Frontier Mom Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I see some bloggers with lists of followers and some with hardly any, including mine.:001_huh: Just wondering what makes one interested enough to follow a blog and do you go there often to see what they wrote or read in something like Google Reader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I follow blogs of online 'friends' that I have more of a relationship with, friends IRL, and blogs with subjects that interest me. I like ones that show you how to do things, give you ideas, are funny, etc. I like some photo blogs, but that can get boring, especially when it's just different pics of the same people/person over and over and over. That's great for grandparents and such, LOL, but not my cuppa. I like science blogs, and blogs where the blogger posts about 'deep' subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I tend to follow blogs from people that have children near my kids' age, or ones that homeschool in a similar style to me. Basically if I find some common thread between their journey and mine I like to read their blog. I read Jessica's blog when she was homeschooling (trivium academy) because we have children the same age and I enjoyed reading about their day to day. I really like Jennefer's blog at Smooth Stones Academy - again, she has similar age children to me. I check nest of 3's blog occasionally cause she posts stamped cards and I used to enjoy stamping, so I like to look there. ETA: I have always loved Rose's blog (dragons in the flowerbed) because she just always has interesting things to say. :) I miss her blog. I also check blogs from people using the same curriculum choices I use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I like blogs where there are posts about the things that I am trying to do or incorporate into my homeschool. A lot of the blogs I visit regularly, I am not a "follower" and I don't post much. I am thinking about becoming a follower on a few that I do like to read on a regular basis. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I like funny ones. Ree's blog is great of course, but the ranch stuff is familiar to me, and not so fascinating. I follow Chickens in the Road because she's funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I should add - I don't follow any blogs. I bookmark the ones I like to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 What's the difference between following and bookmarking? I mean, I know how to bookmark, I would just assume following means you read it regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyWifeandMommy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I dont do the 'follower' thing but I do have posts I like to look at. Some of them use the same schooling material as me so I will see what they are doing. I like to see how different everyone can be in learning the same thing. I was surprised to have followers on mine, I don't even know them in real life but know quite a few that do check on mine regularly but are not followers. Mine is mostly for friends/family since they are all over the place but it's more for me. I can talk nonstop schooling and no one complains:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 What's the difference between following and bookmarking? I mean, I know how to bookmark, I would just assume following means you read it regularly. You can sign up to get a blog's feed automatically sent to you - sometimes you'll be on someone's blog and see little photos of the people that are "followers" of that blog. I don't do that - I just bookmark and go look whenever I'm up for some time killing blog reading.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I follow many different blogs - ones that are interesting to me and I can learn from. I follow author, aspiring writers, book bloggers. The bloggers I follow are interesting, inspiring, humorous, have great spirit. The blogs I follow love to share, are very open, talkative and LOVE to comment. Have made quite a few virtual friends who would love to meet IRL. Basically I follow blogs that take me out of my homeschool box since that I am most of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 The only blog I read regularly is one I saw linked on these boards: The Market Ticker, a political/economic one that I find extremely interesting. If I regularly followed a bunch of blogs, I would never get anything done. Also, I guess I'm just not that keen on keeping up with the lives of people I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 Thanks for your responses. I always find it interesting to discover why people do what they do!! I tend to follow links from people's siggy on the board sometimes and almost always enjoy a blessing by reading what they are up to. Of course, I always spend way too much time reading and browsing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I love photo blogs and really enjoy uplifting blogs..things that make you feel good kinda stuff. ;) kwim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanga Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Kristi- I think one of the main reasons that you see a huge following on some blogs is that they do giveaways and one of the ways you can enter the drawing is to be a follower. I never follow a blog for this reason. I have had companies approach me to do giveaways for them, but have declined. I follow a blog because I find them interesting, humorous, and/or informative. although a lot of blogs I frequent are written by homeschoolers, I tend to follow the blogs that focus primarily on something other than homeschooling. But I am in my 15th year of homeschooling, so I am at a point where I want to read about something else. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 What's the difference between following and bookmarking? I mean, I know how to bookmark, I would just assume following means you read it regularly. If you bookmark, the blogger doesn't know you care. :D If you "follow," the blogger feels like he/she has "peeps." :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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