Just Pondering Part 413

There is a saying which goes: “All good things must come to an end.” I am fully aware that I cannot keep Renard Moreau Presents up and running forever — one day, I will kick the figurative bucket.

In the meantime, I can enjoy the numerous blogs from friends on WordPress and I can update my blog, so my loyal readers can come across something to enjoy whenever they click on my URL.

I know that when I make that permanent transition to a higher plane of existence, you would have no choice but to find another blog that is entertaining, informative and motivating.

There is no need for you to worry, because I am in great health and I still have lots of life within me (Hmmm. But, then again, there are healthy people who have made the transition into the world of Spirit, leaving everything that is of this low vibratory existence behind).

I know that some of you would be concerned if you discovered that I stopped updating this blog.

Although, I have no intentions of abandoning this wonderful blog of mine; I wouldn’t have much of a choice when my proverbial number is up.

Just Pondering Part 412

Believe it or not, there are those who live outside of the system; they do not own a birth certificate, they do not have an identification card, they do not have a bank account of their own, they do not own a computer and they do not own a cell phone.

You may think that such people only exist in so-called primitive cultures or remote tribes in the desert or forested areas in other parts of the world. But, there are some people who are living outside of the system that reside in well-developed countries like the United States, Great Britain and Canada, to name a few. It is hard to comprehend that such a thing is really taking place in the 21st century.

But, why would people choose to live like that? I could only speculate the reasons why a person would choose to do such a thing. Maybe, they have made the conscientious decision to remain undetected and for some unknown reason, they prefer to be ghosts within our modern-day society.

The Creation Of A Contact Page Can Be A Blogger’s Greatest Asset

How far would you go to keep in touch with your readers? Some website administrators have included their phone numbers and their email addresses, so their readers can contact them if they would like to ask them a question or to have a certain issue resolved; I think that is a wonderful idea.

In regards to email addresses, I think that a separate email address (not the one that you used to set up your WordPress account), should be the one to use for liaising with your readers; here is the reason why: the email address that one uses to set up their WordPress account, is the one that receives all of your WordPress notifications; it lets you know who liked which post and it also informs you of who followed your blog. If you are like me, you probably receive countless notifications on a daily basis and a person’s email can get lost among all those notifications. It is also a little difficult to scroll down all of those notifications until you find an actual email from someone. If you only have one email account, I would advise that you create another for this purpose. For example, if your blog is called: Poetic Justice, you can create an email in the lines of: poeticjustice@outlook.com; this would make things a lot easier for you, because that email account was specifically created for the purpose of communicating with your readers.

Cellular phones are also a great way to keep in touch with your readers; they can either call you or send you a text message.

In regards to cellular phones, there are a lot of cheap ones on the market. You can purchase one that works on a prepaid plan; there is no need to take out one that works on a monthly billing cycle; unless you believe that is the better way to go.

Remember, that the sole purpose of that cellular phone is to receive calls from your WordPress readers; so you really wouldn’t be using it unless you are answering calls from your readers. Or, you have chosen to return missed calls from your readers.

If you wish to take things a little further, you could even include your Skype and Google Plus contact information.

For the record, you are not obligated to go this way. But, including your contact information on your blog gives it a nice profession touch.

The Issue Of The Deactivation Of The Comment Feature

For quite sometime, I have noticed that there are a handful of bloggers on WordPress who chose to disable their comment feature; while there are countless reasons on their behalf for doing this, I would like to know their reasons for choosing to go down this figurative path.

I am sure that there were times when you encountered an article that you really loved and you wanted to share your LOVE and appreciation by commenting; then the harsh reality slaps you in the face — the website administrator disabled their comment feature and as a result of that, you had no choice but to keep your comment to yourself.

I could only speculate by saying that those bloggers were probably proverbially burnt in the past. For example: if their blog is a controversial one, they probably received a large number of hate-filled comments.

Or, the website administrator is so busy that they do not have the available time to respond to comments.

What are your views on this?

I would also like to hear the viewpoints of those who disabled their comment feature. I am eager to learn their true reasons behind their decision.

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Just Pondering Part 411

I like the idea that people went out of their way to share my blog on their Twitter and Google Plus accounts. But, what about Facebook and Pinterest? Is my blog so unsuitable that it cannot be shared on Facebook and on Pinterest?

Now, I know for a fact that not everyone on WordPress would have a Facebook or a Pinterest account; but I believe that there are a large number of people on WordPress who are Facebook and Pinterest account holders.

I am also curious as to why my blog is shared mostly via Twitter and Google Plus and not via the rest of the other social networks.

So far, the only people who share my work on Facebook are my very own Facebook friends and it is rarely shared outside of that circle.

In the near future, things could change. More people may get the inspiration to share my blog via their Facebook and Pinterest accounts.

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Just Pondering Part 410

Those of us who own cell phones should know when it is appropriate to have our handsets ring aloud.

For example: if we are at the theatre, cinema, opera, church, a lecture, or the library, we should see to it that we either place them on silent or vibrate mode; the purpose for this is so that we don’t rudely interrupt those who are in the same vicinity with us.

Apparently, we have a lot of people who are inconsiderate and they couldn’t care whether or not if they disturb the peaceful setting in a room.

There are a lot of people who need to learn the art of discretion. There is a time and place for everything and everyone should intuitively know when it is okay to have our cell phones ring aloud and when we should place them on silent or vibrate mode.

Is Akismet Sleeping On The Job?

For the past few days, I have noticed that a lot of spam slipped through the spam filter.

Is spam getting more innovative? Or, does Akismet need updating?

Many of us agree that spam is annoying (And WordPress is aware of our concerns. Maybe, the WordPress engineers need to send a memo to the Akismet engineers, letting them know that their spam filter isn’t working the way it used to).

Have you noticed the same thing? Or, am I the only one who is experiencing this strange ordeal?

Should I Give Google Blogger A Second Chance?

Many of you are fully aware that I was once part of the Google Blogger community (Although some people have had success with this blog site, it was never my figurative cup of tea).

Now, I have chosen to ask this question since I have friends on WordPress who also blog on Google Blogger.

According to Alexa, Google Blogger is the second highest ranking blog site; which is trailing behind WordPress, the highest ranking blog site in the blogosphere.

One of my pet peeves is that Google Blogger isn’t as community oriented as WordPress and finding blogs on Google Blogger by categories is quite a bothersome task; they don’t have the convenient Reader feature like WordPress.

However, Google Blogger gives you more freedom to experiment with templates (On WordPress, we call them, Themes). If a person on Google Blogger is not too pleased with the selection of templates available, they are free to upload their own.

A blogger on WordPress doesn’t have those options available to them; it can only be done if they are hosting their blog independently and they have chosen to utilize the WordPress software with the various plugins, etcetera.

Now, it would be nonsensical of me to rejoin Google Blogger only to leave them again.

For the record, I am not abandoning WordPress. I am merely thinking about setting up another blog on a different blog site.