tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post6437874814014621124..comments2024-03-18T11:59:18.128-07:00Comments on Tossing It Out: In Time for Halloween--And the Award Goes Too...Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-7615685425902678042011-10-11T21:48:39.378-07:002011-10-11T21:48:39.378-07:00I was like you, then it became too much. I try to ...I was like you, then it became too much. I try to do just like you; say thank you and pass it on! It is a lot of work and I think you are being respectful of the gracious award and your time! I think it is the best way to be! Well said~Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-70835950187576202542011-10-11T21:15:56.335-07:002011-10-11T21:15:56.335-07:00nice post :)nice post :)Damonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855065954787383085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-72407030851972437482011-10-11T19:15:32.597-07:002011-10-11T19:15:32.597-07:00Karen -- I always feel like I either leaving someo...Karen -- I always feel like I either leaving someone out or giving awards to the same people. <br /><br />Bryce -- I'll take a good comment over an award any day and I think the comment is often more heartfelt.<br /><br />Heather-- Time is a valuable commodity that should be used wisely.<br /><br />Alison - I do like the way some of the awards look and appreciate the sentiments with which they are sometimes given. Too many does start to look cheesy and cluttered. I know what you're saying though.<br /><br />Thistle -- Ditto for me.<br /><br />Sig -- When it was just a matter of passing the award on to five or less it wasn't too bad, but fifteen is a bit much. That's fifteen that I have to spend time finding and then copying and pasting links to my site. That can take a good bit of time.<br /><br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-63624965214226049732011-10-11T18:52:44.851-07:002011-10-11T18:52:44.851-07:00I agree with you on the awards. To pass them on to...I agree with you on the awards. To pass them on to 5 or more others is a challenge for me. Sometimes I wonder if they are passed on only to satisfy the requirement set forth (by??)<br /><br />If you dont want them...dont play. I am with you on this!<br /><br />SigSig Wynne-Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17758754941954867390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-26331909119863585342011-10-11T16:04:40.862-07:002011-10-11T16:04:40.862-07:00We're in agreement on the blog awards and simp...We're in agreement on the blog awards and simply because time is a premium. I can spend extra time blogging or doing the award thing. Frankly, when people visit and comment, that's reward/award enough for me!Thistle Cove Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722295191884810953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-60963861199995702122011-10-11T14:13:05.518-07:002011-10-11T14:13:05.518-07:00I was kinda surprised when I got my first blog awa...I was kinda surprised when I got my first blog award, just like I was surprised to get comments from people who clearly hadn't the slightest bit of interest in the post they were commenting on. I posted the awards - but I felt they were kind of cheesy and dragged down the overall goal of the blog. I haven't received any awards recently so it isn't really an issue - but I do think I may take the awards off my blog. They do look kind of tacky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-74317863445849509582011-10-11T13:21:55.957-07:002011-10-11T13:21:55.957-07:00I don't think you're being harsh, I think ...I don't think you're being harsh, I think it is very wise to know where it is best to spend your time. I am horrible about responding to the awards, it is time consuming and then I begin to feel bad that I haven't done anything about it. I like your approach.Heather Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754067768246898183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-36529227046600736472011-10-11T13:03:46.955-07:002011-10-11T13:03:46.955-07:00I don't think you are being too harsh at all, ...I don't think you are being too harsh at all, Lee. I think I'm like a lot of people when I say that comments are more than enough for me. I have a hard enough time GETTING to my blog without fearing that I've offended someone by not acknowledging an award.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-82720628269321766602011-10-11T10:29:24.134-07:002011-10-11T10:29:24.134-07:00I gave up awards a long time ago. It's nice to...I gave up awards a long time ago. It's nice to be acknowledged, but they are so much work and it always felt impossible to pass them on without leaving someone out.Karen M. Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972093977468313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-30298511430751154372011-10-11T09:18:55.191-07:002011-10-11T09:18:55.191-07:00Bish -- I think passing the awards on, especially ...Bish -- I think passing the awards on, especially when it's to a number like fifteen others, becomes rather difficult after you start winning several of these. I sometimes offered them up to anyone, but then again I guess that defeats the intended purpose of networking.