I get a comment on a blog post. It says “Please follow my blog”.
Nothing relevant to my post. Just that one short line.
The same blogger also appears as a ‘New Follower’.
I check out the origin of their blog. Who knows? I may like it, and want to follow.
But it is just called ‘Site Title’.
There are no published posts.
So why would I follow a blog that has no title, and no posts to read?
Answers on a postcard, to the usual address.
It reminds me of the annoying Facebook pages that want people to do a visit for visit. I find this silly and very off putting as no-one reads the posts, they just click to add another view, seems a little demoralising.
Blog because you want to blog, follow because you want to follow and don’t force others to do it back. That’s my personal opinion.
Have a great day.
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My feelings exactly, Jessica. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I had a fellow come to my new blog,follow me and then leave me a comment asking me to go and like all his posts. That was it, that was his comment. Ummm…now why on earth would I do that?! I get what he’s trying to do but he picked the wrong person,haha. I challenged him and we had a bit of a conversation.He told me yes, it usually works when he tries this on other people 😬It boggles the mind!
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Well done for challenging him. I get so many like that, I usually just Spam them immediately. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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🙂 I was just so curious! I will be spamming everything else from now on. It’s so nice to meet you Pete! -Lael
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Seems you are acting for them like a honeypot. 😉
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Apparently I am, Michael. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Haha. I’ve just started my blog a few days ago, but at least I figured that I had to post something daily. 😬😂
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Good luck with your new blog. I hope you enjoy being a blogger.
And many thanks for following mine. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks, Pete. And you’re welcome! 😊
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I’ve blogged on and off for 20 years and I agree with you. It appears not much has changed by way of following/commenting etiquette.
This particular site of mine now is a month old. I’m blogging for many reasons really, mostly because I enjoy it.
Would be nice to see more comments and an active discussion on my posts but I guess that takes time to build on.
I follow anyone who took time to like my posts from the Reader.
I comment where I feel necessary like now lol 😂
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I just checked, and your gravatar links to your blog, which has content to read. That’s all positive. If you are happy to blog on and off, and comment when you feel it is necessary, that’s fine. As for active discussion on your posts, that comes once you are involved in a busy blogging community. And as you rightly say, that takes time, in my case at least the first five years of my blogging journey.
Good luck with your latest blog, and my best wishes.
Pete.
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Can I just say, I am in awe of how you interact with others on here. You always reply to everybody so respectfully. It’s lovely ☺️
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Thanks for your kind words. I was taught good manners as a child, and I like to apply those to blogging. If I didn’t do that, I would lose respect for myself.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I want to read calming and inspiring content. There is too much useless stuff here. All this makes me irritating sometimes.
I encourage the people who are trying to be better.🙂
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Thanks very much for your comment, Lokesh.
Best wishes, Pete.
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👍👍
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they already expecting follower base before starting to blog.
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That could be the answer, but then they are sadly mistaken. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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exactly! 🙈
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Thanks, Zandra. Glad you agree.
Best wishes, Pete.
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How can I not? You really have a point on that. And you are most welcome, dear. 😊
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Trolls? I’m getting them too. 😦
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I can’t work out what they are. Bloggers with no-content blogs, asking me to follow them. To what end? I won’t buy anything from them, and they have nothing for me to read. It is up to 25-30 a month now, and I am simply spamming them from now on.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I suppose there is some kind of exposure for them, but as you say, why bother if they have no content of their own? I don’t spam them, but that’s only because I don’t have the time and energy to check each one out first. Bah humbug. 😦
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PLZ FOLLW ME THERE IZ A POT OF GOLD WHN YOU DO!
; ) Ray
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Yes, such comments are constantly irritating. I just mark them as a spam usually. 🥴
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Thank you, Dishita. Spamming them is an option of course, and may teach the bloggers concerned that they are doing something wrong.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Site tittle sound a might blowing
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If I click on your blog, guess what I find? It is called ‘Site Title’. At least you have a lot of content. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yeah..
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Good Information
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I hope you take this advice. You have no content on your linked blog except for the generic WordPress format.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I am taking the fact that all the recent drug company spam
Links and comments to mean that my blog is about to blow up and be seen by actual humans. 😂😂
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They don’t normally bother to spam you until you have an audience, Cindi. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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😍😍 wahooo! 😍😍. Have a great week, Pete !
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i don’t get it…
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Me neither, Wilma. They just seem to want followers, without bothering to write anything to get them.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yeah, these comments get annoying 🥴
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They have annoyed me for a long time now, Ayesha.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s like when I get notes on Instagram asking to meet me…so hilariously obvious and sad because it must work sometimes if they keep spamming it out there!
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Some of them seem to be genuine, but they surely don’t expect me to follow a blank blog. Or do they? 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I get these too. I don’t know if it is spam, or a new excited blogger?
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Probably a bit of both. Either way, it’s annoying. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yup.. annoying for sure.
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There are many accounts like that, on blogs and social media. Many of them gather a number of followers and then sell the page to someone who’s just starting.
In other words, Spam.
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Thanks, BRTL. I suspect you are on the right track!
I cannot imagine anyone wanting to buy a blog though. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yup, some companies do that…
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Perhaps they will buy mine?
(Only joking…)
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Hahaha, perhaps 😀
The thing is, they buy accounts with a certain numbers of followers and then market themselves like they have big audience. Simply trying to show off some fake credibility for the products or services they sell
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I just don’t get it…I must spam a few every day for just follow me and that’s without what WP catch and chuck in spam… it’s getting silly x
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If their blog is blank, I Spam them too. I think WP should be posting a few ‘basic’ blogging rules before accepting such blogs.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think so too, Pete 🙂 x
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Ditto, Pete🌺
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Site Title sounds a might vital.
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I’m sure you could make it into a full limerick, David. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I much prefer the blatantly obvious than those who tell me mine is the best blog they’ve ever read, ask me if I would like to blog for them, and then go on to tell me that he/she will share my blog with the world along with a link to some male enhancement formula.
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I might need to jot down that link, Maggie! 🙂 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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It sounds like spam, Pete. I would block the URL.
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It’s a WP blog, Robbie. It just has no title or posts. I get ones like that almost every day. Can’t see why they might think I would follow them.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Agreed. I blog for my own enjoyment and if others like or follow that’s great. I won’t lie, when I get a new follower I get an ego boost but I would never ask. If you write entertaining and engaging posts they will come. Stay well!
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Thanks for adding your own thoughts, KITV.
Best wishes, Pete.
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So aggravating!
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I just don’t see the point. Why do they think I would follow?
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, I’m not new at blogging, have been off and on for years. I would NEVER have the audacity to do that. It’s just plain rude if you ask me.🙄 I never follow them or even check out their “blog” because you never know what you might find at their link.
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Yes, I think it is bad manners to do that. As WP has allowed the follow and left the comment ‘awaiting moderation’, it is usually quite safe to quickly look at the blog. I get these almost every day, at least one.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Perhaps they have “a special offer” waiting for you Pete lol.
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The chance of me following a blank blog is no chance at all, WN. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Maybe they think they have to have followers before they have to write anything.
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That’s possible. But then they are sadly mistaken. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Those post try to flatter you into following them….does not work for me…..chuq
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They are just blank, chuq. I don’t get it. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Who knows what they were thinking!
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It baffles me, Mary. I get it all the time, almost every day without fail.
Best wishes, Pete.
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