tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post6670200208388410908..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Following BlogsGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-68175902817192217462020-10-26T09:31:16.839+00:002020-10-26T09:31:16.839+00:00Jenny, when I get around to tidying up the blog fo...Jenny, when I get around to tidying up the blog format (assuming I do) I will make sure that there is still a way to follow it. Thanks for the tip.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-36393263826556096112020-10-25T16:29:12.284+00:002020-10-25T16:29:12.284+00:00I seem to have different people on the side of my ...I seem to have different people on the side of my page and on the Reading List. Both are important to me. I'm always sorry when a blog I like doesn't have a followers gadget, because I very rarely remember to look again. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-11880929014607156622020-10-21T22:05:54.598+01:002020-10-21T22:05:54.598+01:00Yes, CJ, you can get emails if there is an appropr...Yes, CJ, you can get emails if there is an appropriate widget on the blog. I don't have the widget on mine but I think I did in the earlier days.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-37448006854714537822020-10-21T22:04:06.194+01:002020-10-21T22:04:06.194+01:00Thanks, Jean. I thought I'd answered this comm...Thanks, Jean. I thought I'd answered this comment because I usually have a lot of problems with Wordpress but, as you will know from the last few days, I've not had that problem with yours. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-35345122076849017472020-10-18T22:59:09.201+01:002020-10-18T22:59:09.201+01:00Hi Geeb, there is still a program that alerts me ...Hi Geeb, there is still a program that alerts me to your blog posts by email. And also to Mrs Splapthing's. I think it's obtained by going to a menu while on the blog in question. I shall investigate. Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-31895015845059561832020-10-18T20:39:46.699+01:002020-10-18T20:39:46.699+01:00Possibly fit as a butchers dog. I'll ask her f...Possibly fit as a butchers dog. I'll ask her for a snap.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62063267332436228702020-10-18T18:06:31.554+01:002020-10-18T18:06:31.554+01:00Jean, I've had very big problems posting on th...Jean, I've had very big problems posting on the Wordpress blogs of several friends. However I've just commented on yours with no problem whatsoever (assuming it gets through moderation).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-85386850605910221242020-10-18T15:09:33.201+01:002020-10-18T15:09:33.201+01:00I read your blog from Melbourne Australia but don’...I read your blog from Melbourne Australia but don’t often comment as I’m reading late at night and the Wordpress/Blogger interface can get frustrating to deal with when I’m tired. My Wordpress blog whatliftsyourspirits is daily but mostly a photo blog with heading or very brief comment. Cheers, Jean Jayviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358384803437366118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-7174422993583403942020-10-18T15:09:04.149+01:002020-10-18T15:09:04.149+01:00I read your blog from Melbourne Australia but don’...I read your blog from Melbourne Australia but don’t often comment as I’m reading late at night and the Wordpress/Blogger interface can get frustrating to deal with when I’m tired. My Wordpress blog whatliftsyourspirits is daily but mostly a photo blog with heading or very brief comment. Cheers, Jean Jayviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358384803437366118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-65202239424865471672020-10-18T13:54:55.557+01:002020-10-18T13:54:55.557+01:00Diane, thanks for the suggestion. It was the first...Diane, thanks for the suggestion. It was the first place I checked and, indeed, I keep my junk mail folder up front so that I can always see if there is anything in it. Unless, of course, Google is junking it (I use gmail on a Macbook using AppleMail to view.<br />Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-34395925987528610692020-10-18T13:20:34.782+01:002020-10-18T13:20:34.782+01:00I do the same as you but sometimes I go to my Read...I do the same as you but sometimes I go to my Reading list. I too wondered why I get emails from some bloggers when they comment but not others. Then one day I found a heap of them in Junk mail. Check there. diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38588307690751862992020-10-17T22:12:17.157+01:002020-10-17T22:12:17.157+01:00Your PPP is well understood,Lee. Tomorrow it will ...Your PPP is well understood,Lee. Tomorrow it will all still be there and who will worry?Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-15442798976647183042020-10-17T21:49:52.527+01:002020-10-17T21:49:52.527+01:00Too early on a Sunday morning for this jaded old b...Too early on a Sunday morning for this jaded old brain to start even trying to answer questions, Graham! :)<br /><br />I do still have people on my sidebar blog list that have long gone...I should do some housework, I guess...both in Blogland and in real land. Tomorrow...tomorrow is another day. I'm upholding my Procrastinators' Presidency position!<br /><br />Take good care. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-66056185603125155272020-10-17T19:29:01.444+01:002020-10-17T19:29:01.444+01:00Jill, I don't envy you at the moment. It's...Jill, I don't envy you at the moment. It's bad enough here with Brexit and the controversial Prime Minister we have. Thank you for your support. I shall try and make more of your second morning cups of coffee (or second cups of morning coffee) enjoyable.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-27786855888871378832020-10-17T19:25:35.789+01:002020-10-17T19:25:35.789+01:00Thank you, Ursula. There are several ways of looki...Thank you, Ursula. There are several ways of looking at the "followers and following" thing. If you can remember all the URLs of the blogs you read then you're a better person than I am Gunga Din. I follow a blog if I want it to appear in my reading list. I know there was a fashion when I started blogging in 2007 for people to try and increase the number of followers and some still do. We have free blogging because some use blogs for a very different purpose ie making money. The more followers the more they attract adverts. Mind you that's now largely been replaced by Facebook and Instagram I understand. