(NOTE: Please See ALERT at end of post)
Meep-Meep,
spying on you!
Meep-Meep knows,
Wile E. Coyote is after him at The Holler, which is why he wisely lives,
all his days (and nights), inside our fences,
and considers us,
neighbors, if not friends.
As wise Robert said, ‘Good fences make good neighbors!’
Cheers to you from the very wily Meep-Meep~
ALERT: A Word Press glitch keeps unfollowing people from blogs. Many people don’t realize they have been unfollowed, and I only realized it was happening when people who have been following me for a long time, had to refollow. As a test, I started following my own blog. I am constantly unfollowed! WP Acknowledges this is happening to blogs. This problem invalidates your blog’s statistical and follower count, and results in you losing blog followers, and blogs you follow, without they, or you, knowing. WP has not yet been able to fix the problem. There is discussion of the issue by other bloggers online and in Word Press forums. So keep an eye on your followers and stats, if you are concerned, to ensure this isn’t happening to you. If it is. Speak up!
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Great shots! And thanks for the hint.
You are most welcome and thank you! დ
Was für ein schöner und lustiger Vogel dieser meep meep ist, liebe Freundin. Ich studiere, welcher Europäer zu ihm am Besten passt. Schwierig, smile. Eine feine Umarmung
Umarmungen an dich in der schönen Schweiz, mein Freund. Ich hoffe, Sie und gesund und munter. Der roadunner und ich senden Ihnen Grüße! დ
The real life one does not look fast as in TV shows but it is much more cute than the one in the show 🙂
The one on TV really does not look anything like the real life one. დ
Dear Cindy, as one of your followers not receiving any notices any more, I thought you were to busy with other matters than posting articles on WordPress. Though reading this article now I notice that you got similar problems as I have. Also to subscribe to blogs I was previously subscribed now often seems to be impossible as well. The same for subscribing again for your blog I got this message (which I also received on some other blogs): Your subscription did not succeed, please try again with a valid email address.
So distressing Marcus and exactly what I fear is happening. People are disappeared without your knowledge. They think you unfollowed them, or they unfollowed you, when the algorithm or glitch did it. I am unfollowed from my own blog weekly! Also posts from blogs I do follow often don’t appear in my WP Reader. I don’t always remember every blog name and so it is very hard, if not impossible, to go and find them. I hope this is not some number shaving WP algorithm. I will go and check and make sure I am following you now Marcus. Thank you for letting me know this is happening and I am sorry you are experiencing this. It is no my intent or actions. დ
After I could post a message (which recently I did not succeed at several blogs) I noticed the green pop-up in the right corner that I would be “Following” you again.
Yes. A serious problem. Thank you Marcus.
Hopefully it shall be solved soon (by WordPress).
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Cute little road runner! We see one occasionally around here.
Thanks for the notice! I’m having other glitch problems that WP helpers are not able to fix – they say they check and all is good, but it’s not good.
Hope your weekend is a good one. 🙂
I am sorry that is happening to you. It is quite frustrating, I know. დ
I never followed you, but thanks to Rethinking Life, I do now! Pleasant to find and meet you!
Oh, good. Your comment is no longer anonymous! This is another occasional glitch I think, but a minor one. Lovely to meet you, and any friend of Gigi’s is a friend of mine დ
Maybe it’s a good thing to periodically clear out the dross. Reset to 0 and those who are true, will seek and find.
I think if there was a algorithm you could choose to clear out blogs you never interact with, it would be extremely helpful and I would use it, but many of the blogs who I get unfollowed from, or who get unfollowed from me, are friends and they or I didn’t choose to do this and have no idea it happened. I think the lack of choice and transparency is the problem. დ
I never followed you, but thanks to Rethinking Life, I do now! Pleasant to find and meet you!
Well, thank you Gigi and Rethinking Life! She’s awesome and it is lovely to meet you, even anonymously დ
Sweet bird! Meep! Fab shots!
I’ve had the follow issue before. I will keep my eyes open!
Hopefully, it is not some number shaving algorithm. Lots of people are telling me they have experienced this დ
Hi Cindy, thank you for the beautiful photographs and for the information about followers. I have experienced the same problem also.
I am sorry to hear you have Charles. It is not cool to be unfollowed without consent! დ
Meep meep Cindy! Thanks for the alerts and your own beady eyes 💕
Smiling. My spy eyes are at your service Val! დ
Seriously??? That’s messed up. I remember saying something about that glitch, back in October, and they STILL haven’t resolved it. Makes me wonder if the other annoying glitches are still there. Like when WordPress unlikes posts and comments. Or if it still would delete all your saved posts without you knowing, or turn off post notifications. There’s a couple bloggers I thought were on a hiatus. Now I got to check if glitchy WordPress unfollowed them on me.
Yikes! Those are some serious glitches, deleting your saved posts, scary. I don’t like people thinking I unfollowed them when I didn’t. Not cool დ
Your post is a very disturbing one because it points out how it is possible that forces outside the blog writer can apply censorship.
True, with no transparency.
A very wise Meep, Meep! Robert Frost should be required reading for all Meep Meeps!!
