... "blurk" and you blurk alone.
I don't spend much time thinking about blogging much anymore. I'm beyond the novelty (way beyond) and think very little about the mechanics of getting it done. It's the words that matter. But then sometimes the words won't come.
Over the past coupla years, I've read with amusement posts about "blurkers," or "trolls," or simply "lurkers." These are the blog-reading souls who care not to add a comment or let themselves be known beyond the little cookies, e-footprints and computer-centric numbers we all leave behind without meaning to. I'm not against people just popping by to lurk or whatever. It's not like my underwear drawer is posted for all the world to see. Texas T-bone (the blog) is an open book. Read me, people, read me all night long if you want to.
Maybe I couldn't care less about blurkers because I never check the stats that tell me how many people merely visited vs. those who commented. I'm sure, with my less frequent steps beyond this text box and general lack of relevance or gude spelling practishes, few people stop by at all. And that's OK. It's always been about quality for me – if not writing, then quality readers. Quantity becomes a popularity race; I didn't care in high school, really don't care now.
So, here I am posting a post about blogging. Guess I'd better go do some lurking to glean some better posting ideas.
Ciao.
funny.
:)
Well, since I stopped by, I feel like I'd better say something.
Hi - and have a nice evening.
Cas
hmmm, new word... blurker. I don't know. That just sounds too much like burping. :-)
I am an occasional blurker, not because I don't want to talk but because I don't always have something interesting to say...ya know, like now. ;)
People are fickle. And cruel. And kind. And horrible. And wonderful. What that has to do with blurking I'm not sure, but it's reflective of blogging, as is all of life. heh.
You closed comments on your i-pod music swap post, sorry I am commenting here about it.
Because I also find myself in the lacking music cd's department I thought I would pass along that my family has now found the joys of borrowing music CD's from the library. We have gotten alot of music we otherwise wouldn't have.
I've been so wraapped up in life that I haven't really given more than a cursory thought to my blog.
I used to really enjoy blogging - couldn't wait to post something and then make the rounds of the blogosphere commenting on other's posts. Now it's definitely slipped low in my list of priorities.
I love popping in to visit Texas T-Bone and glad you don't mind us blurkers. :)
Hits vs. comments...give me a few good comments any day over a multitude of silent hits. For me it is the interaction of blogging that keeps me going or I would have stopped moons ago.
Away with silent blurpers.
I don't always post a comment because sometimes I have nothing to say about that day's post.
I do check my stats because it gives me a clue if I'll have comments. I get a lot of hits from people looking for song lyrics (which I've stopped posting) and since my comments don't automatically forward to my e-mail I have to actually go to my blog to read them.
I know there are lots of high-tech ways to track how many visitors you have, where people come from, etc. but I've never been interested. My blog is low-tech. I don't even know how many hits I get per day! And I don't really care...