Category: posting

What’s Going On Back There?

~ humoringthegoddess ~ 5 Comments

Well, it’s Monday Morning, my first morning in a while where I can just sit quietly and go through paperwork and emails and try and get moving in some direction.

Checked my emails — I have 49 spams. And I just cleaned it out the other day!

I have written blogs before on this ongoing phenomenon — just for fun, if you have time, go check out Comments 101, 1/5/14,  comments having nothing to do with my blog; Enjoying My Back Yard?, 1/5/16,  conversations in my spam; or No Phishing for You!,  1/17/16, good reminders about phishing scams. 

All deal with the nonsense that’s going on behind our backs.

We all love when people comment on our blogs. It’s good for our psyche, good for our souls. Especially because most readers don’t comment. 

So some slicksters take to making positive comments that sound like a complement, yet trick you into clicking onto a link that takes you God Knows Where. 

Now, I always look in my SPAM before I delete them all just in case, by chance, someone who’s name looks familiar and legitimate was picked up by the SPAM police by mistake.

But that doesn’t happen very often. Trust me.

This batch of kudos surrounded my Sunday Evening Art Gallery posting for Craig Haupt, a fun and creative artist. But I posted him on Sep 20, 2015. And am getting lots of comments about the post today. 2021. 

Here are a few very recent comments about his art:

Everything is very open with a very clear clarification of the issues. It was really informative. Your website is very helpful. Many thanks for sharing!

You’ve made some decent points there. I looked on the net for more information about the issue and found most people will go along with your views on this site.

Oh my goodness! Incredible article dude! Thank you, However I am encountering issues with your RSS.

An intriguing discussion is worth comment. I do believe that you ought to publish more on this issue, it might not be a taboo subject but typically people don’t talk about these issues. To the next! All the best!

I’m amazed, I have to admit. Rarely do I come across a blog that’s both equally educative and amusing, and without a doubt, you have hit the nail on the head. The problem is something that too few people are speaking intelligently about. I’m very happy I stumbled across this during my hunt for something regarding this.

How reassuring that I am so “spot on.”

But do you see how close these come to being real comments? Nothing about a specific topic, artist, or thought. General positive comments that want you to respond to them in your blog so they can get inside and wreak havoc on whatever they can get their spammie grubbies on.

Check your spam now and then just in case a friend sent you a message. Just remember every responder is not your friend. then

DELETE*DELETE*DELETE!

 

 

 

 

My Weird Way of Doing Facebook and Twitter Business

~ humoringthegoddess ~ 5 Comments

I have a weird way of doing Facebook and Twitter. I am sure there are many out there who are devoted readers of both. After all, if you are following somebody it SHOULD be for a reason, like you enjoy their art or comments or inspirations. That is why I follow bloggers and tweeters.

Having TIME to read all the posts, however, is daunting.

My look-at-twitter-time is usually lunchtime, when I get home from work, and before I go to bed. My look-at-Facebook-time is usually at lunchtime or when I get home from work before I start writing. I must limit myself to those time or else I’ll never get anything else done — housework, writing, and all.

That’s why my method of reading posts makes me chuckle.

Instead of flipping through page after page after page after page (you get it) of tweets or blogs I often just go to a person’s name and read everything they’ve done recently. Even long ago, if I’m on a roll.

That’s why I’m certain those I follow are surprised with a comment months later. Like “Where has that chick been?” But I have found that you get a better feel for that person when you read a number of their posts in a row.

Many of us are pretty predictable with our postings, but now and then we throw something in that seems to have nothing to do with our persona. But it does — more than you realize. Someone who writes serious material all the time can surprise you with an attempt at humor. Inspirationalists who always quote someone else catches you when they quote themselves.

To me, social media is a monster that’s out of control. Too much credit is given to online stories with no face or accountability to go with them. Sometimes we just have to dig our heels in and say enough is enough. To say I like you and what you write, and I will come and visit you whenever I can, but don’t be mad at me if I miss some posts.

I used to want dozens of likes and dozens of retweets. But Earth to Claudia came pretty quickly, though. Check out these statistics.

Total number of registered Twitter users — 695,750,00
Total number of active Twitter users — 342,000,000
Average number of tweets per day — 58 million
Number of active Twitter users every month — 115 million
Number of days it takes for 1 billion tweets — 5 days
Number of tweets that happen every second — 9,100

Source: http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/

Total number of Facebook users — 1.94 billion
Total number of mobile Facebook users — 1.74 billion
Total number of likes and shares — 10 million daily
Number of new profiles created — 5 per second
Total photo uploads to Facebook — 300 million per day
Comments posted — 510,000 every 60 seconds
Status updated — 293,000 every 60 seconds
Photos uploaded — 136,000 every 60 seconds

https://zephoria.com/top-15-valuable-facebook-statistics/

So come on. How many people do you think will read your posts? How many will retweet your tweets? Find a formula of reading and writing that works for you and forget the numbers. I myself like trolling down my lists of whom I follow and picking a name and reading a bunch of their posts. I like commenting on them, too, so they know someone’s passed by. Makes them feel good — and makes me feel good, too.

And isn’t that what writing’s all about?