tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668392343139286753.post2605911819712879199..comments2024-03-29T09:10:12.369-04:00Comments on Them's My Sentiments: A song for SarahMARY Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668392343139286753.post-42124034621331442952013-10-17T10:55:44.084-04:002013-10-17T10:55:44.084-04:00Well.... I really enjoyed that post and I also mis...Well.... I really enjoyed that post and I also miss the old community of Bloggers that were there when I first got started.<br />I think that we do all move on to other things but even though I've let things slide a bit, I'd be reluctant to give it up.<br />I won't be doing Facebook or Twitter.<br />Maggie x<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668392343139286753.post-55451386667899248012013-10-11T16:32:03.762-04:002013-10-11T16:32:03.762-04:00I love your song for Sarah. When I first started ...I love your song for Sarah. When I first started blogging many of my family was blogging too and it was so much fun. Only three are still blogging. They too have gone to face book. I'm almost ready to abandon my family blog, but I do love going back and reading it myself. So I guess it has really become a scrapbook for me to enjoy more than anything else.<br /><br />I have made a lot of blogging friends over the four years I've been blogging, but like you a lot of them have left blogging for other social media. I miss them too. <br /><br />My own life has become so busy that I have cut my list of people who I follow to 35 and I only comment on about half of those. I compose my posts on the weekend and schedule them for the week. Basically I'm participating in a few social games with different blogging groups. I find it fun. I usually try to go through my reader on Thursday and Friday and catch up on what's going on with the few bloggers I'm still in contact with.<br /><br />I enjoyed your post today and your walk through the changes in social media. I am on facebook--but they don't really seem to be a community. It seems to me to be a never ending stream of self absorbed people shouting "look at me, look at what I'm doing." I don't see a lot of communication between people. <br /><br />I think the thing I like best about blogging is I have a small group of friends that seem to like the same kinds of books as I do. I get to hear what they think of them before choosing my reading material, I find it very helpful. <br /><br />I also really enjoy the few friends I have that write really thought provoking posts like this one. It's nice when someone pushes you to think. Thanks, and I hope you stick with blogging even if your posts are spread out a little more. They are always and enjoyable read.<br /><br />Have a great day.kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534720190613729973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668392343139286753.post-36295912847513425742013-10-10T12:55:34.989-04:002013-10-10T12:55:34.989-04:00Gah! That was very clumsy of me. I just typed a lo...Gah! That was very clumsy of me. I just typed a long comment, and then clicked a wrong button instead of "publish." And poof! Anyhow...I don't have the energy to reconstruct it now. Really, I should write a response post, like in the old days.<br /><br />I really miss the blogging community, too, even though I am still friends with so many of my ex-blogging friends. <br /><br />I really enjoyed this post, Mary. I like how you discussed the changing channels of communication. Very thought-provoking. (And how fitting that the thoughts that were provoked in me were then accidentally deleted by me through technological ineptness. And I like to think of myself as technologically ept!)alejnahttp://collectingtokens.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668392343139286753.post-49205156096245531982013-10-10T09:07:43.781-04:002013-10-10T09:07:43.781-04:00Every so often, I feel a pull toward these new tab...Every so often, I feel a pull toward these new tablet thingies. But I use my computer primarily for writing. That is the very last thing that a tablet device is for. I'll stick with my laptop.<br /><br />Regarding the Time Issue--I have plenty of it, but I don't often knock out a post for my blog. Like you, Mary, I do enjoy the whole Blog Culture. I have eschewed Facebook, but I recognize that it has drawn off a lot of blog traffic. People are almost continually on it, and it is quicker to read the small blasts of text there. And that's fine. I've retained most of my subscribers--of course, I have no idea if they are actually READING me--and I'm happy with my chosen medium. Like you, I compare it to a magazine article. Once I've made my morning blog rounds, it feels like I've read a magazine. I like that.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668392343139286753.post-69690175694954717262013-10-09T16:42:05.625-04:002013-10-09T16:42:05.625-04:00i find myself reading less and commenting less - l...i find myself reading less and commenting less - lack of time. also, the mobile devices are, as you mention, hard to use for comments. and, when i read on the computer (as i'm doing now), some blogs make me use a different browser if i want to comment on them (firefox works, chrome doesn't). many barriers in other words.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668392343139286753.post-41351540324769399672013-10-09T16:15:57.408-04:002013-10-09T16:15:57.408-04:00Thank you for this, Mary. What an incisive analysi...Thank you for this, Mary. What an incisive analysis. xoxoShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.com