Smiling! He should დ
Meep, meep! I don’t know if I lose followers, but I often have to go out and find friends I haven’t seen for a while. I seem to be following you. 🙂
Well this is another WP glitch. If you follow lots of blogs, WP won’t put all the posts in your reader, forcing you to “go and find (your) friends.” This happens to me too and it is not trivial, because even though I know the person well, I often forget their exact blog name. I lose track of friends because of this. Anyhoo, I am glad you came and found me! დ
They limit how many you can follow. 🙁
Lovely shots Cindy. 🙂 You have lovely neighbours.
Thank you! I do have the best neighbors დ
Thank you so much for the information. WP has had these kinds of things happen in the past and they are not real quick to fix them.
Very true and you are most welcome დ
Thanks for the tip !
You are most welcome დ
Love the meep meeps! I haven’t noticed any glitches but will keep my eyes peeled. 👀
Good for you and the meep-meeps think you have excellent taste!! 😉
LOL!
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The ‘side eye’ does not hold the same meaning when coming from a bird.
Laughing…… it certainly does not. When a bird looks at you with both eyes, it is quite comical looking! 😉
I would think difficult as well!
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Wow, your note at the end has got me thinking. And investigating! I’ve certainly been unfollowed from my own blog and wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t mentioned it. Must check if I’ve been unfollowed from other blogs.
Alison
It is hard to know if you follow lots of blogs. I have devised some methods to monitor it. I wonder if there is some number point at which this starts to happen. დ
I only know that I follow something over 100, and that many are from years back and may not even exist. It’s funny, but a couple of days ago I thought I should bit by bit check them all and delete the “expired” ones. On the other hand if I’ve been unfollowed it’s not likely I’ll remember who unless it’s someone I’m frequently in touch with like you.
Thats odd that it happens to you and you only follow 100 or so blogs. I thought it was a function of a large follow N. Curiouser and Curiouser….
Actually I’ve not been unfollowed from my own blog, just that the follow message is incorrect (saying to follow this blog rather than you are following this blog) – but it shows that I’m following it in the reader. I’m following 191 blogs and I don’t seem to have been unfollowed from any.
A.
Odd…..
It’s great to see their details up close in your terrific photos! I see roadrunners often…..but they’re always zipping by and into the brush! These fellows are also pretty big, so following to get a better view doesn’t feel like a great plan. Thanks for the alert! I did notice some oddities and am glad to have an answer!
I am happy you live with the Meeps. They are awesome neighbors. Cheers to you Liza and thank you for stopping by დ
I don’t know that I have ever seen a picture of a real “meep-meep.” Only cartoons! Thanks for the alert about blog followers.
You are most welcome & glad to make the introduction დ
Roadrunner, I presume.
RE your alert, it’s never worked for me when they added it as a feature long ago. So, I don’t follow anyone. Of the 730+ who follow me, I read around 10-15 on a regular basis. It allows me to figure out posting frequency. This problem, though, I do not find surprising. Whenever WP adds something new, it makes existing problems worse. In this case, the block editor is the new.
They limit the number of blogs you can follow but never told me this. I pay for a business plan to exempt myself from this limitation but apparently I am throwing away my money. If I actually was running a business with my blog, they would be incurring damages from loss of revenue and customers, at least in the US.
Really??? This is the first time I’m hearing WP limits the number of blogs you can follow. The ‘follow’ feature has never worked for me from the very beginning.
Yes. It was news to me too.
I am so pleased to see your Road Runner! My younger daughter loved the cartoon when she was tiny but couldn’t pronounce Wily Coyote and Roadrunner. We still call it Wally Goatee and Rodgener.
That is so sweet! Meep-Meep speaks an international language დდ
<3 <3
Meep-meep! (Beautiful!)
He (and I) think you have excellent taste! 🙂
Beautiful pictures
Grazie mille დ
Thank you for the alert! Yours is unfollowed on my site! 😧
Lots of bloggers are experiencing losing followers. Thanks for letting me know Amy დ
I always liked road-runners 🙂
And thanks for the heads up about WP glitch. I tend not to pay attention to my follower number but maybe I should. I’ll make sure they don’t unfollow me from you 🙂
Awww….. thank you Christine & glad you are paying attention დ
Just checked, and they did unfollow me, so I signed up again. Computer issues – gotta love ’em :/
Yeah. Just what we need. A computer program hurting our friends feelings. დ
These are such delighful photographs. Thank you.
Oh, so appreciated Micheline, be safe and well დ
Maybe we should call up the ACME tech support crew and have them figure this out. Wile e Coyote can put together a plan, but we both know he’ll just fall off a cliff 😀 Good to know this is happening though, I’ll watch for it. Beep Beep 💛xK
Laughing…..Just be careful of Beep and Meep. They look harmless, but are devious, always thinking, watching, spying, and killing rattlesnakes. They are the best neighbors 😉
Thank you so much for following my blog!
I have followed you for a long time and love your blog. I don’t know what’s up with this, but you are most welcome დ
Loved the ‘I Spy’ sequence – and thank you for the WordPress alert 😊
Happy you enjoyed Polly & thank you my friend დ
I am having to constantly refollow bloggers.
Yes. It is a significant weakness in the platform დ
Incredible bird and hope it remained safe. Thanks for the word press note it has happened to me too and over quite a long period. But not I think recently.
Wonderful to hear it eventually stopped for you!