<br /><br />Teresa -- That's the way I see it too.<br /><br />Rhonda -- The week before I removed the awards a non-blogger friend had told me that when he visited my blog there were so many things on it that he became confused. My page still has a lot going on it, but now there are a few less distractions.<br /><br />StMc - And I breathe a great sigh of relief. Perhaps I'll send you an award.<br /><br />Clickerbug-- Your story is a great rendition of how the entire process works. It is a very feel good experience to receive the award, but it does result in a lot of effort if you do it the way it's supposed to be done. It comes down to what you have time for. I'd rather have someone spend time on a comment like you have done than pass on an award to me because they felt an obligation to do so.<br /><br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-79496339852707420842011-10-11T09:01:37.013-07:002011-10-11T09:01:37.013-07:00When I first joined this community I envied the pr...When I first joined this community I envied the pretty awards, and was overjoyed when someone finally passed one along to me.<br /><br />I happily acknowledged the giver, and happily wrote seven things about myself, and then ... and then I discovered I had to find FIFTEEN whole bloggers to pass it along to. <br /><br />I was new to the community and didn't even really know fifteen! So I had to go through my Google Reader, and find fifteen ... I really REALLY liked about five of them, but the rest I'd visited only once or twice and didn't know enough about the authors to say anything personal.<br /><br />So I read about twenty-five blogs that day (more than one post!), and chose fifteen, and wrote up the links and tried to figure out how to say something about each one that said "this is a nice blog" and avoided suggesting "but I don't really know it well" ... <br /><br />And then when all THAT was done, I had to travel around to each blog and alert them to the award. By then I had NO time left to spend on this thing, was distracted with multi-tasking other important tasks, and I think ended up posting rather inappropriately in the middle of otherwise personal, friendly conversational commenting threads something generically impersonal and almost spammy, like, "Hey you! I've given you a blog award! Come get it! ..."<br /><br />And I really kinda hoped after that that I'd never receive another award again. :-\<br /><br />I love the awards but they're like unexpected guests, and right now I'm just too busy to accommodate them.<br /><br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-77050636773072496772011-10-11T08:59:19.964-07:002011-10-11T08:59:19.964-07:00Ha!
OK, consider yourself forgiven.
~ D-FensDogg
...Ha!<br />OK, consider yourself forgiven.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-62530459808065879042011-10-11T04:49:39.112-07:002011-10-11T04:49:39.112-07:00Somehow I missed the scare, but I took all the awa...Somehow I missed the scare, but I took all the awards off my home page and sidebar ages ago.Rhonda Albomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455873487349816911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-17840014879071217632011-10-11T04:33:20.669-07:002011-10-11T04:33:20.669-07:00Sounds good to me. You gotta do what is best for y...Sounds good to me. You gotta do what is best for you.<br /><br />TT. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-78772020525924662302011-10-11T04:19:13.337-07:002011-10-11T04:19:13.337-07:00I appreciate getting an award. When I have collect...I appreciate getting an award. When I have collected a few I do a post on them(along with anything I might have won.) I acknowledge the person who gave the award to me and if there are any rules I try to play. BUT...I don't pass them on. Instead I offer them up to anyone who wants them. And I've got all my awards on a separate page, not that anyone goes there to view them, but there they are, a kind of art gallery.Bish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-80264246945947168852011-10-10T23:04:20.995-07:002011-10-10T23:04:20.995-07:00Mr. McCarthy -- I am so very sorry to have disappo...Mr. McCarthy -- I am so very sorry to have disappointed you. I knew my decision would affect you greatly and hope you will forgive my actions. I know how you love the concept of blog awards.<br /><br />Beverly -- You have expressed my thoughts about this very well. The whole concept is a fun way to network for many, but eventually it does become a lot of work with little gain but the goodwill of the thing, which is not bad, but it does use up valuable time.<br /><br />Michael-- Thank you for understanding so well. My first awards thrilled me, but I also had a handful of followers then. And I remain grateful for every award I have ever received or will receive in the future. I stopped passing them on partly because I could no longer remember who I had already given them to. But thanks for your words of support.<br /><br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-21138921541676559662011-10-10T22:19:50.653-07:002011-10-10T22:19:50.653-07:00Congrats, Beverly!
