Who knew, way back in December of 2004, the impact this little blog would have on my life. Although I had been keeping an online journal, (LiveJournal), since 2002, I never fully revealed myself. From the meaning behind the domain name, afrogtokiss, to the actual title of the blog, bits and pieces of me were coming forth. Not only to the almost 1.3 million people who have passed by, but, more importantly, to me. The post you are reading will be the last on my “blog about nothing.”
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A Good-Bye To Over 4 Years Of My Life.
A New Direction For This Blog.
I know I have not been updating this blog as much as I once did. Sometimes, life gets in the way and so does one’s direction. I have a new project in the works-in fact, I received my first comment this morning and only a handful of people know about it- so it is being indexed. I’m not ready to reveal the blog and I may not until the end of the project. It’s more personal than my little blog here has ever been and for that reason I’m staying anonymous for now.
With Google cracking down on blogs with “non-quality content,” I’ve become a bit jaded with the blogging process. I think anyone who shares their stories, their lives, knowledge- is contributing. The sad fact- too many people believe they can be, or are, professional bloggers. My belief is- blog for yourself first, be true to who you are and you’ll gain readers. Don’t blog on the hopes of making money or becoming famous-this isn’t blogging, it’s called journalism.
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Any comments without a real name, or linking to questionable sites, will be marked as spam.
24-Hour Twitter Boycott.
If anyone is interested- send me a DM or Tweet @bethchelle. I will not bow down to the elite simply because they’re too lazy to change settings, or simply ignore. Twitter is no longer social networking, it’s a group of people chatting-that is, unless you have a million followers. Any instant message system is far better at this point.
http://twitter.com/bethchelle
Just Who Is Twitter Catering To?
Who is Twitter catering to?
We’ve updated the Notices section of Settings to better reflect how folks are using Twitter regarding replies. Based on usage patterns and feedback, we’ve learned most people want to see when someone they follow replies to another person they follow—it’s a good way to stay in the loop. However, receiving one-sided fragments via replies sent to folks you don’t follow in your timeline is undesirable. Today’s update removes this undesirable and confusing option.
Allow me, please, to attempt to understand the “undesirable” part of receiving Tweets from those I don’t follow. For one, I’m not always notified of a new follower. If someone replies to something I’ve said and I don’t recognize the name, I look in my list of followers. 99% of the time, I will follow this person back. If I have no desire, I simply use the “block” feature. Quite simple, really. So, this leads me to question- just who is Twitter catering to?
The recent influx of celebrities, media outlets and the overall dominance of the so-called “elite” of the blogosphere cannot go unnoticed. These are the Tweeters who are less likely to follow-and heaven forbid a Tweet is received from someone not on their “list.” But, isn’t the ability to block followers on Twitter the solution? Why prevent a Tweet from a person not being followed, from being seen in the regular Twitter timeline? Maybe we have something important, or interesting to say. For example, I follow @SamChampion from Good Morning America. He doesn’t follow me, however, I did send him a cute Tweet, regarding something he did on GMA-and guess what? He responded. With Twitter’s changes, he would probably have missed the Tweet and a nice, little chuckle.
Here’s the solution, for Twitter, the celebs and the media outlets-see the button named “block?” Yeah. Use it. If you don’t want “undesirables, such as myself and other normal users, replying to your Tweets and showing in your timeline, then freaking block us. We didn’t force you to use Twitter. You jumped on the bandwagon a year late. Us lowly bloggers made Twitter what it is today-a way of communicating with people we would probably never have met. We didn’t make it your playground. And Twitter folks? If you’re bowing down to pressure from the so-called elite- you just may lose those who brought the service into the mainstream-yeah, myself, the lowly hillbilly chick from West Virginia, the stay-at-home mom in Texas, or the writer in Ireland. Twitter-get over it, make changes that better the service, not harm.
Oh and feel free to click the image in this post to follow me. I respond to everyone.
