Ah, I just love WordPress’s random glitches.
I have a request for my fellow bloggers. Please go into your reader, and click on the edit button for “Blogs I Follow.” (It’s at the top right corner of the page.) Then report back here and tell me if you follow the same number of blogs I do. According to mine, it’s 1.
Yes, one.
That’s wrong, by the way.
I’d like to see if it’s just me WordPress likes to mess with.
lindaghill.com 
May 16, 2014 at 5:23 pm
And here I thought I was following a lot at 111.. though think some of them are defunct. May need to take some time to clear out the cobwebs .. But not you, obviously 😀
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May 16, 2014 at 5:31 pm
Well I should hope not. You’re the ONLY one I follow, after all. 😉
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May 16, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Yay!! It’s all about me! (enjoying the ego boost) 😉
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May 15, 2014 at 5:30 pm
178
Gee, I hope I’m that one blog you follow 😉
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May 15, 2014 at 10:02 pm
Of course you are, Joey! You’re NUMBER ONE! 😀
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May 15, 2014 at 10:34 pm
Right. I figured as much.
Thank you for humoring me!
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May 15, 2014 at 10:38 pm
😉
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May 15, 2014 at 4:54 pm
467 but you’re still doing ok if OM is following you lol
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May 15, 2014 at 9:56 pm
I think so! 🙂
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May 15, 2014 at 3:20 pm
I follow a lot of them, but I do find it’s hard to keep up. I’m on blogger though.
Deb@ http://debioneille.blogspot.com
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May 15, 2014 at 9:56 pm
It is hard to keep up with everyone. And even worse if you’re on a different site. So many great blogs, so little time. *sigh*
Thanks for the comment, Deb. 🙂
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May 15, 2014 at 8:40 am
359
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May 15, 2014 at 9:50 pm
You too, eh? 😛 I feel so alone!
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May 15, 2014 at 8:32 am
Another Canadian girl here! My count is accurate but I read via my email.
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May 15, 2014 at 9:49 pm
So do I, for the most part. Not sure why I’m special inasmuch as not having a proper count. 😛
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May 16, 2014 at 6:16 am
Because you are SO special that this is one more way for you to get the memo. 😉
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May 17, 2014 at 11:10 am
Ha! You’re so funny. 🙂
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May 15, 2014 at 7:49 am
only in Canada, eh? 307 plus or minus here in Ontario. I’m gonna check out that Bloglovin’ thingy.
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May 15, 2014 at 9:45 pm
Thanks for commenting, Maggie. Seems like it’s not a north of the border thing after all. 😛
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May 15, 2014 at 3:09 am
850
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May 15, 2014 at 9:44 pm
It’ll be interesting to see, if you ever get to a thousand, whether your count drops to one. That’s my best guess so far.
Thanks for your comment, Dar. 😀 Hope all is well with you, my dear.
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May 15, 2014 at 9:51 pm
The worst part of the follows is that I only really read yours and a couple others, and then not very regularly. My fibro was screaming at me this winter so I wasn’t very active at anything. By the way, I do still love your blogs.
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May 15, 2014 at 10:13 pm
I wondered if you’d had a rough time of it this winter, and I hope the spring has brought you some relief. So many people I know were housebound and paid for it.
Thank you for reading and for your kind words. I appreciate your support and I love seeing your avatar pop up. 🙂
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May 15, 2014 at 2:06 am
194. That seems low. I am a following maniac…I just don’t get round to read nearly as often as I would like….partly because I’m writing!
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May 15, 2014 at 9:41 pm
Haha! I just read, “I’m following a maniac,” and I’m like, why would she do that? Then I read it the right way around. 😛
Writing is a very good excuse for not reading everything everyone writes! I had to cut down a while back.
Thanks for chiming in. Still only found one blogger with the same follow count as me!
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May 15, 2014 at 12:26 am
Oh my! Mine says 50. That’s impossible. That’s way too high. Probably not a mistake but too high! I’ll have to go through that list….I just did this last summer, too. Thanks for reminding me!
Ellespeth
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May 15, 2014 at 9:35 pm
Don’t delete me! I follow you… you’re the ONE! 😉
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May 15, 2014 at 9:52 pm
Hahaha!
