Comments on: The End http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html Wrestling with PHP, SEO, Social Media & Networking Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:34:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Claire http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30928 Claire Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:36:40 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30928 I've not been a reader of yours for very long, but I would definitely miss your posts if you decided to "get your coat and piss off home", as it were! I agree with you about putting things to bed properly. I hate it when bloggers go AWOL for months and then return like nothing's happened, or if they stop blogging altogether without some form of "signing off". Many a time I have returned to a blog I like only to find that their most recent post is now 3 months old and I have no idea whether it's just a temporary hiatus or if the project is just being left to pickle in its own juices... Do I write it off as dead? Should I check back later? Should I nudge the blogger with an email? Or, is s/he ill/missing/dead etc?... Who knows? IMHO, if you're going to open the door to people and invite them to share in your experiences via blogging, you should at least be a courteous enough host to escort them back through the door and see them off right when it's time to go. I’ve not been a reader of yours for very long, but I would definitely miss your posts if you decided to “get your coat and piss off home”, as it were!

I agree with you about putting things to bed properly.

I hate it when bloggers go AWOL for months and then return like nothing’s happened, or if they stop blogging altogether without some form of “signing off”. Many a time I have returned to a blog I like only to find that their most recent post is now 3 months old and I have no idea whether it’s just a temporary hiatus or if the project is just being left to pickle in its own juices… Do I write it off as dead? Should I check back later? Should I nudge the blogger with an email? Or, is s/he ill/missing/dead etc?… Who knows?

IMHO, if you’re going to open the door to people and invite them to share in your experiences via blogging, you should at least be a courteous enough host to escort them back through the door and see them off right when it’s time to go.

]]> By: Guy http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30916 Guy Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:21:39 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30916 I guess im the only way that thinks this is a partly shameless post on your point to boost ego?! :P i read your blog from time to time when im bored but i always believed blogging should be something thats done for yourself not for the pleasure of others. Id love an anonymous blog which i could use to actually talk about the things going on in my head but you have to be careful because then the wrong people read it :P you won't stop blogging for a very long time that' a cert thou I guess im the only way that thinks this is a partly shameless post on your point to boost ego?! :P

i read your blog from time to time when im bored but i always believed blogging should be something thats done for yourself not for the pleasure of others.

Id love an anonymous blog which i could use to actually talk about the things going on in my head but you have to be careful because then the wrong people read it :P

you won’t stop blogging for a very long time that’ a cert thou

]]> By: Ad Tracker http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30906 Ad Tracker Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:09:17 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30906 This is a very compelling post. Not terribly unlike another post I read recently ;-) I'm afraid I would find it hard to keep blogging if I had no readers. I love the interaction with them. This is a very compelling post. Not terribly unlike another post I read recently ;-) I’m afraid I would find it hard to keep blogging if I had no readers. I love the interaction with them.

]]> By: Sayre http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30873 Sayre Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:19:28 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30873 There are times when I slow down, but I'm not sure what would make me quit. Losing my hands, maybe. Death, for sure. We're wondering how to close out a blog that belonged to my cousin, who died on the 9th. But my blog is really more than a blog. It's a record of our lives for my son. What was happening. How I feel about things. My relationship to his father and how much I love him. I'm in the process of saving my blog and printing it out so that he'll have it when he's older. It's one of the things that I feel strongly about, having no record of the lives of my grandparents or even my parents. My father, bless him, is working on a memoir, which will include lots about our family, which probably won't be a best seller, but will be priceless to us! There are times when I slow down, but I’m not sure what would make me quit. Losing my hands, maybe. Death, for sure. We’re wondering how to close out a blog that belonged to my cousin, who died on the 9th.

But my blog is really more than a blog. It’s a record of our lives for my son. What was happening. How I feel about things. My relationship to his father and how much I love him. I’m in the process of saving my blog and printing it out so that he’ll have it when he’s older. It’s one of the things that I feel strongly about, having no record of the lives of my grandparents or even my parents. My father, bless him, is working on a memoir, which will include lots about our family, which probably won’t be a best seller, but will be priceless to us!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30832 Sarah Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:21:47 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30832 I probably wouldn't miss you if you stopped blogging tomorrow, given that this is my first visit. But I added you to my feed reader, so if you give up around Wednesday *then* I'd miss you. Also, what site closed comments?! You have gossip and you're not sharing the details so that I can gossip too? That's just mean. I am female you know, gossip is oxygen to me! I probably wouldn’t miss you if you stopped blogging tomorrow, given that this is my first visit. But I added you to my feed reader, so if you give up around Wednesday *then* I’d miss you.

Also, what site closed comments?! You have gossip and you’re not sharing the details so that I can gossip too? That’s just mean. I am female you know, gossip is oxygen to me!

]]> By: Rich Minx http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30801 Rich Minx Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:51:12 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30801 I would stop blogging if I had no audience... probably. I would stop blogging if I had no audience… probably.

]]> By: Bush Mackel http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30800 Bush Mackel Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30800 Oh yeah, I forgot to answer what would make me stop blogging...Hm. I don't know. Maybe if my server crashed or I lost all my previous posts somehow. Not that I'm getting a ton of search engine hits on them, but it would make me feel empty if I lost all that hard work/history of my site. Oh yeah, I forgot to answer what would make me stop blogging…Hm. I don’t know. Maybe if my server crashed or I lost all my previous posts somehow. Not that I’m getting a ton of search engine hits on them, but it would make me feel empty if I lost all that hard work/history of my site.

]]> By: Malin http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30798 Malin Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:29:26 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30798 No one is missed for very long in the blogosphere. Things that would make me stop blogging are 1) loosing internet access or 2) loosing interest for it ;) No one is missed for very long in the blogosphere.
Things that would make me stop blogging are 1) loosing internet access or 2) loosing interest for it ;)

]]> By: Armen http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30791 Armen Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:43:45 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30791 I can connect with this post, big-time! I just quit blogging at a blog I had been working on for only two months, and the response from readers was incredible. They were quite upset at my decision to stop. But, like you said, I made sure to let them know, as I think it's inconsiderate just to stop posting, without any warning. I can connect with this post, big-time!

I just quit blogging at a blog I had been working on for only two months, and the response from readers was incredible. They were quite upset at my decision to stop. But, like you said, I made sure to let them know, as I think it’s inconsiderate just to stop posting, without any warning.

]]> By: Matt http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html/comment-page-1#comment-30784 Matt Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:37:33 +0000 http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/07/the-end.html#comment-30784 Yes, definitely would miss this blog to be quite honest with you. Always a good daily read over lunchtime! What stopped me blogging before was a massive change in lifestyle and routine, it wasn't that I couldn't fit it in, just that it didn't feel right. Hey ho, it does now and I'm back. I may be acting a little dense here, but what was the blog that Bloggrrl was referring to? Yes, definitely would miss this blog to be quite honest with you. Always a good daily read over lunchtime!

What stopped me blogging before was a massive change in lifestyle and routine, it wasn’t that I couldn’t fit it in, just that it didn’t feel right. Hey ho, it does now and I’m back.

I may be acting a little dense here, but what was the blog that Bloggrrl was referring to?

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