I never check my stats. Well, that is slightly not true. I will click the little link to them on the WP navigation bar thingy, but I don’t really understand it all too well so I usually get bored 30 seconds in and say fuck it. Out loud, yes.
I wish I could be like those people who can make a post and all mucky-muck like say, Yeah so I gained like 587 followers since my Freshly Pressed début yesterday. To all you newcomers, here’s what my bitchin’, fabulous blog is all about. What what. To those who knew me before I was famous, you know what’s up.
I’m not though. Why? Because I don’t look at how many followers I have. I get a notification and I’m like, ooo nice. I check their blog out and decide if I want to follow them also. Though sometimes I have become distracted, claimed to go back to check it later and forget all about it.
I have negative zero interest in math. You may be scratching your head now wondering how math is involved in already formulated stats for you to simply view. I just thought of a great band name. I won’t be able to do the math that’s involved with running a band or put any money toward it, but if you want to start a band with me, hit me up. I know how to make noise come out of harmonica. I don’t like harmonicas, no.
Stats and math are numbers. Fucking shocking, I know. But if you know me, I am an honest engine. I know that is terrible to say, but I like saying it and it makes me think of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. It’s cute, dammit. Plus I am 1/32nd Cherokee. Honest engine.
So numbers, excluding negative zero and the number 5 and numerology, suck. I only like math when I am winning. When I have algebra or informal geometry (formal was just too much for my little brain) problems that I know how to do and I get all the answers right without having to look in the back of the book.
My favorite equation:
Finally. An equation that makes sense. ^_^
5 is my favourite number, too. (squiggly red line saying i spelled favourite wrong… Mmmm, there it is again!). I kid you not, i used to write it down all the time as a kid. literally i would fill pages with just 5′s. I liked the art of it.
Haha. I don’t get why you get a squiggly red line when you spell it your correct way. I thought browser’s spell checkers were made for language differences. US English or UK English depending on where you’re at. Or maybe it’s based on what your computer is set at. So confusing… I think it’s simpler without the ‘u’ though. To ‘u’ or not to ‘u’, that is the question.
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
Yeah, I was shocked when it happened. I’d been blogging under a month.
Brought on a lot of trolls that when reported WP does nothing about. It’s the tits. Thanks!
Prepare for the onslaught, When I got Freshly Pressed two weeks ago, I started getting over 1000 hits a day. It was awesome, but a lot of work to reply to all the comments. Enjoy!
You missed my point. I was Freshly Pressed in November — the high is gone. I’m sober, kid.
Oh, I thought the post said you just got Pressed. Did I misread? I’m so sorry.
Honestly it’s completely kosher, my friend. I sincerely hope my posts don’t flag any WP editors in the future. If I get another email like that I am going to politely decline. It’s not for me. I just like the pretty blue badge and the fact it says “pressed”. Though there may be less trollage now that FP is behind closed doors. Congrats to you a second time over! Glad it has brought you joy.
You know reading over your comments here, you missed the entire point of my post and you’re a screenwriter — even skimming you shouldn’t miss too many details, especially the main idea. You maybe should stop pretending to read my blog. Just a suggestion since we’ve had a similar conversation before. I’d rather be an indie blog with only maybe 5 true readers than a blog where people can completely miss the main point of my piece. I know this sounds completely bitchy, but I’m being honest and don’t know how to sugarcoat it. I figured I’d do you a favor and make this a comment directly to you instead of using you as a post idea, which would have been more fun for me. With that said, I wish you a good evening.
I give up. I’ve tried. Good luck with your writing…
Thank you.
Well, that was an interesting exchange, lol. I think I mostly just like the blue badge thingy too. I’ve seen it change some bloggers and not for the better. I wrote the obligatory welcoming post and it’s nice to see new people. But like you, I’d rather have real discussions. Even if you have a thousand followers, like how many will honestly comment every time? And first read what you wrote! That’s what’s most important.
And you know what else chaps me? The ones who get so big they think they are above answering any comments whatsoever. I have no idea why people continue to even comment on their blogs. Sheesh. In the end, we’re just bloggers. Ya love us, ya hate us, whatever. I have OCD so I find myself constantly looking at those stupid numbers, yet I forget what my total number was before so I never really know if I’ve gained a follower or lost one or what. Snort. I think it’s cool that you don’t give a damn whether you offend or not. People get offended at everything these days. There’s really no way to please everyone. This comment is longer than your post, haha.
What kind of trolls have you gotten? Still having trouble with editors? Oh, btw, you can always email me if you want to talk privately. My email’s under my About Alice page.
I love your comments. You are the epitome of the type of reader I like. I actually have a post somewhere (I’m not very organized so I have no clue where) where I mentioned an FP post that had like 60 comments and the blogger had not replied to a single one. Now technically, there could be a valid reason, but I like to think they are just an ass.
Also, yes, everything is so politically correct that it’s turning too correct. It’s getting to the point where trying to be p.c. can be offensive. For instance, it’s been said that most Indians do not like being called Native Americans. Whoopie Goldberg thinks we need to do without the term African American because not every American born black person originates from Africa. It’s all crazy and everyone has an opinion on everything, if people just learned to let go and take a relaxative they’d realize that another person’s opinion or ideal shouldn’t bother you and that you should focus more on you and less on them. That is why I always say, if you don’t like what you read here you don’t have to read it. No one is forcing you. If you disagree you may say so, but the name calling and throwing rocks need not be. It’s not like I took my rant onto your blog, it’s on mine. (This is all generally speaking, I use ‘you’ a lot in a general manner, habit.)
Trolls are those ad blogs that RoS has mentioned on his blog with one of them and I have had another that comes in and likes all your recent posts and once in a while comments something along the lines of “What you have write in article is good! I hope see more soon.” And it’s all just spam and crap. And I have reported it, but it still pops up even though WP said that I should hear from them shortly on it and that was weeks ago.
I have not been very pleased with WP. They disappoint and I complain here instead of go to the forums because if I am this combative on my blog, I’d probably be worse actually discussing it with a staff member or and expert help person. I’m too passionate and stubborn and in an online setting it’s not a very good thing. That’s why I have made the disclaimer page and have 500 posts about it.
If this was a contest on length, I would so win. I’ll probably get to emailing you soon. I tend to be more of a responder than an initiator though, lol.