A while back, our dear friend, Ammogirl, submitted her blog for critique by a site called Frog My Blog and she received a pretty decent little review. Of course, this is Treena we're talking about - a lovely little thing with whom I attended high school years (and years) ago - and tho afraid of moths and lettuce, yet not of foreign machine guns pointed in her direction, all this certainly makes for entertaining writing.
I think a few of us followed suit and submitted our own creative url worlds and tho it took a lot longer to get our evaluations, they've now been posted. You can read mine here.
'Ouch,' was my first reaction. I don't think the reviewer read more than the posts within this month and I don't think that's a fair critique of anyone's work, especially when said month encompasses a birthday, that which is the author's favorite day of the year EVER, but then the pirate site reviewed before mine with a name that doesn't seem to match their theme received 4 bugs. The common denominator seemed to be a shared love for 'totally heart'-ing the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Um.. ok..?
Yet, to be fair, I asked for this by submitting my work up for scrutiny. I'm sure I sound a bit defensive cuz this is my sacred space and I do write for myself, tho probably a bit for entertainment purposes. Who that entertains exactly is dependent upon the specific reader and his or her subjective opinion. I fully accept that not everyone will like what I have to say, what I'm writing about, or how long it takes me to say it. I'm certainly not the most read blogger and actually, I prefer having a smaller community over the masses. I've had enough blog stalkers, thank you.
I was also panned for remarking about the lack of comments at one point this month, but the hyper chihuahua/attention whore inside me sort of escaped due to birthday excitedness and that came out in that single, teeensy-tiny post the reviewer makes so much of.
So I'm just a two-bug blog. That's ok. I think I can be proud of that.
13 comments:
I think frog my blog reviews can be very inconsistent, probably since there are several reviewers with their own opinions on what a blog should be like. For the record, I do come here for pics of your friends sticking our their tongues.
Ooh, Miss D you are sooooo brave for submitting to that! I would clearly have to redo my entire layout (removing any mention of Connor the cat, of course; they realy seem to hate pet blogs!) were I to submit! Well done you. And for the record I think you have a great mix of piccies, thoughtfulness and telling your readers to get their bottoms into gear with the commenting! Like, who hasn't had to do that once in a while?!
Oh dear, that wasn't a very kind review. They really should read more than a couple of posts if they are supposed to be reviewing the whole blog.
I think you were very brave to submit your blog in the first place - a blog can be (and is definitely for me) a personal representation of who you are, and any criticism feels like a personal attack.
Fuck 'em! Keep writing for you and the people who love ya, honey xxx
flatgreg: Why thank you dear! I thought the tongue out pics were quite charming myself. And I do agree: inconsistant indeed. Fair would be preferred instead.. but maybe that's the toss of the coin I was given. Who knows..
welshy: Thank you too dear! But they missed Miss Emma's blog that I'd linked to. She didn't even get mentioned. Emma would like to have 'words' w/ these frogs.. but she's restraining herself, cat like of course. And maybe the truth hurts. Gives me something to think about.
pom: And thank you, sugar! It was my wish to be reviewed.. and they did their best to be kind near the end. But yes, I will keep writing how I write - however dribblish - and hopefully there are a few dribble lovers out there!
I wouldn't take the bugs too seriously - it's like with most reviews: it boils down to the opinion of one individual... and for all we know, that one person could be that crazy guy on the tube who shouts at everybody.
Well...for what it's worth, I keep clicking REFRESH like a mad woman on your blog...so that must mean something. But, then, I just got 1 frog so I'm barely beyond primordial oozing, drooling and grunting, myself. :)
xo
Anyone who can coin a phrase like hyper chihuahua/attention whore deserves at least another bug, maybe two...
Hi there. Forgive the intrusion.
You commented on my significant other's blog a while ago (actually it is a long while) and I have been popping by since then.
Really this is a fun idea, but I hope the actual rating means less than nothing to you. I mean, yes, every blog could do with more mentions of Johnny Depp and less mentions of blogging, but, hmmm, it would be a dull old world if we were all alike, would it not?
Carry on doin' what you do.
And try not to think any less of frogs. They are the innocent party here.
pixelpoke: You make me laugh.. No, you're right.. not the end of the world and no it's really not a travesty being less than the 3 bugs I thought I was.. I was just oh.. a tad defensive when I wrote this post. Maybe.. sorta.. and thanks for the solidarity on the pirate site. I mean, wtf is THAT about anyway?
rigmor: I bet it IS that one guy who shouts at everyone! But if he's on the tube, at least he has an accent - well to me he does - and I bet that makes him sound way less insane.
pix: You, of all people, are not primordial.. god. You were shorted massive bugs. I love your site.. and me and that betty boop fairie even have a nice relationship now. There is no oozing involved.. as if.
lisa: Yes got both comments - I have moderation enabled. I'm sneaky like that. And thank you sugar, tho coining, I'm not sure.. I'm just good at throwing things together w/ a slash inbetween.
chris: Who's your S.O.? Now I must know! And you're right and most days I don't care.. she just caught me on a day when I did.. silly. And just in case: Johnny Depp, Johnny Depp, oh for the love of Pete, JOHNNY DEPP! ;)
I object to being labeled a stalker, unless you have a label maker and want to stick those labels all over me.
I don't know why, but it just seems that every time I comment, it sounds kinda perverted.
You know what I think...I got reviewed on a day someone was increasing the tadpole populus...or however you spell that...and that's the reason I got what I got when you and Pix and Kari (AND FlatGreg - he got a shitty review as well)got what YOU got. Um, also, I never make sense.
You are the reason I started blogging, my dear. You inspire me. You entertain me. You give me something to aspire to. And you're just so damn cute.
On with it.
I think I have tried to post a comment onto this post so many times, but Blogger and I are having a domestic.
Anyways, I read the review. Ouch. And I read Pixie's as well. The only thing I can say is that that's the opinion of one individual, and personally I think blog reviews are somewhat against what we do, as bloggers (and that's not written as a reply to the fact my blog also got a very lukewarm reception from the frogging bloggers)
We write from the heart, we exude an enormous amount of who we are through words and there's alot of courage needed in being so open to strangers.
Personally I think you are fabulous and I love you. Blogmyfrog-schlogmyfrog. Don't take it personally; your readers (and I) are here because we see something in you, in your writing and your personality.
We're not here just for the pretty pinkness.
x
dan: I can arrange a label maker if you like.. but you might enjoy that too much. ;)
treenster: Ok.. I love you to pieces, but don't lie girl. When you found me randomly on myspace you already had a blog all set up and everything. We just sounded like we were the same person, just you know.. split by the military and a zillion countries in between at the time. And I would also say you're pretty damn cute yourself tiger.. ;)
LadyMiss: 'Having a domestic'.. hahahaha.. that cracked me up! I do think the heart issues are more than some people want to see.. and of course, the lengthy bits of detail. And that's ok w/ me. I'm glad you're there and I'll be reading you no matter what any frog people say too!
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