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When People Comment: I Followed You, Follow Me Back
This is a huge pet peeve of mine. For me, anyway, I click on the name of anyone who comments to see if they might have a blog I would enjoy. And if I like their blog, I follow it. I actually am way less likely to check out someone's blog if they comment "I followed your blog, follow me back!" Especially if they don't say anything else or just comment something generic that makes me wonder if they even read what I wrote. It's not like my not following your blog means I hate you. I'm probably just not interested in the topic. It's not even that I think you're boring, but I am just not interested in tech blogs, for instance, that talk about crazy concepts I can't even begin to understand. And it also makes me a little bit angry that people who comment to follow them back because they followed me somehow feel like they have forced me into a contract to follow their blog just because they have typed 6 words.
So what does everyone else think about asking people to follow you back? Do you do leave comments like that? Do you follow people back just because they borderline order you to?
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Permalink Reply by Alicia on -
I, just like you, will normally check out a person's blog through their comment and, if I like it, I'll follow.
I posted a question in a forum the other day (not this one) and the only answers I've gotten so far are "I've FOLLOWED (no seriously the person capitalized it) your blog and was hoping you could check out mine," and "I have two blogs and can't wait to read more posts from you." Uh, thanks for not answering my questions.
In short, no. I don't give a follow for a follow and it bothers me to no end when someone asks.
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Permalink Reply by Naomi Anselmo on -
It's amazing that bloggers still do this, 'cause it seems like #1 on the blogging/commenting faux pas list! I get it every once in a while and to be honest with you, while I normally check out everyone who comments... it makes me not want to even click on their name when they leave a comment like this. Which isn't necessarily good, because they might sincerely like my blog and just don't realize that it looks tacky. But boy, is it irritating.
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Permalink Reply by Alicia on
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Do you, or does anyone, just delete these types of comments? I'm struggling with what to do and don't want to seem like a b**ch. So, delete them, leave them, email the person, what do you do?
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Permalink Reply by Naomi Anselmo on
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One girl just recently left me a comment like that, but I left it up 'cause her blog was kinda similar and she seemed to genuinely like mine, she just didn't realize that that's not really appropriate. But one other time some guy left that comment, I checked out his blog, and it just had some, like... borderline-pornographic grunge fashion photography and absolutely nothing to do with anything I care about, so I deleted his comment 'cause there's obviously no way a guy like that is actually interested in a girly blog by a stay-at-home mom in MO. It's your call though, since it's your space. If you feel like they're simply commenting to get more hits on their blog, then you have every right to delete it. And if they ask why you did, you could point them to any of the millions of articles on Google about commenting etiquette. Or, if it's frequent enough, put a little disclaimer before your comment box explaining that those comments will be deleted. One thing I know though: it doesn't just annoy the blog owner. It annoys the heck out of other commenters too, and I've seen it cause little mini-wars between commenters before - which isn't good either.
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Permalink Reply by GurlNxtDoor on
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Nope, you're not a bitch. I just delete those too. To me, they are no different than spam.
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Permalink Reply by Remy on -
Annoys the shit out of me. I take time to write out a post and they copypasta 'FOLLOWING YOU!! PLEASE FOLLOW ME BACK AT BLAHBLAHBLAHBLOGHERE.COM"
It's nice to let me know, but shit, did you even READ the post? If you want to let me know you're following me, send me a goddamn email, don't clog up my precious commenting space! It looks ridiculous all the actually thought-out comments.
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Permalink Reply by Shelly on -
This is so annoying.
Someone posted that on my blog and not only did I not look at their blog, I marked it as spam.
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Permalink Reply by Clayton Eli Rogers on -
I did reply on your blog about this, but I'll put it here, too.
I hate when people do it, and I will not follow a blog unless I enjoy the blog. I'd rather have 5 real readers than have 5,000 subscribers. And saying 'I'll follow you if you follow me', or the like, I'm less likely to go to your blog.
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Permalink Reply by Emma on -
I deliberately DON'T go to the blogs of people who leave comments like that. I follow blogs because I'm interested in them, not because the author followed me. If that means they unfollow me (and I have been unfollowed by a couple of people when they've realised I'm not going to follow them back), then so be it.
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Permalink Reply by Melbourne on my mind on -
I *HATE* it when people do that. When I get comments like that, I'll usually avoid their blog intentionally. I honestly don't know how people think that doing that will get them more followers. Surely it would make far more sense to leave a comment that relates to the post and build a relationship with the blogger than just ask people to follow back?!
I actually got a comment last year that was worse than this. It was all "You should check out my blog - if you follow me, I'll follow back!" Um, NO. I won't check out your blog. And I won't follow you. And at least have the decency to read my blog post you're commenting on if you're going to leave a blog-whore-y comment!!
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