Ellespeth
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May 15, 2014 at 10:13 pm
🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 11:09 pm
637. But…. I don’t use WP to follow anyone. I use Bloglovin’, which has made it really, really easy for me to keep up to date on all of the blogs I follow (I follow an additional 200 or so on blogspot and custom domains…. haha)
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May 14, 2014 at 11:10 pm
Rather, I don’t use WP’s – READER – to follow anyone.
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May 15, 2014 at 9:34 pm
I’ve heard both good things and evil things about Bloglovin. Not sure I like the fact that apparently people can read my entire posts there and not have to click on my blog. But I knew a few people who use it and love it. I’m still on the fence.
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May 15, 2014 at 10:23 pm
Only if they have the frame installed. I hate that feature though, so I turned it off.
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May 15, 2014 at 10:26 pm
Just out of interest, can you see my posts there in their entirety? I don’t have an account – not sure I like the idea of having to make one just to turn off the feature, but it’s better than losing half my views.
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May 16, 2014 at 12:03 am
Yeah, you can. I didn’t know they hurt view counts though. But, you lose view counts to emailed posts too, don’t you?
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May 17, 2014 at 11:06 am
Actually, no I don’t. People who subscribe to me by email also only get the first few sentences of a post.
Thanks for the info, Alex. 🙂
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May 18, 2014 at 2:14 am
I’m with you on this. I’ve had posts of mine show up on all sorts of sites, including some that haven’t given me a byline. I have ping back turned on so any duplicated post that has a link to my site prompts a notification so I’ve checked out the sites.
The internet is really like the Wild West with no sheriff.
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May 18, 2014 at 1:20 pm
It really is, Winifred. It’s scary to think where we might find our words.
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May 14, 2014 at 8:34 pm
Hi Linda, I’m from Canada and my number is accurate: 358. I only see a fraction of them in the reader, which makes email notifications of my favourite blogs the only thing I can do. Any other suggestions?
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May 14, 2014 at 11:07 pm
Try Bloglovin! You can import directly from WordPress and categorize in folders. I never use WP’s Reader because it doesn’t tell you how many posts you’ve missed.
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May 14, 2014 at 11:44 pm
Thanks for the tip, Alex!
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May 15, 2014 at 9:29 pm
Maybe it stops counting after a thousand…? I don’t think anyone here who has commented so far has more than that.
Thanks for letting me know, my fellow Canadian. 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 8:05 pm
I think after you follow over a certain number it just says one. I know i follow like 200( the counter says 159, i guess the .com bloggers don’t count), but i only get the same 20 or so in my news feeds.
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May 14, 2014 at 8:30 pm
Is that what it could be? I do follow a LOT of blogs. Maybe it’s once it hits a thousand or something. 😛
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May 15, 2014 at 3:09 pm
LMAO – – 1 ey? –
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May 14, 2014 at 7:55 pm
200
I stopped getting a lot of them in the reader and supposedly I am not showing up for a lot of people.
I ended up moving everyone to email notification so I don’t miss anyone.
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May 14, 2014 at 8:28 pm
I’ve done that a lot as well. I only go into my reader once every few days. But a lot of people have been complaining lately that they’re not even getting their emails. Disturbing to say the least.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:37 pm
I have a huge number of blogs that I am following. That’s okay, I get to meet more people. Not everyone posts that often so there’s never a dull moment.
Leslie
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May 14, 2014 at 7:39 pm
I could easily spend all my days reading blogs as well… I follow too many to count! Apparently so many that WordPress can’t even keep up! Haha.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:43 pm
I did sign up for a lot of them. One, Gigaom and there is another one that has a lot of news on the latest developments in IT, which is very interesting. (also very prolific)
Sometimes I can’t understand it all. They’re doing a lot of complicated things out there. Nice to hear about it.
Lesie
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May 14, 2014 at 8:27 pm
Ah, you’re braver than I am when it comes to IT. Just put a computer in front of me that works and I’m happy. 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 8:28 pm
I must admit I don’t understand it all, but just getting a hint here or there as to what is coming next, is a heads up.
Leslie
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May 14, 2014 at 8:31 pm
That’s helpful then! 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 8:34 pm
It sure is.
Leslie
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May 14, 2014 at 7:29 pm
Mine says the true number of blogs I am following. So we all want to know, how long has it been since you decided to only follow one?
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May 14, 2014 at 7:37 pm
You and all the people you follow, you mean? It’s been since I discovered your blog, John. Once I found the best, nothing else would do.