Lee, you have VERY valid point...Congrats, Beverly!<br /><br />Lee, you have VERY valid points for you decision. <br /><br />Yes, blog awards are BEYOND time consuming, but I have to admit when I first started blogging they meant a GREAT deal to me. Some still do depending on who has graced me with them.<br /><br />I have found that now I rarely pass them on unless I have the time, which isn't too often these days.<br /><br />Don't feel badly. We all understand and most of us feel similarly.<br /><br />Have a great time at the BLOGWORLD EXPO.Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-53553172075351097772011-10-10T21:00:23.047-07:002011-10-10T21:00:23.047-07:00Woo-hoo, I'm so excited! BlogWorld sounds lik...Woo-hoo, I'm so excited! BlogWorld sounds like fun, and I appreciate the opp to go, very much. You'll have to let me buy you & your wife a tea or something, on Saturday.<br /><br />Yes, the awards... at first I was pea green with envy when people had all these awards and I didn't. Then I started getting them - some from people I really liked and respected - and some from people who clearly just wanted to spread a link around back to their pages, that the "you've won an award" was the first and only comment they ever left on my blog.<br /><br />I didn't want to spend my blogging time becoming the Blog Police, "This one gets put up; this one doesn't; now should I rearrange the order..." Nor to spend my time scouting out blogs that didn't already have said award to pass it along to... Easier and better, IMO, just to decide <em>for myself</em> - not judging on others who decide otherwise - to just not "do" awards.<br /><br />After all, *I'm* the one who's going to look at my blog every day, so *I* need to be happy with where I'm allocating my time and blog real estate.Beverly Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392288953821757887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-67815235302641538402011-10-10T20:17:08.306-07:002011-10-10T20:17:08.306-07:00YOU INGRATE!
YOU RUDE SO-AND-SO!
SEE IF I EVER P...YOU INGRATE! <br />YOU RUDE SO-AND-SO!<br /><br />SEE IF I EVER PRESENT YOU WITH <br />ANOTHER BLOGSPOTSH!T.COM AWARD!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-62445308781495724572011-10-10T19:11:16.694-07:002011-10-10T19:11:16.694-07:00Al -- I'm not gonna touch that. Definitely no...Al -- I'm not gonna touch that. Definitely not going to touch that.<br /><br />Alex -- They keep thinking up new awards and repeating the old ones. I lose track of who I've passed them on to. I still have yours on the acknowledge post, same as all of the other awards I took off the page.<br /><br />Ruby -- Don't panic like I did if you really like the awards. I don't think the awards were responsible for malware or anything bad. I just got paranoid and didn't want to take any chances.<br /><br />Southpaw -- I eventually stopped following the rules because I couldn't keep track of everything. And it came down to deciding whether I had an awards blog or did I have other things to post about. I don't want to put anyone off about it though.<br /><br />Ciara -- Time is limited but topics aren't I have so many things I want to write about and the awards tend to create repetition. It is fun to do the facts about oneself types of things though.<br /><br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-67995618871762212112011-10-10T17:22:56.199-07:002011-10-10T17:22:56.199-07:00I've had to move awards to their own tab on my...I've had to move awards to their own tab on my blog. There are too many other things I need on the main page. Like Alex's book tour button. ;) It's nice to be recognized but I have only one day a week open for blog business. I save my replies for then.Ciarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628488753277495111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-27236364208269042512011-10-10T17:12:31.059-07:002011-10-10T17:12:31.059-07:00Well, I'm in-between. I think it's is wond...Well, I'm in-between. I think it's is wonderful someone thought so highly of me to give me an award and I thank them. I do add it to an awards page with acknowledgment of who it came from and when (and yeah it is work). I post the most recent in my side bar but I don't create a post just for them or follow any rules.Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539290964546504171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-80614555998011984162011-10-10T16:45:25.122-07:002011-10-10T16:45:25.122-07:00Hi Lee,
So pleased to read your posting on awards....Hi Lee,<br />So pleased to read your posting on awards. I have always posted them because I was new to blogging and feel honored to be given one. After hearing about all the problems with them, I will be removing all of them except for the "Challenge" ones. I am in Illinois right now visiting family but plan to be doing some redesigning of my blog when I return home. <br />Love, RubyGrammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080499751409620799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-11063630246623290062011-10-10T14:17:05.219-07:002011-10-10T14:17:05.219-07:00Fortunately, I'm to the point that I've re...Fortunately, I'm to the point that I've received every award out there!<br />Bummer, mine's gone. That one was only given to a couple people.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-47882065119953161262011-10-10T12:34:46.641-07:002011-10-10T12:34:46.641-07:00You sure put the heebie-jeebies into me. I'm o...You sure put the heebie-jeebies into me. I'm off to go clean up my blog's appearance (and to wipe. But, that's another issue entirely).Al Penwasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052950809151897315noreply@blogger.com