So many of you might have noticed that I’ve recently re-followed you. And someone asked me about it too. Why did I need to re-follow people I had been following for almost 3 years?

The explanation is simple; WordPress settings!
I had enabled notifications of new posts on most of the blogs I follow. But this would produce too many notifications and when I got up after sleeping (7-8) hours, some notifications just disappeared. Some comments also were lost because apparently the WP notification panel can hold just a limited number.
I thought if I turn off the notifications of all the blogs I follow, I can simply read new posts in the reader. But not… says WP. There was no tab to turn off notifications. So I had to unfollow a majority of blogs that I follow and follow them again being careful not to enable notifications.
And while I did that, I also reorganized the blogs I followed. In a way it was an operation clean-up as well.

So if you are one of those who were unfollowed and then followed again, this was the reason.
Thanks for staying with me.
#Keepitalive
#Blogging
I love this idea, and may do something similar over the holidays, Sadje. I did notice yesterday that you refollowed, and thought it might have had something to do with my posts not showing in your reader, which has happened on other sites. Anyway, I appreciate you letting us know. 😊
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Yes, when a blogger asked why I had to refollow them, I realized that many must have noticed it( or is it just my idea of self importance?) so I thought an explanation was due.
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Hahaha. Ah, Sadje, you always bring smiles and laughter to me…indeed, I think the post you created is a nice touch…
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I’m glad to bring amusement to my friend ! 🤣
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😁😆😂 Me too!!
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Thanks for the explanation. I have found that some of my followers were simply ‘dropped’ by WP and had to re-follow. Always glad to see you Sadje!!
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I felt that it an explanation that’s due. It’s always a pleasure my friend
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Thank you for signing back up!
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Of course, it was the plan all along. How can I not follow your blog! It was one of the first ones I followed.
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Yay!!
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😍
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Oh… so that’s what happened! I’d got the notice that you followed me, which I thought was something weird going on. Glad to know the reason and hope all is good on your blog now after the clean up. 🙂
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Now you know! Thanks Barbara! Things are manageable now.
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🙂 WordPress notifications are not 100% reliable and that is the main reason I follow your blog via Feedly.
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They aren’t. In the reader settings, I couldn’t see all the blogs I follow and those I could, I had the option of dis-abling the notifications. While the rest I had to do this way.
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I got two recent notifications that you started following my blog Sadje and I wondered what was up with that. I am having a WordPress glitch at the moment also. I host the prompt called the MM Music Challenge, every other Friday which is on another site and today I could not log into it, so I may have trouble this upcoming Friday.
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WordPress is always making things difficult for it’s users. I hope you can log into MLMM!
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Thanks for the reminder Sadje and I just tried and it is good now. I guess it was just a crazy glitch.
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You’re welcome! I’m glad it okay now.
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Thanks for the explanation! Like Renard, I follow blogs in my feed reader too, because I can’t seem to work the WP reader at all.
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You’re welcome! I will check out that too.
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WordPress can be weird at times.
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Haha! Most of the time!
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I thought you could turn off notifications for a blog, without actually unfollowing it? I’m asure I did that.
But I think you’re right that there is a limit to the blogs we can follow. Mine is about 80.
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There is but it would not show me the option! So this was the easier way.
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WP is being a pain lately
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I know. 🙈
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Ah! I see. I did notice. It is nice to cleanup the blog once in a while. Great job. And thanks for sharing, Sadje.
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You’re welcome Suzette. Yes we do need to do it once in a while.
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True🙂
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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WP has its issues, doesn’t it?
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Oh so many.
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Umm interesting. I turned off email notifications as my email box was getting out of control and I just go on the reader now. I am not sure , but I don’t think I lost any blogs I follow. But I did this months ago.
Wp at times can be.. interesting.. not
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I turned off the email notification when I started blogging. Now I don’t get notified of new posts but can find them in the reader.
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Okay.
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Hi Sadje. I don’t think you were following me but I might be wrong. I know I follow you – but my point is that I did wonder why this happens. Often, someone who was following me suddenly follows again, and I wondered what was happening. Now I know, so thankyou for this post. Smiles.
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Thanks Laraine. I think I’m following you. Let me check.
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It’s a weird thing Sadje. I have had some people re-follow me numerous times, and one person asked me once why I had stopped following them, obviously upset, yet I never knew had! Weird WP. Thanks for re-following me
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The pleasure is mine. Yup, WP is glitching all the time.
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I know 😀
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Yeah, too many notifications can make it clumsy. I’ve turned it on for a select blogs only, and I read the others in my reader as and when I get enough time to relax. I was wondering about it too, when you’d refollowed yesterday.
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Now you know! I’ve set it so that all the blogs I follow show in the reader only. Makes it easy to see the comments.
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I will just pretend that is the reason I have few followers.
“WordPress made me do it!” is their excuse. lol
Thanks for your follow ….. I think? 😉
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You’re welcome!
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Agree with you
I turned off all the notifications and there is no clutter in my e mail or WP app.
But I make it a point to check the postings of people whom I follow via reader.
Nice post Sadje.
Thought provoking.
Thank you
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Thanks! I think it’s the right way to do it.
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I must check email now. I don’t know about this… thank you for explaining ☺️
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You’re welcome! We learn something new every day
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Yeah, it’s true 👍🏻
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