Please forgive me if this comes off as navel-gazing, but: if you’re someone who reads this blog, would you be up for letting me know? Either leave a comment below (you will have to register) or drop me a line at alison dot sixdegrees at gmail dot com? Pretty please?
I know I have a handful of faithful readers, and WHOOO HOOO BIG UPS TO YOU! YOU ROCK!
But also: I can’t figure out how to read my Google Analytics. Besides that, I would like to hear from actual people, rather than a stat tracker that tells me weird random things that aren’t relevant to the blog itself.*
If you’re someone who reads but doesn’t want or feel compelled to leave comments, hey, I’m glad you’re here at all! And I understand that there are lots more important and interesting ways to spend your time online.
But sometimes I go weeks at a time without comments. Sniffle. (More after the jump).
istockphoto's image of a sad-sack-y, lonely girl
I often wonder if I should scrap the blog and just stick to Fb and Flickr-ing and Tweeting. (Um yeah. I do have a life off the computer. Sort of.) So I want to know if you read this blog, how you got here, and what you’re interested in/ what you’d like more of. Go ‘head! Leave me your actual name and a real comment below, or, if you want to be anonymous, just write “NOD!” as your comment. Or just do a Facebook Like (below). C’mon, I’m waiting. (And by the way: thanks!!)
*Although, I gotta say, that time I got a Google hit for SEXY OLD LADIES THAT ARE MORE THAN A MOUTHFUL, (because I am obsessed with rural legends about seeing cougars in western Illinois), I laughed and snorted so hard I almost damaged something.
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I don’t normally comment on blogs, but thought I’d leave one since you asked so nicely.
I think I originally found your blog after a search for Forgotonia, after reading an article about the local “movement” in the ’70s.
Born, raised, and still live in Macomb, and work at Western.
My vote would be for you to keep doing the blog. I don’t know about anyone else, but I read it whenever you post (in my RSS reader). Also just followed you on flickr and twitter as well.
Dearest Alison, I am a faithful reader. In fact, I never miss a post because I have you in my Google Reader. But that’s probably why I don’t comment, either, because that requires me to click outside Google Reader, and that’s too much work!
I’ll say, though, that I read a ton of blogs and very rarely leave comments on any of them… just not my thing. I’d be sad if you quit blogging and I always enjoy your posts, but I’d certainly be able to keep up with you on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.
Raises hand.
I, too, subscribe via Google Reader. Love the blog. You have a fan in me!
Macomb resident, WIU alum, and WIU staff member
:)
I’m also a reader….via Google Reader.
1999 WIU grad……current Army officer……
To the tune of Don’t Stop Believing: Don’t stop writing.
I read via Google Reader. Live in Macomb and new to the area, so this is actually helping me get accustomed to my new home. I also dabble in all things osage orange at times.
If you quit this blog I will actually have to work….
WOW, how cool! I knew about some of you, but others have been surprises. How great to know that for those of you who don’t know me personally, you’ve found something worth reading here– especially about such important topics as hedge balls!!!
Thanks again, and to others of you who haven’t responded yet, let me hear from you!
I read your blog! I love your blog!
HELLO!?!?!? I am your BIGGEST fan!
Thanks for the tunes BTW!!!
Love the blog – keep it up!
You know I’m out here! I try to keep my comments down to a minimum since blathering is my normal mode and it is YOUR blog, after all. :-)
Hey Alison,
Just like NBC’s former “Must See TV,” I HAVE to check in each week to see what’s on your mind. I really enjoy your trips to places off the beaten path in the area – old buildings, cemeteries and such. Just when I was about to give up on finding new and interesting places to check out on the ‘net, I found you…so keep up the good work!
Wow, dlee, thanks so much! What a compliment! So glad to know there are some folks out there reading the blog and finding it worth coming back to. Thanks for your comment!!!
I am a reader now. Linked from CBD
Clearly I’m a reader from time to time… enough to answer a question or two, rhetorical or not. (I still despise the blasted Forgottonia name, though!)
Dave
And thanks for reading and raising those questions! Point taken about the name…
This blog is huge — FIGURATIVELY. It dropped out of my weekly routine when you migrated sites, but I am going to try to put it back.
Thanks, Fred! (And were you worried that I might think you were insinuating that my blog needs to go on a diet? Ha!;)
My wife has started making a point of saying FIGURATIVELY (emphasis in original) in light of the continuing erosion of the meaning of “literally”. : )
Ha! Please tell your wife I love that! That is FIGURATIVELY the funniest thing I have ever heard!
Also thanks for the tip about the book. I haven’t read that one. It is really something to live in a region described as having a “brain drain.” I wish I could make a more intelligent comment than “it’s really something,” but …I haven’t had enough coffee yet this morning.
My sis reads your blog! I will now too…… :)
Cool! You won’t regret it. Well, at least I don’t think you will….;)