I have tried really hard NOT to care about how many visits or followers I get. VISITORS I have pretty much decided are beyond my ability to control because of the suspect way that 'Google Analytics' crunches those numbers. I have had the same average for a couple of months now so maybe I have reached the peak of my ability to attract visitors. So be it. I am comfortable in my niche position. I know what I do is great.
But the FOLLOWERS insanity has to stop. I swear there is some troll in Google headquarters that takes glee in letting me watch the number creep up to 200 - 197, 198, 199 and then back to 198. It JUST happened. And I know that back and forth will continue until at least 205 when I can relax and enjoy myself once again.
I am a slave to validation but that is only because I live in the real world where I get NONE of that. So cut me a break Google. Go pick on someone else and leave the Cave of Cool and it's resident monster alone.
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14 comments:
Like the pot of water, stop watching it. It will boil before you know it.
Okay, Eeyore, what is your real beef? Are you saying you don't like all these followers that you have? Are mere numbers not good enough for you? Or is it some kind of performance anxiety that you get when you know there are people watching.
All I have to say, and I say this with the greatest respect (seriously, as a blogger you have few peers. You blog at a blistering pace and everything you post is interesting), nevertheless, I have to say this: Cry me a river!
Try having only 17 followers at your blog. Sure I blog like a plodding turtle. I spend more time commenting on your blog than working on mine. Still, it hurts!
Besides, 17, 198 - 205... who cares? All the matters is that you have something to say and you say it! At least that's what I keep telling myself.
Well, my train of thought has derailed, I think, but I still think I've made my point. Maybe.
Thanks guys I needed to hear that. And I do love all my followers. They are really generous with their comments and the time they spend reading my stuff.
I have five followers. Five. That's it. One for each finger on my left hand. None for each finger on my right.
"Grasshopper, it is only when we quit seeking validation, that we truly receive it."
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You have EARNED your "following" because of what you post and because of your interaction with other bloggers via comments. I said it before and I'll say it again, your comments are more creative than a lot of "posts" by other bloggers.
Now snatch the pebble from my hand...
Snatching Pat...snatching
Oh sure, you give me grief for being OCD at 98 followers, but you can go off on a tangent.
What's that I smell, is it the dour odor of hypocrisy?
But seriously, your daily visitor count is about what I get in a month. So man up.
Okay I get it...shutting up now. Geez you guys. I feel bad now for wanting more, MORE MORE!!!
I always wonder why people stop following when they do... So weird. But I'm with TS. I have only a third of your followers, ha ha!
They stop following because of boobies and jeebus....or they are octopus lovers and I have no use for collaborators like that because we all know what we do to collaborators don't we?
Oh and Streel don't worry about you having a third of my followers. Everyone I know LOVES your stuff and you will be top lioness on the foodchain in no time.
A significant percentage of my followers are those of whom I know nothing. I wonder sometimes how the heck they found me and why they bother?
But unless you remove the widget there's no way to get rid of them...
Well, I loves the Jeebus and I still like your blog, so there! And I have boobies, so why should I be offended by them? Silly, fickle followers.
And thanks for saying that, Cal. You're a sweetheart!
I am here to stay sir....
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