Quick Question
I have a quick question.
Is anyone else experiencing a drop in the number of readers?
People I’d been following suddenly weren’t posting anything, then I found out that I wasn’t following their blog.
Unless I unfollow people in my sleep, I’m not sure how that happened.
It makes me wonder if the readers I’ve lost over the past month consciously said, “I’m not interested in this blog any longer” or there was a glitch somewhere.
To be fair, half the 7000+ readers are from other social media (like Twitter and Tumblr). Losing 100 readers and gaining 100 each year is normal.
But losing WordPress readers? That’s odd.
Has the blogging crazy run it’s course?
If so, what’s the new craze, car-wreck selfies?
I drive a 35 year old jeep that has a Blue Book value of $1,000. It runs quite well, and no one wants to steal it. I’d have to replace it with a computer on 4 wheels, housed by an aluminum foil car body, that would cost more than I can afford.
Obviously, car-wreck selfies are not on the table for debate.
But alas I digress.
Possible reasons for the drop in numbers:
- There’s a meteor coming and people are moving into South African Caves to survive.
- WWIII is just around the corner but I didn’t get the memo.
- The Yellowstone Caldera is about to explode and people are out hoarding toilet paper.
Perhaps you can enlighten me?
I think wordpress has been glitchy lately as I’ve also found I’m not following blogs I never unfollowed. Or I’m not listed as following blogs that I still see in the reader. Also, some of those who use an email subscription service (I have no idea how those work) are finding that those are malfunctioning and/or will be ended soon. HTH
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Thanks for the additional info. Further evidence that something isn’t right.
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I have not noticed a decease on my blog… and I’m still here on yours.
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Thanks. 😊
Your blog is one of the missing ones I thought I was following. Just re-followed you and hope it sticks this time.
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That 35 year old jeep might be an antique by now. If it still runs and can be maintained, keep it.
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It can go 75mph with ease. It helps to know someone who knows someone who is a jeep expert.
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Yup. Agree, keep the Jeep. I sold my 73 Jeep Commando in the mid 80s. Regret it now. It was unique. Don’t see many around any more. Best thing, no computer. No power brakes. No power steering. No air conditioning. If it’s hot, remove the top and doors.
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I don’t like all the fancy stuff on a car, either. The only “amenity” is a radio that still works.
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I agree! Since getting cars with computers they just break down constantly! And good luck diagnosing the problem without 6 repairs before getting to the real problem. The old cars were much easier to care for and lasted longer, I swear.
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It’s true. The old cars could take a fender bender and not cost thousands of dollars to repair. There wasn’t anything electronic to replace. I bought an Isuzu Trooper in 1989. The model the year before didn’t have electronics. I didn’t know mine did until the #(@$%# thing went out and it cost a couple hundred to replace.
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I think it wordpress, I often find I have lost people who have unfollowed me and then I find I have unfollowed friends…which I most definitely have not …it just wordpress keeping us alert and on our toes 💜💜💜
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That’s a great way to look at it. 😊
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Lol, either that or we are losing it 💜🤣🤣
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Most of us with any awareness look around at this insane asylum called Earth and we can’t help feeling as if we’re losing it. 😊
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There’s another explanation for the quirky electrons and goofy bytes. . .
Could the hackers that attacked the Colonial Pipeline be the cause? Just pay the ransom, and we get back all the lost followers.
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What an imaginative concept. I haven’t received any ransom email yet, but they’d probably go for the people with a million followers. More lucrative. 😂
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You read my mind. I have been wondering about the same thing. A lot of my frequent readers seem to be missing my posts somehow. And I am suddenly not following a lot of blogs that I used to follow. I know that I haven’t unfollowed even a single one of those blogs. It seems like WP is acting up.
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I wasn’t getting your 6-word stories and had to re-follow your blog, too.
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Ohh. Thanks for noticing.
I had been on a bit of a break and the 6WSP prompts got interrupted too. But I’m re-starting the series this Saturday.
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Since I’m on Blogger and not WordPress I haven’t noticed anything. And I still get comments from the 15 or so people that follow me.
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LOL! I’m sure you have more than 15.
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This is All NEWS to me.
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That’s why I asked the question. Some of us have had this problem. Others haven’t.
As an example, a few years back, a blog I follow switched from the premium plan to a business plan. It was a huge mess. Not everyone who has switched has had a problem.
Even with some of the problems and glitches, I still think WordPress provides the best assistance.
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May only has a few days left and my views are down about 20% from April. I think a number of bigs/issues/quirks have surfaced recently, including disappearing notifications and suddenly finding that I’m apparently no longer following bloggers I’d been following for a long time. It’s weird.
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Thanks for adding in your experience. It helps to know there are many of us experiencing the same thing. I’m not sure what to do about it, but it does help to know we’re not alone.
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A lot of people seem to be having the same problem, or similar ones. It has to be WP glitching out.
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I agree.
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I just looked at your blog to see if I was still following. I’m not.
Your blog has 3 ways to follow. The first (at the top of the page) doesn’t work. If I go to the bottom to follow, it wants my email address. But, if I choose the link by the “like” button, it works.
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WordPress works in strange ways.
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WordPress can be buggy. Sometimes it won’t let me add a new post. I have to log out and come back in a few times and then it works. Not that I post often, but still!
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I wish they hadn’t changed to the “block editor.” I can still get the classic, but it’s a hassle. It seems to me than when WP changes things, problems happen.
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I wish they would knock off fixing things that weren’t broken.
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I DOUBLY agree.
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There were people that reported to me not following my blog although they WERE following my blog. And suddenly, there was no follow button, either?
However, I am very aware of the fact that my views dropped because my posting has not been consistent as it was in the past. However, I still think there are some people missing…
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Other people have reported the same. I checked your blog and it still shows that I’m following.
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I have not noticed any decrease in numbers.So far all is well our country servers☺️ should check once with Florida server 😇
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Happy to hear you’re doing well.
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WP has this annoying habit of logging me out of my account for no apparent reason.
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That is infuriating. I haven’t had that happen yet, but now I know it’s a possibility.
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I’ve noticed a drop over the last couple of weeks or so but thought it’s because I hadn’t been posting as often. As for followers, yeah, people seem to drop out, but sometimes not of their doing!
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That’s what it looks like to me, too. It’s nice to know that.
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I know my stats bombed a few years ago when WP changed the way you could view/like posts. I’m not doing too badly though.
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I am on WP but never used the WP reader except for 3 people that wouldn’t work with the feed reader I use. If I show up on your blog more than once or twice, I am probably following you. That never seemed to affect my stats me not being on someone’s WP follower list. I don’t think that is a factor. Statistically however, I am in a decline from my peak year of 2018 and if nothing changes I will be gone in two years or just talking to myself at this rate.
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Do you combine your social media numbers, or is that just the WP numbers?
My WP numbers are fairly stable — it’s Twitter that’s a roller coaster.
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I speak only of W P
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Hmmm it’s probably WP my traffic seems steady but I have mostly search engine traffic. Not WP although I’d love more WP folk
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I wish WP would just stop trying to change stuff. “New and improved” rarely is.
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Dont have the answers, but sometimes we just gotta vent? Cheers,H
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Very, very true. 🙂
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I hear you sister! I get new followers, & then never a peep again. And i only just have 300 followers. I think some people have a short blogging timespan? Then life takes over? Do i imagine the likes of you & I do not have a life? You do….I’m just grumpy! Cheers,H
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And the car accident selfies? Idiots like to advertise…….? Cheers,H
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