I am obsessive about checking my number of readers on google reader. It's the best indicator I have (that I can figure out) that lets me know how many people read my shiznat on a regular basis.
So imagine my despair when I checked my count tonight. On Friday the count was 122... AND NOW IT IS 121.
WOE IS ME
Someone left me!!! Did I use too many exclamation points? Did I post TOO often? Did my newbishness regarding hunter pet training turn you off? Was it because I abandoned Holy and went Disc?
I think my heart just broke a little. I feel like I just got pseudo dumped.
I wonder if this means I *might* be a little too sensitive?
Google is rubbish at Maths. Mine varies day to day. Worry not. Your stuff is good. :)
"sensitive part" i dont think so, yea i agree with seph your blog is good. and if one reader did miss visiting you, probably just something not to worry about, unless he might just been busy not able to sit infront of the computer that day, maybe did some errands to run to? who knows? =D
Happy blogging!
rss syndication counts report licenses in a 24 hour period. some will guess using averages and trends. for our podcast, weekends are terrible. it doesn't surprise me that Friday would be higher. sweat not, young lass.
-loud 'moufed stumpy tank
Lol!!! Very cute. Something other bloggers can relate to.
:)
Hehe, added you to this Google reader thingy then... (even tho I prefer just firing up Chrome and visiting your homepage, oh the irony)
Yeah, mine will jump all over the place. Sometimes it'll drop like 10 in a day and then I feel like a complete putz. Like "what did I do?!!"
Then, when I was doing all the blog updating, I broke it and it showed like 5 for the day. Not 0, mind you, but like 5. WTF. Still, I was sad.
Oh, oh how do you check those numbers?!? I want I want!
:-)
*rolls up sleeve*
I will fix this.
I've been reading your blog since yesterday (after this post though). It should have gone up by (at least) one now ;)
@Seph
Awww, thanks. I think it's throwing me off because I've never seen the number of subscribers really vary that much, and for the most part it has steadily grown.
@Christine
No errands! Everyone must be glued to their comps to read what I have to say, for it is VERY IMPORTANT!!!
@stumpy tank
*bwuh*
@Keredriah
Well in that case, I'll pass the sympathy ice cream.
@Space Monkey
Awwwww, thank you he-who-dwells-in-pits!
@Fulguralis
Dude. The internet is like, hard.
@Bobturkey
Do you use Google Reader? just go to reader.google.com, and add your own blog as a subscription. then, once your feed shows, if you look around, you'll find something at the top of the feed that says "Show Details", and that will give you your number of subscribers.
According to my Google Reader, you have 159 subscribers :)
@Matticus
I'm glad I waited to respond to comments until today! Thanks so much for your link love, it definitely cheered me up!
@Zusterke
Hurrah! True to form, my number is now a happy number 122! I shall no longer mourn for the loss of Anonymous John, and instead celebrate all the new folks! Moving forward and what have you, hehe...
I have no idea how to delve into the mysteries of google reader. Please don't tell me. I'd be obsesssive. Also I'm pretty sure I couldn't aspire to 121 let alone 122 ;)
@Tamarind
You silly, silly boy. You currently have 223 subscribers via Google Reader alone!
RSS subscriber math is a very, very imprecise art. My subscribers waffle between 290 and 350 on not a daily, but hourly basis.
I wouldn't put too much stock in it. :)