To all subscribers to my blog: A thank you note
Two weeks ago, I was not aware that I had a bunch of subscribers to my blog. I was confused that there are three kinds of subscribers: Site, comment subscribers, and comment subscriptions. I know now that site subscribers receive automatically every post that I publish, though I don’t know how this is done yet (I hear there is a “like button” that you click on). For example, if you click on “like” do you become a site subscriber or the article is save in your file as comment subscription?
I am the type who has to ask to comprehend internet and social platform complex ideas and designs: I don’t understand the “help” jargon section or their description. Someone has to be patient and show me the steps in details how to go about learning a new facility, facilities that you are being charged to use. Luckily, how can I pay for a facility since I don’t generate a dime from publishing for free, while the platform is making plenty of profit from my contribution? Hopefully wordpress will not start charging for publishing, or starting to discriminate among types of posts, and what post is to be taxed… For example, if you fail to add a picture then you have to pay for your failure to promoting modern media ideals…You may refer to note #1.
The irony is that I learned to program in FORTRAN in the early 70’s: I discovered that “programming logic” doesn’t match my logic. I am under the impression that logic has transformed and new generations can juggle amid the different and varied logical processes, as “fish in sea”?
This is a paradox: Anything outside internet-related technologies, I exclusively comprehend by reading hard copies. I cannot fathom how anyone can comprehend a serious article if he has not printed a hard copy, reflected slowly on the topic, and then wrote how he understood the topic on paper, before typing his article for publishing. The thought process must be transacted through the hand, and on paper first…This is a thank you note? How this idea of posting a thank you note to subscribers came about?
I asked my nephew: “I discovered that I have a bunch of subscribers, and I don’t know how to send a thank you note to every subscriber” William replied: “You cannot. It is designed not to interfere with your subscribers. The best you can do is post a thank you note”
Then, two days ago, I received on my email a “congratulation notification” that someone was added to my list of subscribers. There was this rectangle for “reply” and it dawned on me that this is my opportunity to thank the new fan. Recklessly, I thought that it would be a wise idea to ask the new subscriber what are his prefered categories and the particular article that enticed clicking on “like”. After I dispatched the reply by clicking on the send button, I told myself: “this demand is redundant: the article of interest is obvious”. But my intention was: “Did this particular article clinched the decision to becoming a site subscriber?” Or something to that effect.
After over 2,250 articles published in the last four years, I am still your basic blogger: I don’t post pictures or videos, simply because I don’t have the equipments and the “easy and straightforward” know-how for these complicated editing formats…
I recall that three years ago, a famous actress was very interested with my “book review” category and told me that she is starting a literary blog and wanted me to contribute. I foolishly replied: “I would love to, but I have no idea what you mean by URL and how to go about contributing…” I never heard from her again.
Fact is, only six months ago, I discovered how to go about “linking”, which is basic to blogging, of what I am hearing, and it made sense to me. Since then, I adopted the opportunistic tactics of re-editing all my ancient articles that are being read, attaching links, tags, and marking the new categories that I had added since then, and that may correspond to the articles. Mind you that my 42 categories are not necessarily of the exclusive-type logic: It would be counter-productive and illogical for disseminating your “production”.
To all subscribers to my blog (site and comment): Thank you.
Note 1: I figured that it is better to dispatch all links to the notes section: The reader might open a link, get sidetracked, and fail to finish reading the main article: https://adonis49.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/how-long-have-you-graduated-are-you-still-in-training/
Note 2: https://adonis49.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/what-did-i-learn-from-blogging-the-blurred-line-between-writing-and-publishing/
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To all subscribers to my blog: A thank you note
Posted by: adonis49 on: June 27, 2011
To all subscribers to my blog: A thank you note
Two weeks ago, I was not aware that I had a bunch of subscribers to my blog. I was confused that there are three kinds of subscribers: Site, comment subscribers, and comment subscriptions. I know now that site subscribers receive automatically every post that I publish, though I don’t know how this is done yet (I hear there is a “like button” that you click on). For example, if you click on “like” do you become a site subscriber or the article is save in your file as comment subscription?
I am the type who has to ask to comprehend internet and social platform complex ideas and designs: I don’t understand the “help” jargon section or their description. Someone has to be patient and show me the steps in details how to go about learning a new facility, facilities that you are being charged to use. Luckily, how can I pay for a facility since I don’t generate a dime from publishing for free, while the platform is making plenty of profit from my contribution? Hopefully wordpress will not start charging for publishing, or starting to discriminate among types of posts, and what post is to be taxed… For example, if you fail to add a picture then you have to pay for your failure to promoting modern media ideals…You may refer to note #1.
The irony is that I learned to program in FORTRAN in the early 70’s: I discovered that “programming logic” doesn’t match my logic. I am under the impression that logic has transformed and new generations can juggle amid the different and varied logical processes, as “fish in sea”?
This is a paradox: Anything outside internet-related technologies, I exclusively comprehend by reading hard copies. I cannot fathom how anyone can comprehend a serious article if he has not printed a hard copy, reflected slowly on the topic, and then wrote how he understood the topic on paper, before typing his article for publishing. The thought process must be transacted through the hand, and on paper first…This is a thank you note? How this idea of posting a thank you note to subscribers came about?
I asked my nephew: “I discovered that I have a bunch of subscribers, and I don’t know how to send a thank you note to every subscriber” William replied: “You cannot. It is designed not to interfere with your subscribers. The best you can do is post a thank you note”
Then, two days ago, I received on my email a “congratulation notification” that someone was added to my list of subscribers. There was this rectangle for “reply” and it dawned on me that this is my opportunity to thank the new fan. Recklessly, I thought that it would be a wise idea to ask the new subscriber what are his prefered categories and the particular article that enticed clicking on “like”. After I dispatched the reply by clicking on the send button, I told myself: “this demand is redundant: the article of interest is obvious”. But my intention was: “Did this particular article clinched the decision to becoming a site subscriber?” Or something to that effect.
After over 2,250 articles published in the last four years, I am still your basic blogger: I don’t post pictures or videos, simply because I don’t have the equipments and the “easy and straightforward” know-how for these complicated editing formats…
I recall that three years ago, a famous actress was very interested with my “book review” category and told me that she is starting a literary blog and wanted me to contribute. I foolishly replied: “I would love to, but I have no idea what you mean by URL and how to go about contributing…” I never heard from her again.
Fact is, only six months ago, I discovered how to go about “linking”, which is basic to blogging, of what I am hearing, and it made sense to me. Since then, I adopted the opportunistic tactics of re-editing all my ancient articles that are being read, attaching links, tags, and marking the new categories that I had added since then, and that may correspond to the articles. Mind you that my 42 categories are not necessarily of the exclusive-type logic: It would be counter-productive and illogical for disseminating your “production”.
To all subscribers to my blog (site and comment): Thank you.
Note 1: I figured that it is better to dispatch all links to the notes section: The reader might open a link, get sidetracked, and fail to finish reading the main article: https://adonis49.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/how-long-have-you-graduated-are-you-still-in-training/
Note 2: https://adonis49.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/what-did-i-learn-from-blogging-the-blurred-line-between-writing-and-publishing/
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