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Friday, January 17, 2014

Feeling Left Out

I've been feeling left out of the blog community for a while now. Admittedly, I don't have as much down-time at work as I used to and I rarely have access to the computer at home. I used to drive into the office on weekends sometimes, just to express myself. I'm working towards remedying that soon, with a laptop purchase.
I try to support the blogs I follow. I read them as often as I can and leave short comments, or try to. Sometimes, I'll write a comment that is a more long winded and heart felt response to a post. Almost invariably, that will be the comment that gets a "failure" message or require that I join Google plus and give them the keys to all my contacts, including my business email list. I did once succumb to the temptation and found that Myeffingpony was connected to my professional LinkedIn account. I was horrified. Those two worlds are not meant to be mixed.
I'm alone at work this morning. I am ahead of my obligations and don't feel guilty spending some time trying to understand where all my friends went. (Did I mention I hate the changes to Gmail?). Well, mystery solved! One hundred and fifty of you must have been behaving very badly, as my Protective G-Deity had relegated you to spam. WTF? Am I not considered able to judge for myself? Apparently not.
I have a lot of reading to catch up on. I'm so looking forward to it:)


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  1. Sometimes I HATE technology. But then without it, we'd all be watching I Love Lucy reruns...

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    1. Tails, I am willing to embrace new technology, when it's an improvement. Gmail was better before.

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  2. Google seems to take over and make all our accounts into one. I do not like that at all! My blog is private and if it ever got out there to people I knew personally I would close it down. Already I have it so only one post is available. I don't have archives or the Back, Forward or Home buttons. If anyone I know finds my blog they can only read one post.

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    1. Birdie, my gripe is exactly that. You found a smart solution to limit your exposure though. Quick thinking, Batman!

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  3. I somehow wound up on Google+ and I'm afraid to delete it figuring I might delete the whole blog? Anyway, I was thinking of changing over to word press. I'm tired of being at googles mercy.

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  4. Grey Horse, I did back out of Google+. My blog is intact but I believe that's when my problems began with comments going to spam.

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  5. i enjoy your posts and comments on my rare posts. illegitimi non corobundum

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    1. Silliyak, mock Latin, huh? (I did have to look it up). I certainly won't let the bastards grind me down:)

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  6. WordPress seems to have hissy fits when it will not accept comments....regular blogging friends will persist...bu what if some poor soul comments for the first time and I never see it?
    They won't come back, that's for sure.
    I wonder why Google always wants to keep my passwords to sites, too.

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    1. Helen, I'm not a conspiracy theorist, however.....

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  7. Nice to hear your voice. Easy to get out of blog sync. Hard to get back in sync. Most fun when you do.

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    1. Roadtripper, thanks. I took a big step back towards blogging today. To be contd...

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  8. It's not just you. I've been somewhat MIA too, although I doubt many have noticed. I dislike google+ but so far it hasn't caused any real problems as far as comments. etc, go. It just messes with my photos, my fault for not adjusting the settings...but why should I have to do that?

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    1. Kerry, your photos are worth the effort to regain the upper hand.

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  9. Well, I'm glad you're back! I was away, too, because Blogger refused to let me access my blog at all. I had to pay an expert to get it back. Perhas we should all just write to each other, with a pen, and paper, and a stamp?

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    1. Frances, I read your post about your computer troubles. We can all relate. I do still correspond with pen and paper.

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  10. Technology is such a mixed bag: some things are made so much easier but problems arise you couldn't have imagined before that technology.

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    1. Stephen, I am moving forward with new technology. The road gets a little bumpy sometimes.

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  11. Is the Cyberworld trying to exclude you on purpose? I suppose I should check my junk mail more often. Who knows what I'm missing?

    Anyhow, glad to see you again. I miss your sense of the absurd.

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    1. Jean, somebody, or something, messed with my settings. (Cue sci-fi music)

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