tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post4719108838065544809..comments2024-02-15T04:02:06.750-06:00Comments on The Eclectic Company: To Follow or Not to Follow - - -Keetha Broyleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850398844489825600noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-69832685366971213072009-05-26T09:21:17.864-05:002009-05-26T09:21:17.864-05:00All very true. Mine id dedication, my commenters w...All very true. Mine id dedication, my commenters who are regulars and lyal to me-like you Keetha- I feel a kinship and friendship with and like good neighbors wants to talk at the back fence daily and see what is new with them. Love that! Love you!Leigh of Tales from Bloggeritavillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501269563354107349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-19946833425405629852009-05-25T14:15:55.703-05:002009-05-25T14:15:55.703-05:00You handled this topic well. I started writing a ...You handled this topic well. I started writing a similar post and it is parked in my drafts. I don't like reading a blog that has a tiny font - too much like directions. And I don't like a busy background behind the words.<br /><br />Keetha, right now I am so behind on blog reading I feel a little... stressed. I agree that so much of blogging is the community - that's where the real blessing comes in. I enjoy your blog very much and you make me LOL often :)jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08547226679311827501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-68741335372770002022009-05-24T22:15:39.082-05:002009-05-24T22:15:39.082-05:00No no Julie, don't hang your head in shame!!! Jus...No no Julie, don't hang your head in shame!!! Just do what you can do and hold your head high!!! You are home LOVING your kids and that is the most important thing of all.Keetha Broyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850398844489825600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-4299517312918917462009-05-24T21:25:52.215-05:002009-05-24T21:25:52.215-05:00Thanks for following me Keetha and being a loyal c...Thanks for following me Keetha and being a loyal commenter! <br /><br />I love your blog and I love that we "met" through blogging. I had no idea when I started blogging that I would "meet" people I now consider friends!<br /><br />I'm trying to be more regular in posting-it's a goal of mine. (you know, since I don't scrapbook or have baby books for the kids-it's the only thing the kids will have to look back on. Hanging my head in shame!)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685903839595125054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-82225177087278963662009-05-24T18:07:47.196-05:002009-05-24T18:07:47.196-05:00Oh, I do hope I meet some of those criteria! But,...Oh, I do hope I meet some of those criteria! But, I confess that I am not too computer savvy...so I'm not too good with the colors and fonts thing. But, I do try to provide a little humor to spice things up!<br />Have loved getting to know you through your blog!Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699862913139313405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-52577142329066943932009-05-24T11:35:02.456-05:002009-05-24T11:35:02.456-05:00I found you through Cry. Like her I use to flip bl...I found you through Cry. Like her I use to flip blogs. Now I click on blogs from comment section. Your list is great I will save it for when the masses discover the pearls of wisdom spewing forth on my blog.mooshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908035097138849211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-17964947286376535172009-05-24T06:11:34.858-05:002009-05-24T06:11:34.858-05:00LOL Cass about your ghosts. I think chips and dip...LOL Cass about your ghosts. I think chips and dip is a lovely idea, will have to work on that.<br /><br />By the way, I haven't gotten my "following bill" yet.Keetha Broyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850398844489825600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-64711564514792088522009-05-23T23:26:20.125-05:002009-05-23T23:26:20.125-05:00I agree with your list, with the addition of my pe...I agree with your list, with the addition of my personal most important criteria --- I follow whomever pays me to do so. Simple.<br /><br />:-P<br /><br />Cass<br />PS My hungry ghosts say Hi, and they ask you to send potato chips and onion dip, as the crunching of the chips might wake us at night and cause them no end of amusement.Cass @ That Old Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12173199705431319322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-68971984331932306182009-05-23T20:17:17.599-05:002009-05-23T20:17:17.599-05:00YOUR LIST WAS GREAT AND I AGREE WITH YOURS A LOT
B...YOUR LIST WAS GREAT AND I AGREE WITH YOURS A LOT<br />BEING THAT I AM SO NEW AT THIS I WOULD CLICK NEXT BLOG ON THE PAGE AND IT WAS SO BORING LOOKING!<br />SO WHAT I DO NOW IS ON A FEW OF THE BLOGS I CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF A COMMENT LEFT AND READ THEIR BLOG AND I F I LIKE IT I WILL STAY<br />I LOVE WHEN I GET SOMEONE NEW TO LEAVE A COMMENT AND I ALWAYS GO TO THERE BLOG AND LEAVE THEM ON MY LIST<br />I MAKE SURE TO ALWAYS LEAVE A COMMENT IF I HAVE ONE BUT WILL STAY LOYAL TO THEM AS LONG AS THEY BLOG OFTEN AND RESPOND TO THEIR FOLLOWERS<br />I LOVE IT<br />I LOVE YOUR BLOG!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-35104271312525416372009-05-23T19:55:41.349-05:002009-05-23T19:55:41.349-05:00I Use Google reader, so that's how I follow my fav...I Use Google reader, so that's how I follow my favorite blogs. I really like blogs that update on a regular basis and have a humor factor to them. Oh, I like photos, too LOL I agree with all of your points :) <br /><br />I also really like craft blogs, decorating blogs, and other topic specific blogs. I put those in a different section of my reader, so when I want to read them (once a week or so) I just scroll through the blog and see what catches my eye.<br /><br />I started reading your blog because you made funny/interesting comments on Leigh's blog and I finally got curious enough about you, that I started reading yours.Kristin - The Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856336718919208752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-66821380219489141732009-05-23T16:33:55.544-05:002009-05-23T16:33:55.544-05:00we lv yr blgs..wl kp comnts shrtwe lv yr blgs..wl kp comnts shrtgrammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255350631867486108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-55936937108384546302009-05-23T16:24:06.277-05:002009-05-23T16:24:06.277-05:002,3,and 4 are why I follow you!LOL But, there are...2,3,and 4 are why I follow you!LOL But, there are other reasons I follow blogs. Sometimes I like the way a person lives/cooks/decorates/crafts/believes and I follow the blog so I can expand my mind and learn something. I may not, nor ever, have anything in common with the writer of the blog but I want to know more about what they do.