I think Blogger owes you all a big apology. Or maybe the problem I'm about to express is only happening to me, in which case I'll wind up owing Blogger some condolences, but I'm okay with that. In the end, someone's gonna owe someone an apology!
What's all this ranting about you may ask? Comments. Now it may just be because I'm a noob that I don't already know this, but shouldn't I get an email alerting me to the fact that you've replied to a comment I left on your very amusing or very thought-provoking post? How are we supposed to dialogue if I don't even know you've spoken back?? I guess one way to do it is to write down every comment I ever make so that I can go back and see if there's a later response, but that seems very time consuming and semi stalker-like. I mean, don't get me wrong; I'll go down that long and winding road if I have to, but if there's an easier way, I'd be delighted. Maybe I'm just too used to Facebook where you get notifications for everything from status likes to farmville requests (>:-O). And on a quick side tangent, has anyone else noticed how creepy Facebook has gotten? You can now see how many people have "seen" a post in a group and if someone edited the post you're currently looking at (which, by the way, seems to completely negate the whole purpose of being able to edit your wall post in the first place, but who am I to argue with the mighty and powerful book of faces...)
But back to the whole blog-post-reply-to-a-comment fiasco I was going on about. I just want to know if I'm getting a reply so I know whether or not I need to say anything else back! Sometimes people say more than just "thank you," and I'd like to be kept in the loop. But if that's not going to happen, then get prepared to see your page views start skyrocketing due to my return visits :)
And while we're on the topic, I truly appreciate all of the feedback you ladies leave me. I get so excited when I check my dashboard and see that I have new comments waiting for me. All of them put the biggest smiles on my face, and I thought you oughta know :) Virtual hugs for all.
p.s. Pictures coming tomorrow! I hope the anticipation doesn't keep you up all night ;)
4 comments:
I am SO with you on this! The only reason I saw your reply to my comment below was because I saw your post in my feed and then went back to the older post to see if you commented. I actually researched long and hard when I started my more professional blog to see if there was a way to notify others when I respond to their comment. Not so. The only suggestions I found were to encourage others to include make their blogger email address visible so you can respond to them via email instead of getting a 'noreply' address when they comment. But what fun is that if others then can't see the dialogue on the blog if it's relevant? I guess the other point is to encourage following so that you go back to the blog regularly, but then you end up following everyone's blog and have no time to read any of it (my experience, anyway). So yes, I think Blogger needs to work on that one!
And virtual hugs back...I so love 'meeting' such wonderful people like you in the blogosphere!
I worried that might be the case... Hmm well I guess I could just start emailing replies back, but like you said, it's just not as fun! And blogging is supposed to be fun! This has put me in quite the bind ;) (and as you can see, I'm still not on board with the email replies since I've chosen to simply reply to both your comments...) hahaha.
It's been great "meeting" you, too! I love hearing what you have to say :)
I agree with this 110% - why don't they email you and let you know?! Come on Blogger!!
Take this are your notification that I have replied to your comment on my blog!! haha!! :)
Hahaha!! Thanks, Claire! :) Maybe if enough of us send them emails, we can get this inconvenience changed!
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