Food For Thought....

Hi all.

I haven't done a chitchat post in a while but this topic has been plaguing me for a while now so I thought I may as well share it with the rest of you. I really want to know what you all think about it so leave a comment at the end of the post and let me know if you agree, disagree or just couldn't care less.

Does anybody else feel that blogging is becoming more of a numbers game than anything else?

Over the last few weeks, I haven't blogged as much as I have done in the past and I haven't really been keeping up with some of my favourite blogs. This is mainly due to the fact that by the time I get home from work and do what I need to do around the house, it's bed time. Sad as it may seem but it's the truth. However, when I do get a chance to catch up with old favourites and newbie blogs, I feel like it's slowly becoming a popularity contest for numbers.

Don't get me wrong, I love it when I get a new follower or 2. I'd be lying if I said that I couldn't care less. However, I love it purely because it means that someone somewhere has come across my space and seen what they liked so they've decided to follow it through the google reader thingy. Yet, there are some blogs that I come across that are purely after the numbers.

I'm sure we've all been there... We feel like we put this effort into our blogs and would like to know that it's gaining more traffic because people are linking back to it and so forth. However, when I read posts/tweets about how 'so and so' has X amount of followers and nonsense like that, it makes me wonder... Why so bitter?

There was a time when blogging used to be a fun way to share interests and introduce others to things you like and things you don't like. I mean, wasn't that why we all decided to start blogging in the first place? I know it was definitely one of the reasons I did.

What happened to that place? The place where it didn't matter if you had 10 followers or 100 followers so long as you knew people were enjoying what you wrote and could relate to it?
I miss that place!

It seems like the blogging world has become the high school canteen where the big boys play together and the new kids swim around trying to find their footing. Something just doesn't feel right. It seems that instead of working together, everyone's trying to out-do the next person. Whether it be getting a product for reviewing before everyone else or getting invited to an event before the next person, there's always that extra little bitterness to have that one extra follower.

Am I wrong?

Tell me what you think. Agree? Disagree? Not bothered?

I'm not saying that any of this would effect the quality or quantity of someones blog posts but does it make you think twice?

That's enough randomness from my head for one night. It's bed time!

Goodnight my loves and remember to

Walk tall with a swivel in your hips whenever you're wearing your