WHY DO YOU FOLLOW?

ALOHA FRIDAY # 31


My question this week:


Why do you choose to be a follower on a blog?
Do you comment on the blogs you follow, how often?

Almost daily I go into my blogger dashboard and check out the list of blogs I follow. I like doing it this way because I can see who has a new post, a little bit about it and it helps me decided if I want to read more. I have several blogs that I read every post they make because I love their blogs and I do follow others that I only read on occasion. If I have a blog in my list that I have stopped reading for a while I remove them.

One reason I choose to follow other blogs is because of the interaction. I really like the interaction I have between other bloggers and getting to know them through reading, commenting and the comments they leave.

I use to follow any blog that started following mine. I quickly learned that I think many people fill up their following list but they visit once or twice and never return. I stopped this because as I said I value the interaction so if I really like your blog, our blogs are similar in nature and we start having regular interaction, I become a follower.

I have also stopped following many blogs because I read, comment, read, comment and they just stop interacting with me through my blog.

I hate to say it but I have deleted many from my followers list because they stop talking to me. Some of them had really good blogs but I like the interaction just as much as reading a good blog so I typically will remove someone from my list because they stop talking with me. Sometimes it makes me feel like a teenager having a bad breakup. LOL… Don’t get me wrong, interaction is not a requirement by any means but it is something I value. I do have a few blogs I do follow and they rarely ever comment on my blog however I don’t visit their blogs all the time either just on occasion.

I guess you could say I would rather have quality over quantity any day. All I can say is the interaction is what I value the most and it can be once a week or once a month but it is what I value with the blogs I follow. It just seems like I have really gotten to know so many bloggers on a whole other level that would have never happened had we not commented so regularly with each other.

Play along at An Island Life for Aloha Friday. In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link at An Island Life. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!