A few items of business:
-You'll notice that I finally converted my blogroll sidebar to a live blog view. It's expandable, so that my visitors aren't subjected to three dozen linked names entirely devoid of context.
-The links are sorted by most recent update, and only non-private blogs show updates. So if your blog is private, I still link to you, you're just hidden under the Show All button. And your name has an asterisk by it.
-I've given each category of blogs five displayed links, except for Tucson, which got 10. There are just more blogs from Tucson, so I felt bad limiting them to only five. Maybe I'll change my mind.
-I shuffled all family members' blogs into the "People I grew up with" category for simplicity's sake. I just didn't feel like it warranted its own category. Again, maybe I'll change my mind.
-If I don't link to your blog, and you want me to, let me know. I'm sure it's just an inadvertent oversight.
-If I do link to you and you don't want me to, let me know.
-For now, the blogs are titled as their owner named them. I'm not sure this is how I will keep them. What do you think? Should I keep it as you have named it, because it's your blog I'm linking to? Or should I change it to what I want it to be, since it's my blog it's appearing on? I can see it both ways. What I'm not sure of is if I can handle seeing "because" misspelled as "becasue" in a blog title even if it's on purpose. Etc.
-As for Google Followers, here is my policy (yes, I have one). The underlying principle is that I consider Google Followers to be a social blog-finding tool. So if you have a private blog, I don't follow you, because people who are looking for new blogs to enjoy will not be able to view yours. Similarly, if your blog is completely or almost completely family-centered, I probably don't follow you, so as not to drive random stranger traffic to stories about your small children. If you are offended that I don't follow your blog, maybe you could say something to me about it. It's possible that I've forgotten to do so, or that I've erroneously categorized your blog as a family blog when it actually has a different purpose. Just so we're clear. Does this make sense?
Did I miss anything? Speak now or forever hold your peace.
It's your blog, and you'll link if you want to. That's my philosophy, anyway. =)
ReplyDeleteI like the 'show all' feature. I've been brainstorming ways to limit my links list for MONTHS. It's too bad I don't have your brain in MY head. (For MANY reasons)....
Well done!
I'm still incredibly bugged at the Google Followers design change. It's horrible.
I would love to see what you would name everybody's blog. That would crack me up.
ReplyDeleteI changed the blog titles on my blog to the names of the people that write them. Originally mine had 3 that said "The Atkinsons" and 2 that said "Rasmussen Family" and it was too confusing so that is how the change of names originated.
ReplyDeleteI also read your review on a sweet far thing and LOVED it. There are sooo many of my same thoughts. In reading the last few chapters and then when I finished I thought "I just read over a thousand pages to get to those conclusions". It was a let down and I agree with you that there really were a few characters that I did not like at all and was not to sad to see such characters meet there demise in the end. Thanks for the great review!
I think it is nice to have people's names on the link to their blog so I know if I know them or not, but that's just my personal preference.
ReplyDeleteI like it :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm copying you. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think you can be a follower of a private blog, can you? I'm pretty sure I tried to follow Sarah's and it's not allowed or something.
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