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-91210148413948410922020-10-17T19:03:35.381+01:002020-10-17T19:03:35.381+01:00Like YP I don't get the "followers and fo...Like YP I don't get the "followers and following" thing. If someone catches my imagination, usually through having read many of their comments on other people's blogs, I'll click on the link, their blog name will register in my memory and, what do you know, I'll type it in, on a (daily) whim, and there you are. Say, galenote. Admittedly I have never been one to spread myself widely. I prefer a few in-depth exchanges over a cocktail party style blogger who welcomes only sweet nothings. Echo chambers by another name. The same type which is obsessed by the number of "followers" yet has little time to give them THEIR own time in reply. So, yes, I'd say I ACTIVELY seek out a handful or so of bloggers, without prompting via email or whatever.<br /><br />As to some commenters not having their own blog. There are many reasons why they don't. Though agree, it can be vaguely frustrating.<br /><br />As an aside, and YP's blog is a good example, the best blogging hosts are those who not only allow discussion but also exchanges between their readers. Unlike one or two I could name who guard their home fires jealously and show you the door if you don't fan their vanity.<br /><br />Sweet Rozanne Geranium - and her visitor didn't even need to keep a "social" distance and/or wear a snout mask.<br /><br />All the best, Graham,<br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29570948869772218042020-10-17T17:23:25.234+01:002020-10-17T17:23:25.234+01:00Once when my computer crashed and I lost all, I wa...Once when my computer crashed and I lost all, I was bereft until I got everyone restored. Blog following is a happy and soothing place to come each morning to shut out the contentious and divisive turmoil enveloping my country prior to this next election; the worst in my lifetime. I look forward to a visit with you, Graham, each morning with my second cup of coffeeJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791018174075586241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-11121422938655527952020-10-17T15:32:04.546+01:002020-10-17T15:32:04.546+01:00YP you stumbled on my New Zealand blog first I thi...YP you stumbled on my New Zealand blog first I think because you followed The Last Visible Dog. I think, basically, followers and following is about creating relationships (in the loosest possible way). From reading your blog all these years I can well understand why, like not having a mobile phone, you do not understand followers and following. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-18286289607162598482020-10-17T15:27:37.249+01:002020-10-17T15:27:37.249+01:00Potty, you have no idea how odd it is when someone...Potty, you have no idea how odd it is when someone tells me of something staring me in the face and which had not occurred to me. As it happens I stopped using Firefox for blogging when Google and Firefox became temporarily semi-incompatible. However all browsers have provision for a reading list and that had just never occurred to me. It has one slight drawback in not showing whether there is an up to date post but it provides a list. Thank you.<br /><br />I am am on social media but I don't use it much at all which often elicits emails or messages asking if I'm still in the land of the living. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-55057327205635476942020-10-17T15:21:49.751+01:002020-10-17T15:21:49.751+01:00Jules, I have learned from this post's comment...Jules, I have learned from this post's comments that I can put a Wordpress blog into my reading list. My list has the date of the last post in the sidebar list but I leave them there in case someone starts up again. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-57519385480235426602020-10-17T15:18:42.907+01:002020-10-17T15:18:42.907+01:00Thanks for that, Alphie. Yes, it can be a little d...Thanks for that, Alphie. Yes, it can be a little disappointing when an interesting commenter turns out not to have a blog. On the other hand I have some old blog friends who don't have blogs or have stopped blogging long ago.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-78668746567579830602020-10-17T15:14:46.064+01:002020-10-17T15:14:46.064+01:00Cro, I would think that your supposition is correc...Cro, I would think that your supposition is correct. My blogs were set up in 2007 when I was living in both Scotland and New Zealand and the idea was that each of my friends could see what I was up to. That purpose for blogging ended and I suppose the subjects I blogged about changed too and my followers are now pretty random.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-61301516752870180142020-10-17T15:12:12.521+01:002020-10-17T15:12:12.521+01:00Red, there are quite a few people who have followe...Red, there are quite a few people who have followed me over the years who have no blog to follow.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-76026222519539006412020-10-17T15:11:31.866+01:002020-10-17T15:11:31.866+01:00Maywyn, I, too, have some bloggers that have simpl...Maywyn, I, too, have some bloggers that have simply disappeared overnight. I find it quite disturbing. Fortunately most who disappear give notice. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-61160168663036477612020-10-17T15:09:37.200+01:002020-10-17T15:09:37.200+01:00Pipistrello, thank you for mentioning that Wordpre...Pipistrello, thank you for mentioning that Wordpress blogs can be put in the Reading List. I follow some Wordpress blogs but commenting can be such a drag that I don't have much enthusiasm for commenting on them. It's not helped in my case by the fact that I started following some when in New Zealand and some here (different blogs and different email addresses) and have signing in difficulties.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com