<br /><br />I don't care so much about posting frequency or pictures, those things are dictated by real-life sometimes and we all know how that goes! A blogger I know came across some hard times with health and family issues and didn't blog for many months but I kept checking, hoping she'd come back to it. And she did(yay).<br /><br />So, is Moe's a great place to eat?? We have one going in here as well, where a local healthfood store used to be.<br /><br />Molly~Molly~https://www.blogger.com/profile/06755051681394616554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-42678996156404183142009-05-23T15:24:46.255-05:002009-05-23T15:24:46.255-05:00I agree with all of your criteria. In fact, that'...I agree with all of your criteria. In fact, that's probably why I follow you. I agree with a lot of what you say. There's a connection there.<br /><br />I do somehow feel obligated to follow folks who follow me; however, since blogger went to this new follower format, I sometimes have trouble finding blogs of my followers if they don't post a comment. Maybe I need a lesson in how to use the followers thingy, but I don't like the way it's done now.<br /><br />I don't put all of the blogs on my sidebar that I actually follow, and I probably need to go in and clean up my sidebar some. One of my pet peeves is blogs that include so many gadgets they they just take forever to load. I mean, I do really like music and would probably put some on my own blog because I think the whole idea is neat, but then I remember how annoyed I get when I'm opening blogs from other blogs and get several different songs going at once. I usually have to just turn the volume down. Plus the music makes the blogs take longer to load. <br /><br />It's not as much of a problem on my PC because it's faster, but it really slows my laptop down. (Have I mentioned that I reallllllly need a new laptop, but I'm trying to hold out for the next operating system. I really don't want Vista.<br /><br />I'm with you on the pictures thing, but then sometimes there are too many pictures. On some of the meme things, some of the bloggers want to show every picture they took of a particular room, table or whatever, when only one or two would do.<br /><br />One more thing. If I find out someone is from Arkansas or they are Razorback fans, I'll definitely follow them.<br /><br />Well, this has been a pretty long comment, but that shows that I must have really enjoyed your post because it sparked all of these thoughts.<br /><br />Happy weekend, Keetha.KBeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749986838867446338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-7242093141089607822009-05-23T13:24:57.965-05:002009-05-23T13:24:57.965-05:00Stacey, it sounds to me like you use very similar ...Stacey, it sounds to me like you use very similar "criteria" for choosing whom you will place on your side bar blog list and whom you will keep there.<br /><br />However we do it, it seems we all must have SOME system for choosing blogs because it would be possible to have so many one couldn't really enjoy any of them.Keetha Broyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850398844489825600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-40247675242225623572009-05-23T13:20:24.812-05:002009-05-23T13:20:24.812-05:00I don't pay any attention to the followers thing. ...I don't pay any attention to the followers thing. I'm sure that I'm missing out on some benefit that goes along with it. When I find a new blog that I like I save it to my favorites. Then after visiting a few times if there's a connection, I add them on my sidebar. Now some of them are there because we have the Texas/Oklahoma connection. Some are there because they make me laugh, some have decorating that speaks to me, some are just obviously really sweet girls that I'd like to hang out with! The blog list on my sidebar updates to the most recent posts. Did I say that right? So it doesn't take me long to visit everyone with a new post.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05728612514516285320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-72253439672375038092009-05-23T12:48:43.396-05:002009-05-23T12:48:43.396-05:00I follow U because I am one of your biggest fans!!...I follow U because I am one of your biggest fans!!!;)I can always depend on U to give me a good laugh for the day, but also love how U are brutally honest about yourself and what U stand for.I always look forward to your comments you leave me, I feel like I have a friend in you, plus U are a very interesting kind of gal!!:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-89834713001829631512009-05-23T11:56:14.645-05:002009-05-23T11:56:14.645-05:00OK, I realize I fall into #1 only. Thanks for loy...OK, I realize I fall into #1 only. Thanks for loyalty. I originally thought to have a "serious" blog, but decided ... well, I can't decide. You have great humor. My sense of humor was left behind in one of our many moves, and I haven't backtracked to find it, so maybe I follow some blogs to vicariously find humor in life ... or maybe regain that which was misplaced.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534835465491483888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-37957738700922872832009-05-23T11:41:54.542-05:002009-05-23T11:41:54.542-05:00Thanks for including me. Probably because of item ...Thanks for including me. Probably because of item 2 . . .Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259236583324720329.post-70838399128085973552009-05-23T11:37:45.775-05:002009-05-23T11:37:45.775-05:00Your list about sums it up. There are some that I ...Your list about sums it up. There are some that I read that don't reciprocate my follow, but most do. I don't post pictures as often as I should-mostly because the headless is hard to come by.<br /><br />Whispering:<br />I'll be honest, there are a couple that I follow out of some unwritten 'obligation'-they follow me, comment on almost every post, but their blogs don't necessarily meet the criteria. <br /><br />I love the community aspect though. And I love you. You certainly don't fall into this category. Ever!I can't find my bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613321200230079978noreply@blogger.com