tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post7119562567263087969..comments2023-11-09T13:19:26.329-05:00Comments on Kokoba: Why I'm Not Reading Your BlogKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-51143082017970653652015-08-23T04:47:23.300-04:002015-08-23T04:47:23.300-04:00For real, the things that are probably most intere...For real, the things that are probably most interesting for someone to read about are the things that bloggers think are boring. Like, I enjoy hearing about people's jobs (at least, if they don't completely hate them...) because I like to know how people spend their day and to hear about bits of life that I wouldn't know about otherwise. Or their hobbies, or pictures of their apartment, or so on. Your manicure doesn't really tell me all that much about you.<br /><br />The only pairs of shoes I like to see are in the #lollygagging hashtag that I think Bruce Campbell started, but then of course the point is to showcase traveling, not your actual shoes...Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-12926568857961856362015-08-20T07:17:48.980-04:002015-08-20T07:17:48.980-04:00You know, I think #7 has the worst offenders. The...You know, I think #7 has the worst offenders. The people who want you to look at pictures of their coffee and their shoes. It reminds me of high school - tying into #5. People with blogs who want so badly to prove they're A BLOGGER by showing off how they're just like everyone else. "Look at my DSLR! Lol SUCH a blogger move! I took a picture of my french manicure holding a Starbucks LOL BLOGGER MOVE!" It's like, "No...drinking coffee doesn't make you a blogger. Taking pictures doesn't make you a blogger. Hell if I know what DOES, since it's not like MY blog is all that successful or anything, but I know what i like. I love a unique voice, candid but not desperate, and pictures of people's faces. I want to be able to point to a face and say "That's a person I almost consider a friend, I know them." Not a pair of shoes and be like uh, Who are you? Where do you live? What are you like? Uh sorry /rant.Meghan Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538766287288665394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-30536643211879914922015-08-13T02:58:48.117-04:002015-08-13T02:58:48.117-04:00But sometimes you're not excited for things, t...But sometimes you're not excited for things, too! I like your excitement because it seems genuine instead of GOTTA GET THEM COMMENTS. Even the enthusiasm for froyo, lol.<br /><br />I am torn on affiliate links. I don't mind them being hidden (I know a couple blogs put the affiliate disclaimer in their profile or whatever), but when there are too many it's a bit =/. What's more annoying for me are the review posts that are just way too PUMPED about this freebie they got. Like, really? You got a whole free subscription box and EVERYTHING was perfect? Or book bloggers who never have a complaint about any of the free books they review. Some bloggers are just really choosy about the books they'll accept and don't review a whole lot, so maybe they just get lucky, but others don't seem that choosy and yet somehow everything is really good? Nah, man, something ain't right.<br /><br /><br />YESSS write your own!!!Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-5493292406816600342015-08-13T02:29:27.459-04:002015-08-13T02:29:27.459-04:00SO WORKED UP I CAN'T FORM PROPER SENTENCES APP...SO WORKED UP I CAN'T FORM PROPER SENTENCES APPARENTLY Natalie Pataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499108834853503737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-43282747377088924482015-08-13T02:28:01.359-04:002015-08-13T02:28:01.359-04:00LOL I'm definitely one of those people incredi...LOL I'm definitely one of those people incredibly excited for everything! When something great happens I get really swept up in the moment, and I'm like THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVARRR!!! Then when I go back and read those posts I'm like, ok, that was pretty cool and all, but not the greatest thing ever. Finding a new froyo joint isn't that important. Hahah.<br /><br />#6 is a big turn off for me, too. Vague-blogging! If you're not going to share the whole story then don't share it at all. Then they're like "but I blog for ME! I don't owe you anything! But please keep supporting me with your page click$." <br /><br />Another thing I hate is hidden affiliate/Rstyle links.<br /><br />And I've seen WAY too many blog posts about peoples fancy new planners this week. You have the same Kate Spade planner as everyone else writing about their planners. NO ONE CARES.<br /><br />Ugh now I'm all worked up now! Maybe I'll have to write a post of my own on this subject!Natalie Pataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499108834853503737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-8978226771050471732015-08-12T13:50:15.515-04:002015-08-12T13:50:15.515-04:00Haha that was a much more neutral and charismatic ...Haha that was a much more neutral and charismatic way of saying what I was trying to. Thanks! Looking forward to more here. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521369508721414927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-49997522146923110452015-08-12T12:35:30.694-04:002015-08-12T12:35:30.694-04:00I know exactly what you mean, though the blogs I&#...I know exactly what you mean, though the blogs I've found do that less often than my non-blogger friends, hah. <br /><br />I think what I find more often in blogs are people who are SO. INCREDIBLY. EXCITED. FOR EVERYTHING. that their enthusiasm starts to ring false. It's definitely important to try to make your blog an overall positive (or at least enjoyable---there are a few blogs who make snarking or talking about depression an art form, but that is rare indeed), but for me it's not as important as "coming across as an actual human being." And you sound like an actual human being when you have an acceptable balance between the excitement, restrained positivity, and negativity. <i>Lagom</i>, as they'd say in Swedish.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687248923547966231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136242079097981599.post-28115451950640717212015-08-12T12:12:53.218-04:002015-08-12T12:12:53.218-04:00Formatting is big thing. Grammar.
My decision is ...Formatting is big thing. Grammar. <br />My decision is more about content though. I don't like it when people get down on themselves and drive their audience by trying to accumulate pity from their readers. I know that might sound cold, but you are trying to create an online presence for yourself. Why would you want to be a depressing individual who whines all the time when you could be someone awesome who people want to meet? The nice thing about the internet is that you have control over what you are going to come across as to your readers. Also, negative content just doesn't make me happy when I read it because I feel like it's the online version of trying to bring me down with you. I hope this makes sense...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521369508721414927noreply@blogger.com