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Monday, March 02, 2009

Aleksandra

Dear Aleksandra, Thank you very much for joining my 'followers'-list. Before the blogspotwhizzkids decided they could 'improve' the 'follower'-gadget or -widget, whatever we are supposed to call it, I (well, we all) could click on the photo of a 'follower' and as if by magic the 'follower's' profile would appear and I could go to their blog to inform them of my gratitude for their decision to join the weird but wonderful people (or dogs or cats as the case may be) who are my 'followers'. (*take a breath*) Unfortunately not anymore. If I click on your photo now, the magic brings me to a list of blogs that you've just joined. I don't want to know that. I want to get to know you! But where are you? WHERE ARE YOU? How the ..... (fill in whatever you feel is appropriate in times of need) can I find your blog? I think I may hate the people who decided the 'followers'list needed improving. I liked it just the way it was. And, reading other blogs, I'm not just guessing a lot of bloggers feel that way. The lay-out of the gad/widget has not improved either. It has become an ugly little thing. Maybe we need a revolution! So, Aleksandra, I'm sorry that I can only visit your blog if you leave me a comment on one of my posts. But welcome nevertheless. Yours faithfully, Carolina
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  1. T2 March 2009 at 19:40

    Don't ya just hate that?! I had the same problem. But I found I was able to find my followers blog by typing in there name in the address bar plus blogspot.com, VOILA, I found them.
    Perhaps that can help you.

    Hugs.

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  2. Carolina2 March 2009 at 20:09

    T
    Aha, but that will only work if you now their blogspot name will it not? I mean, if you type Carolina.blogspot.com, you may find someone, but not me.
    Or is the name attached to the photo always the blogspotname? If that is so, problem solved. Still, I don't think it is an improvement.
    But thanks for the suggestion!

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  3. Carolina2 March 2009 at 20:10

    I meant know, not now. Grrrr.

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  4. Carolina2 March 2009 at 20:15

    Please try it with aleksandra.blogspot.com. If you can make any sense out of that what appears on your screen, please let me know. No idea what language that is. Something East-European maybe? Interesting!

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  5. Anonymous2 March 2009 at 20:17

    "Maybe we need a revolution!"

    Be careful what you ask for, Caroline. The scariest thing about us is change. And, if we didn't have it, what would we talk about?

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  6. Aleks2 March 2009 at 20:19

    Listen to me carefully I shell say this only once!! broeuhahahiha now I am sure I'm not thi only one being confused by stupid changeeeezzz of are beloved blog site.
    Look under the LINKS and thats only possible if I,myself have a blog,if not you have no choise about your "followers",delete those or something if they are noughty.O,en het zou fijn zijn om eve geen veranderingen te moeten meemaken in de blogland!Well darling,good luck.
    Ill be back.(so,do not panic,scroll lower in the followers place and look eor links under my picture,ok,tot gauw)Sandra
    my word vwryfication is sanside,funny,no?

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  7. Aleks2 March 2009 at 20:28

    And I am qite positive that I am writing things correct but they turn not so in that comment space,grrr! I am Yugoslavian,living in Holland half of my life,Im now 46,speak Serbo-Croat,English,Dutch and pretty little other lovely languages.

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  8. A Woman Of No Importance2 March 2009 at 20:50

    Carolina, this is Aleksandra's profile and her two blogs http://www.blogger.com/profile/07514059217994184072

    I don't like the new follower widget, for exactly the same reasons you do not! See you soon, x

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  9. Life With Dogs2 March 2009 at 21:03

    Gets my vote for worst Blogger improvement ever. It looks like a billboard.

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  10. JW2 March 2009 at 22:18

    Ahhhh ... Lady Banana passed on the trick that I came armed with.

    I have to admit that this widget gives more information on each of the followers and that's a good thing ... but it seems a little clumsier to me, and I haven't figured out if my missing 5 followers actually left or were a consequence of the change.

    Remember the business mantra: change is good!

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  11. Cecelia---Sis---Mom2 March 2009 at 22:59

    One of my biggest pet peeves is when people have to try and "fix" something that was already working fine. LOL

    Hope you are well.

    Hugs,

    Cece

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  12. Andrea2 March 2009 at 23:19

    I am NOT loving the new followers box either!!! Guess we just have to get used to it. :)

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  13. Barb3 March 2009 at 02:50

    My followers thingy is way at the bottom of my blog. Sometimes I forget it's there. But today as a matter of fact I did scroll down there and I noticed it looked very very different. So that's what it is, huh?

    Sheesh.

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  14. Anonymous3 March 2009 at 06:44

    Methinks there is some mischief afoot. I posted a response to a comment in Laptoptrouble and the bot seems to have lost it.
    Anyway I don't live near you, Caroline, so you can't hold me entirely responsible.

    As for the follower whatsit upsets, they are sort of explained in the Blogger Buzz tab on the Dashboard.

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  15. Carolina3 March 2009 at 09:12

    Ivan Toblog,
    yes, I know the dislike of the 'follower'whatsit can be the result of fear of change. I know *sigh* And we have to get used to it, and when they changed it I've read the blogger buzz tab to try to make sense of it, but it still is ugly and I still don't understand it fully. Now, reasons for that:
    - I'm not too bright,
    - English is a foreign language to me,
    - it isn't explained properly?
    Anyway, thanks for your input. Have a great day!

    Aleksandra,
    well, now that we've found you ;-), I've been to your blog and wrote you a comment there.

    Important woman,
    thanks, found her!
    Is it just our fear of change? NON, je ne pense pas! Or something like that anyway ;-)

    Life with dogs,
    maybe some flashing neonlights will improve the thing?

    Lady Banana,
    aaah, but yesterday, when I clicked on the picture, there was nothing to scroll down too. It just transported me to a new page, where the only information was what I described. I've tried it now, and nów I can scroll down.
    You are just one of the brighter bloggers of the bunch ;-) Clever woman!

    Ro,
    so you belong to the clever bunch too ;-) And change isn't always good! Believe you me! Why fix something that isn't broken? Or is that just a conservative thought?

    Cece,
    I'm with you on that! I'm slowly recovering from the initial shock of the change, but I'm okay, thanks ;-)

    Andrea,
    See, I'm considering you as part of the clever bunch, but you don't like it either. That is a comforting thought. ;-)

    Barb a.k.a. Skittles,
    I'm speechless! Your 'followers'list at the bottom of your page? Forgetting that it's there? But you have to count your 'followers' every day! Suppose someone goes missing? You have to organize/organise a search! Or what if you gain a new 'follower'? How would you know? Gosh, I don't know, you must be the sanest, most confident person in blogworld ;-)

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  16. Jewels3 March 2009 at 13:03

    I miss the old way. sigh. I'll just start repeating my mantra and I'll feel better.... "change is good...change is good.... change IS good.... Change is GOOD... CHANGE is good... nope. still don't believe it.

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  17. Dina7 March 2009 at 19:56

    Right. We should tell Blogger: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

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  18. Susan English Mason8 March 2009 at 22:02

    I'm feeling this same pain at my blog.

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