Because then i would go stalk them obsessively so they couldn't get away from me.
I can honestly say I have never noticed that there is a followers count on my dashbord. But I do look at it on my sidebar. And when I went from 47 to 46 a couple of weeks ago, I was sad. But then I realized at least 50% of people who follow my blog are people I've never heard of and who have never commented, so my guess is that it wasn't a big loss when #47 took off.
39ish mom of 4 girls who is gonna mostly post random, non-meaningful, shallow and superficial things and observations with an occasional meaningful post about my kids/husband & photo of my family...
7 comments:
As a devoted follower to your blog (albeit a non-recorded follower) I have had no professional training at all.
I just like what I like.
You are still the bomb.
The worst is you can't figure out who it was that left you. Same with facebook, I can't ever figure out who de-friended me. Because then i would go stalk them obsessively so they couldn't get away from me.
You'll never get rid of me....go ahead, try, I dare ya!
I never was a follower because I like to pretend I'm a leader without all the professional training.
She Bangs! She Bangs!
I think the boyfriend stealer may have been my dance teacher in high school. small world
I totally feel your pain.
I lost a follower today.
No puppy for them.
I can honestly say I have never noticed that there is a followers count on my dashbord. But I do look at it on my sidebar. And when I went from 47 to 46 a couple of weeks ago, I was sad. But then I realized at least 50% of people who follow my blog are people I've never heard of and who have never commented, so my guess is that it wasn't a big loss when #47 took off.
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