😉
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May 14, 2014 at 8:37 pm
Ha ha ha. Good one. 🙂
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May 15, 2014 at 9:30 pm
😀
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May 14, 2014 at 7:22 pm
my count seems right…
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May 14, 2014 at 7:25 pm
Hmm…
Mine’s actually been like this for days. I wonder why?
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May 14, 2014 at 7:12 pm
It says 509 for me.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:17 pm
Closer to what mine should be! 😛
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May 14, 2014 at 7:08 pm
Mine says 1.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:16 pm
Hope it’s me. Oh wait, you just started following me a couple of days ago, so it must be! 😀
But no, seriously? Does yours say one as well? Coz I’m starting to feel alone here. 😛
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May 15, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Oh my…double PMSL AND LMAO AND ROFL – thanks Linda — sorry – this is so funny.
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May 15, 2014 at 9:53 pm
Ha! Easy for you to say. I bet it counts your follows just fine! *grumblegrumble*
…okay, I’ve got to ask. What the hell does PMSL stand for? Premenstrual syndrome laughter? Hahahahaha!
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May 16, 2014 at 3:00 am
..nope..it doesnt 😛
I am sure that is a perfectly good use of the acronym dear!
(Piss MySelf Laughing)
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May 17, 2014 at 11:09 am
Ah… thanks for clearing that up. 🙂
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May 17, 2014 at 4:55 pm
Well I was not sure if you were serious or not dear… I PROMISE I REALLY used to send my daughter texts that said things like ‘Hope you are feeling better. lol – mom.’
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May 18, 2014 at 1:13 pm
Haha! That’s so something I’m sure I’d have done if I’d been brave enough to try using an acronym before looking it up to make sure.
There are so many of them that I have to KEEP looking up. I have no memory for these things. And so yes, I was serious. I had no idea what PMSL stood for.
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May 18, 2014 at 2:50 pm
Splendid!! Now I can have incentive to feel like a complete idiot for not looking things up…AND I can feel like a NOT idiot for knowing what PMSL means 😛
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May 18, 2014 at 10:19 pm
Shhh… I have a secret for you my dear… You’re not really an idiot!
😉
hehe
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May 19, 2014 at 5:27 am
Only sometimes babe – in some things right 😉 lol!
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May 19, 2014 at 5:28 am
…it is a fun thing though – like a little mascot of sorts that I get to do punny things with 😛
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May 19, 2014 at 3:48 pm
🙂 It’s very freeing, I’m sure. 🙂
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May 19, 2014 at 3:49 pm
A little… 😛
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May 15, 2014 at 3:12 pm
1 should be the new sign for infinity…
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May 15, 2014 at 9:53 pm
It should! 😀
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May 16, 2014 at 2:58 am
😛
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May 14, 2014 at 7:08 pm
Mine is accurate.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:17 pm
That’s it, WP doesn’t like me.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:18 pm
Maybe it’s a canada thing.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:19 pm
Ha! Maybe. We’ll see if anyone from Canada comments.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:07 pm
mine says 221 but somedays it seems like tripple that!
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May 14, 2014 at 7:17 pm
Haha! I know what you mean!
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May 14, 2014 at 7:27 pm
🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 6:58 pm
Mine says I’m following about 51, which is about right I think.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:03 pm
So if you’re only following one blog, did you dump me? And I only have one Muslim blogger I’m following…and that was intentional.
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May 14, 2014 at 7:08 pm
No, you’re the only blog I’m following … and that’s the story I’m sticking with for everyone.
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May 14, 2014 at 6:47 pm
It’s definitely not that bad for me, but I do see random unfollow happening and that’s been there for sometime.
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May 14, 2014 at 6:51 pm
It’s not the blogs following me that’s wrong though, it’s the blogs I follow … there’s a humongous list there, but at the top it says I only follow one. Weird.
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May 14, 2014 at 6:44 pm
Yes, WordPress does have its glitches, blogs I followed often vanished without a trace and I would take no notice (thinking the blogger had stopped blogging for a bit) for a few months and then find out that the blogger was blogging the entire time.
The strange thing was at the same time I noticed a lot of blogs with a Muslim theme, that I had never followed, appearing in my reader.
It happened twice. I sent WP an e-mail and it seems to have stopped.
On the plus side, I have a lot of new Muslim friends thanking me for following their blog. I didn’t have the heart to unfollow them.
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May 14, 2014 at 6:52 pm
Haha! That’s kinda funny, in a way. Wonderful way to meet new people I suppose. 😛
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