Sunday, March 22, 2009

what's the point?

if you haven't noticed, i have recently posted the "followers" widget on the sidebar. why did i do this? i have no idea. what does it do? another unanswered question.

i was updating my profile and saw that i had two followers when i didn't know that it was even an option. i had seen it on others' blogs and whenever i see theirs, i usually push "follow" just because. i already have people plugged into my google reader so i'm not quite sure why i also became a follower but thought, what the heck? why not.

so i put it on my blog like 2 days ago. but then i realized that i have no idea what it actually is or why it is there.

can anyone answer these questions? is there a point to being a follower/having followers??

just curious.

4 comments:

Becky Slivka said...

I have no idea about the widget, but I groaned out loud for you when Caleb got sick with a newborn - that is really your first test with two kids, and it looks like you lived to tell about it so the rest should be easy. She is darling, and hopefully she'll figure out sleeping on her own . . .

Amy Btw M said...

I don't really have any idea either. I mean, I have Google Reader too, and that to me is as close to following as it can get. When I became a follower of another blog, it shows up in my reader along with the rest. I don't get it, maybe it's another thing to be cool like showing the rest of the world how many people follow your site. Weird.

Nicole said...

I don't know if there's a point, but I think its for those who never actually leave comments, but still want to show that they think your blog is important. I was one of the two...right?

Clancy Pants said...

I always think of the "Followers" widget like how many friends you have on Facebook. Yeah, it's a ego-boosting status symbol.... haha! I've wondered the same thing myself, but I leave it anyway. Just cuz. Sometimes I've had surprise people show up as followers on my blog. People I know, but had no idea that they even read my blog. Anyway, for me it's kind of fun for that reason. :)