I have often admitted to being baffled by this or that, but nothing in the history of baffledom has confounded me as much as this latest bafflement. You good people out there have to help me.
Yesterday I published a two part blog with wild rantings about the strange and silly way we deal with the subject of sex. I figured, because of the subject matter, that even if my writing and thoughts were pure excrement I would surely get a few comments by today.
However, when I staggered in this morning and eagerly turned on the infernal machine what did I find?
Bubkas.
When I wrote the blogs I jokingly worried about losing at least half of my readers, but......holy moly.......did I lose ALL of them?
Or is Blogger punishing me for my uncensored ramblings by censoring not my words but my readers' comments?
What I am asking is this........ if you can read this blog (which, to my knowledge, contains not a single dirty word) please advise me by leaving a comment. I just want to be sure I haven't been totally banned in Blogville.
I desperately need to be un-baffled. Please. Thank you.
Friday In The Village Of Lloyd
3 hours ago
Oh, Dear, Lo--I am so sorry. I set you aside to read today and so I didn't comment yesterday. What's a bubkas. Is it like dupa. In that case, I feel like dupa for not telling you I just laughed until I need a tissue.
ReplyDeleteWell, yesterday anyway, your "naughty" posts appeared in my Google Newsreader, but when I went to your actual blog-site, they weren't there.
ReplyDeleteThey must've gone into some temporary Twilight Zone or Virtual Parallel Universe. But they're visible now. :::shrug:::
Me, too. Couldn't read you yesterday but I can today.
ReplyDeleteTo Joanne, IMQTPI and B.O.G
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you, thank you for erasing my bafflement to some degree. I had so much trouble formatting and publishing yesterday that I finally split the material into 2 parts....it was just too long to publish properly. I kept putting it out there....realizing it was all screwed up and pulling it back out, so who know what really happened.
As long as I know it is visible I don't mind if no one cares to comment.
Just finding all of them today, and since i saw you had 3 posts, i thought i'd comment once at the end and save us both some time.
ReplyDeleteWhat you do in your private area is your business, and i don't go beyond that.
I don't normally comment on posts unless I either disagree or have something to add. In your case, Lo, neither of those is usually so ... But I avidly read every word! Keep it up (oh, don't take that last as a comment on your subject matter ... well, do if you must!)
ReplyDeleteLo, I love what you write, though when I just tried to click on your latest post I couldn't access it.
ReplyDeleteI saw the other posts... Just haven't had a chance to actually read them.
ReplyDeleteOK.....call me coward......I pulled the sex blogs because I thought you were all offended beyond words.
ReplyDeleteYou have somewhat reassured me, so I will put them out there again and .....well....Damn the Torpedoes.......(hmmmm.....who said that?)
I read a lot more these days on blogs than comment. Its boring to do with my health. I don't even manage to blog much either. If people are shocked by the posts let them be its your blog say and do what you like on it otherwise what is the point. So here I am commenting but always reading.
ReplyDeleteI read part one but thought there was more to come so I didn't bother to comment. Actually, I found myself bemused by the content but not really drawn to it. But then, not every topic appeals to my interests. I find that is true of comments on the topics I post as well. Do not be taken aback, dear lady! Post what strikes your fancy.
ReplyDeleteI was going to comment but it was so late and I was so tired. Hell, I loved it!
ReplyDeleteWrite what you want and don't worry about comments. That's my advice.
Love you, lady.
I read with interest and delight! (should I admit to that?) For some reason though I had four copies of each part in my reader. Definitely some elves playing tag in the system yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't offended, but so what if I had been? It's your blog. It's still (sort of) a free country. Say what you have to say! Write what you want to write!
ReplyDelete*Hugs*
ReplyDeleteI was just busy and behind. Only know catching up.
When you first sign into your blog, the page that comes up first is a dashboard and one of the links is "Stats." If you go there you can see how many people have visited in the last day, week, month, all time. And to a certain extent, where they came from (what site they were on just before they came in) and which of your posts have been read recently. It shows all kinds of other stuff (what countries the audience came from, etc).
ReplyDeleteSo it doesnt matter if people don't comment. I dont get many comments even from people I know are regular readers. The interesting stats to me are the country breakdowns. I have readers literally everywhere, scores of them (not hundreds) and there's a pretty good bunch from Russia, Australia, Germany and Poland. When I was doing posts about Arab Spring, I had a lot of people in Egypt, Iran, Libya, (and more Russians!). There is almost no country I have not had a visit from. But nobody comments. Next weird thing: I haven't been posting much but they all come in and read the old ones. LOL.
So don't put too much stock in the comment box. We're all here reading you because we love you no matter what. Anyone who can hoot "Shit, piss, fuck" in a crisis is okay with me. LOL.