Thursday, January 24, 2013

Help me follow you!

Blogger doesn't make it easy to follow other bloggers. It used to. Years ago there was a little button on the top left corner of each main page. One click and voila. You had a lovely shiny new blog to follow.

Now you have to log in and click one page to open another and then you have to state in which format you want to follow and for fucks sake all I want to do is follow and now I am bashing my head on the keyboard because it won't let me click on follow...

...and then you try and follow and you can't because the blogger's blog isn't linked to a profile.

So please help me to follow you. I want to. You look lovely and interesting - and I say that in a total non-stalkerish way of course!

Please link to your blog in your blogger profile. Blogger makes it hard enough. You don't need to make it impossible!

17 comments:

Donna K. Weaver said...

Hmmm . . . runs to look.

JeffO said...

Meanwhile, I can't figure out why some blogs regularly disappear from my feed. Blogger is wacky.

Mel Chesley said...

Oh don't get me started on Blogger issues.... But I totally agree they don't make it easy to follow other blogs anymore. Irritating as hell.

Morgan said...

Gaaaaaah... seriously frustrating. I've heard of a lot of people having trouble with following back!

Wendy aka Quillfeather said...

I have been experiencing the very same problem. Why oh why ....

Just going to find a helmet ..

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Not sure why some icons don't link to a blog...

alexia said...

You made me LOL... I think mine is set up right?? Now I'm worried.

sjp said...

Theres an easy solution. On your blogger feed, right below where it says 'Reading List' is an add button :) whenever I find a blog I want to follow, even if its wordpress, I just copy the blog address and click add, done!

Jessica Bell said...

Haha, it is frustrating, isn't it! I find the easiest way to do it now is to copy the URL and just paste it into the 'add subscription' in Google Reader. Works wonders. :-)

Donna Hosie said...

The whole layout to Blogger has now changed because I use my iPad predominately. This is a pain in the ass.

Ellie Garratt said...

I'm hoping mine is because I get frustrated with those that aren't. Why make it more difficult for someone to follow you?

Kelley Lynn said...

Hmmm, I wouldn't know how to do this if I needed too... haha

R. Mac Wheeler said...

hmmm...I need to go look.

Another aspect of Blooger I hate...you leave comments...your friend gets a notifier of your comment...they turn to reply back privately to you...but your provile doesn't allow the notifier to see your email address.

I'm actually here, because I was going to reply to one of your notes...but it was no-reply...

Since reading your note...ha ha...forgot what I came over here to tell you.

I hate getting old. Sucks.

Lisa Ricard Claro said...

Ha! I got rid of the Follower button and instead added a "follow me by email" option. Easier for everyone!

Tina said...

I "think" I'm linked correctly...but will check my settings. I'd love to follow you - I'm stopping by to welcome you to the A-Z Challenge!

Tina @ Life is Good
Co-host, April 2013 A-Z Challenge
@TinaLifeisGood, #atozchallenge

Karen Jones Gowen said...

I've given up following people for all the reasons you mention. And my absolutely least favorite-- you click on their name and it goes to Google + with big letters that say: "They haven't shared any information with you." Okay then, goodbye.

rangewriter said...

Or, just move on over to WordPress as I did 2 years ago. Much friendlier interface.