"Gather ye rose-buds while ye may." Robert Herrick

"Gather ye rose-buds while ye may." Robert Herrick

Hello Friends!

Friends, Romans, countrymen...y'all. Foodies, gardeners, artists and collectors - let's gather together to share and possibly learn a thing or two in the mix.

Donna Baker

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Follow Me


I have been reading others' blogs that I follow and they are reporting losing followers.  Must be something going on as last night, I lost five followers.  Didn't like my last Gather post?  I don't think that would offend anyone nor bore them silly.

Seems the developers at Blogger are rewriting the followers gadget.  If your followers are not following through the Google Friend Connect Gadget, they are gone.  

I understand little of blogging, even after more than 600 posts.  So, let me just give you a link to someone's blog who can explain this much better than I ever could.  Hope this works.  Miss Smarty Pants I am not.

20 comments:

angryparsnip said...

I must check that. I rarely look at my followers but I have noticed that sometimes
my comments do not get posted.

cheers, parsnip

The Weaver of Grass said...

I never check how many followers I have - I just enjoy reading the comments of those who are kind enough to contact me.

Tom Stephenson said...

Thanks to the Friend Connect and Google+which is forced on us for the sake of revenue, I am now being contacted by complete strangers who withhold their profiles. I don't like it, but I suppose Google has to pay their .5% UK taxes somehow.

Jacqueline @ HOME said...

I've lost about 300 followers Donna !!!! ....... Blogger reckons it will enhance our blogging experience ..... I can't see how !!!!!! Never mind .... I'll live. I think that it's more for their convenience than ours !! XXXX

donna baker said...

Oh Parsnip, I have had so many problems with blogger. I can only cross my fingers. Lost another follower last night. Trivial, yes, but I don't want to post for just myself.

donna baker said...

Me too Pat, but I don't have the numbers to lose many or I might just be talking to myself.

donna baker said...

I don't know why they change things up, but I'm not tech savvy enough to keep up. Cruzr knows everything about blogger, but I sill can't grasp it all.

donna baker said...

Jacqueline, that is astounding. Has to be the new rewrites or else they are just missing out on a beautiful, fun blog. I don't like it when they change things as I can barely do it the old way.

Frances said...

Thank you, Donna, for you post and the link. I will have a click over there.

I also thank the previous commenters here who've had similar experiences to my own.

The photograph is splendid. I immediately thought that image could give rise to a wonderful children's toy or some sort.

xo

La Table De Nana said...

I can't even read the whole article it's so confusing to me..yes I just looked and reaized about 30 down..not sure how to fix that..I too..do not blog for popularity..I just love the interaction..penpals they used to be called..I love learning and sharing .
I am too afraid to go to Wordpress.I have ben happy w/ Blogger..perfect set up for me..although I should learn to to give it youth serum..:(
I know I have specifically tried to unfloow a few or remove and I cannot..either they are now non exiatant and I don't want them there..or the venues have changed so much my interest has waned..

Deborah Nolan said...

Dear Donna I lost seven followers too. I am not concerned- figure whoever wants to visit and follow great- whoever doesn't that is okay too. Besides lots of people sign up to follow and may only visit once and never come back again. Thanks though for the link. Will check it out. Hugs!

donna baker said...

It is frustrating. I like the pic too - found it on google. Maybe google is going to rule the web someday. ;)

donna baker said...

It is the modern day pen pals Monique. Nitecruzr has helped me when my blog wouldn't work, but I must admit, I can't follow most of the instructions. He knows it all.

donna baker said...

I had lots of problems with my blog for a couple of months and used Nitecruzr, but he knows so much, I have trouble following it. I need grammar school instructions when it comes to computers. Some of us don't have kids at home any more to help us and need a picture.

jerilanders said...

Donna, Yes, I do feel better after reading this, I thought I was paying the price for dropping blogs. How stupid is Blogger and what a dis-service they are doing to all of us.

donna baker said...

Especially for dunces like me. Loved your new header by the way.

Amanda Summer said...

I took off the followers gadget some while back but I never had that many to begin with. Somewhere I learned that page views are another metric to use when seeing if your blogs has readers.

donna baker said...

I did that too Amanda, but had a few asking how to follow me, so I put it back on. I haven't had many followers either. One commented once about being surprised how few I had. Ouch!

Michelle said...

Blogger wants the followers using Friend Connect to have a Google account. If they don't have a google account, they get dropped from your followers. I have lost almost 100 followers already. Here is some more info:
http://buzz.blogger.com/2015/12/an-update-on-google-friend-connect.html

donna baker said...

They'll find their way back Michelle. Unless they are like me and can't figure out how to. One of my followers said today she has lost 300. It is daunting. It may take awhile, but then they'll remember. I really miss those that have quit blogging.