Apr 17

Apr 17 Blogger Me!!! Somebody Read My Post!!

First Published Frankie Magazine 2017

A few weeks ago I posted a little piece on a few online sites on the subject of being ‘liked’ on Facebook. In the article, I included all the other sites that have adopted this curious practice of eliciting self- praise. Each of the social media sites, of course, try to put a different slant on the subject by asking their converts to ’compliment me’ or ‘connect with me’ or whatever.

The headline of my last post (feel free to visit it and “like ‘ away to your heart's content) was entitled; “Please Like Me. I’m feeling A Little Neglected.”

Now, I will admit to a daily ritual of checking my website to see how many folk ‘out there’ have actually read anything I write. I scan the stats, comparing last month’s visits with the current one.

I have to say that there are times when I am severely disappointed with the results. I have been known to ‘visit’ my own site several times a day just to make the miserable statistics look even vaguely appealing.

Of course, I like to delude myself into believing that there are millions of avid readers out there digesting my literary prowess over their collective breakfasts, muttering to spouses or friends, “ You know, I love this guy’s stuff.”

However much to my surprise, there must have been something in the nature of the headline of that particular blog that elicited some sort of sympathy vote, for suddenly the numbers shot up to an all-time high. (Seven, if I recall correctly)

Seriously though, people from around the globe obviously thought to ‘give this poor sod a good day’ by at least clicking on the post. The ‘ like’ phenomena kicked in and suddenly the site was swamped and, even on Facebook where the weekly blogs appear, I received two likes from Mongolia, one from Papua New Guinea and another from a country I have never heard of.

Oh, the wonderful reach off the Internet!

I walked around on a cloud of euphoria for the entire day.

I do wonder sometimes about writing a piece each week as every individual connected to the internet must, and certainly does become inundated with ‘stuff’ that quite frankly not many of us have the time or inclination to read.

However, if I didn’t remain diligent, I fear I would spend more time drinking beer and watching sport and indulging in my all time favourite hobby, sloth! So let's see how this little bugger goes this week as who knows? Maybe I might just strike a chord out there somewhere.