Blogger, You Still Suck
Posted by Lynnster on February 20, 2008
I wanted to comment today on this post over at Knuck’s because he has a really cool little kid having a birthday today, and the post is a really touching father-to-daughter post even with that special Knuck brand o’ sarcasm (heh), and I just liked it. Having also been an only child and daughter (in this scenario my sister doesn’t count), I dug it (and got just a little bit teary reading it, but don’t tell anybody).
But alas, I have given up all hope of being able to comment on Blogger blogs anymore after months and months of trying and even having consulted with a Blogger/Blogspot expert of sorts, who also eventually gave up trying to figure out why I can no longer comment on blogs on the Blogger platform. When someone who actually was a part of building the damn Blogger platform in the first place can’t even figure it out, I’m sure not going to keep wasting my time trying to.
I love all my Blogger blogging friends, they probably think I don’t care anymore nor read but I do, and I miss being able to comment over at their respective cribs. It figures, and is just my luck, that the majority I would like to comment often on are using Blogger’s regular comment system and not HaloScan or something. Most of these folks I have tried a time or two to get them to convert to WordPress (or ANYTHING besides Blogger) and my powers of persuasion have failed miserably. Or simply, as with some, they just never have had the problems those of us who fled Blogger lo now so many moons ago have had, so they felt no need to move.
Which is okay, really. I still read most of them. I just miss being able to comment at Knuck’s, or Lindsey’s. Or Short & Fat’s. Or Rex L. Camino’s. Or Chez Bez. Or Klinde’s. Or Linda’s. Or Larry Elvis & Curly’s dad’s. Or The Vol Abroad’s. Or Mrs. Bez. Or Dr. Woo’s. Or my out-of-state blog crushes Churlita and Margaret. Or many, many more.
On the upside, the list of folks my powers of persuasion to move to WordPress worked on (or someone else moved indirectly because of it, thanks to some of those) is WAY longer than the Blogger holdouts, as well as the ones who never went to the Dark Side in the first place, so I guess I shouldn’t grouse too much.
No, this post wasn’t meant as a sneaky way of tossing out some link love, I just wanted to bitch about Blogger again ‘cos it sucks. Hee.
On another note – hey, I just noticed I got written up at AnimalShak a couple of weeks ago, sorry it took me so long to notice. I’m not the most observant crayon in the box some days.
Kathy said
The only reason I use Blogger is the ability to run scripts.
LeBlanc said
I never have a problem commenting on Blogger sites (except they take forever to actually post) but I have found (and this will sound weird) it isn’t as fun!
churlita said
I’m sad you can’t comment, but I’m happy you’re still reading.
Nashville Knucklehead said
That’s weird that you can’t comment, but your trackback shows up.
I have another blog I started on WordPress. I was disappointed that I can’t customize the template without paying them. Gotta take what you can get, I guess.
Lynnster said
Well, that’s ‘cos the trackback is coming through WordPress. It’s Blogger’s comment system that hates me so much.
Now if WordPress would buy up Blogger (oh, I can dream, can’t I?) everything would be peachy.
Lindsey said
The one thing keeping me from moving to WordPress is the template thing. I’m a cheapskate and a control freak. Bummer! I used to have Haloscan comments back in the day, but they presented their own weird issues (which I’ve totally forgotten now, naturally) so I went back to Blogger comments.