About a month ago, I wrote about Instagram in one of my posts. Today, in this post, I want to talk about WordPress bloggers.
So, one toxic day, a bang-bang question popped into my mind: if my blog has 650+ followers, then why do my blog posts get less than half the likes? Out of curiosity (and a little frustration), I opened my list of followers and started scrolling. After about half an hour, I realized that around 50 sites weren’t even opening, and nearly 100 hadn’t been active for a year or two. And just like that, I found myself in a Dharam Sankat—if I delete these sites, my follower count drops, but if I don’t, then what’s the point of keeping dead followers?
So, I put a big stone on my heart and took the most painful decision. I removed all my dead followers. Now, my blog shows 500+ followers—but I’m satisfied and confident because at least I know the truth about my blog.
And now I want to give two small pieces of advice to anyone who is serious about their blog.
First, do this with your blog too. Go through your followers list. Why? So that you understand the real status of your blog and can work hard accordingly. It also helps make one thing very clear—running a blog is not a cakewalk. Everyone seems to be a blogger these days. I know it might sound harsh, but we can’t support everyone. We should support the ones who are serious about their work and actually show up.
Second, please post. Once a week or even once a month, but post regularly. Just let us know you still exist.
It is easy to start something. It’s also easy to finish something. But it is difficult to continue something.
Well, a few days ago, on 25th September, my blog completed 3 years. So, thank you very much for your love and support.
Have a good day.
TheSparklingWords // Anushree Vaishnav
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