Today I thought I would have a little moan about the things that annoy me about blogging.
I guess the fact I could only think of 5 but could easily think of loads of reasons I love it speaks volumes. None of these things bother me enough to make me want to quit blogging, or even ruin my day, but they are still kind of irritating!
1. Pop-Ups
I went into this in some details in this post, so I won’t go into a lot of details here. I can live with a little pop-up in the corner of the screen, because it’s easy to ignore, but a giant pop-up in the middle of the screen makes me want to scream – especially if I’m reading on my phone, where it takes a lot of mucking around to close it.
2. Comment Verification
I will quite happily check a box to say I’m real (although if I was a robot, I would still check it if I wanted to publish the comment), but some of them go a bit far.
The ones where you have to do a simple sum should be fairly straight forward, but they rarely accept my first answer. And the ones with the letters never ever do.
I came across a new one recently – I had to complete a little jigsaw puzzle. I actually thought it was quite cute, because it was new, but if I had to do that regularly, I’m pretty sure it would get old quick.
3. Scheduling Tweets
I know this is a necessary evil, but I still hate it. Especially when I unwittingly manage to write the same thing twice so they don’t post. I have no idea how this happens to me – if someone said to me re-write your last tweet word for word, I know I would never be able to do it.
4. Misleading Tweets
You know that moment when you are scrolling through your Twitter feed and you spot a tweet that really grabs you? You excitedly click on the link, ready to discover the secret to getting a million followers, or glowing skin, or anything else that you can think of.
You reach the post and it’s not even remotely close to what the tweet said. This has to be my number one hate.
I get it, you need a catchy tweet to get people’s attention. But make it a catchy tweet that is relevant in some way to the post.
5. Auto DMs
I know I’m not alone in this. I have yet to speak to anyone that says “oh, I love auto DMs”! In fact I have yet to speak to anyone who says they don’t actively dislike them, some even say they auto unfollow anyone who auto DMs. Just out of interest, if anyone who uses these happens to read this, do they actually ever work?
What are your blogging pet hates? Let me know in the comments!
You hit em all right out of the ballpark! I was nodding my head the entire time I was reading this! The auto DMs on Twitter drive me INSANE!! Lol! Xx
Thank you 😊 auto DMs should be scrapped they are soo annoying! X
I've been nodding along with you! In the first couple of weeks of blogging I was guilty of a few of these but soon learned my lesson! #bestandworst
I think we have probably all done one or more of these at some point, especially when new 🙂
I am getting in the habit of auto DM unfollowing. I particularly dislike the "I am also on facebook come follow me DMs…" grrr
Me too! I would love to know if anyone ever has ay success with them 🙂
hahaha Debbie I have an auto DM and yes I have had lots of extras on Facebook and Instagram! I just copied another blogger when I started. I have a little pop up too but so small in right hand corner….is that ok?? hehe. Loved the post as always and thanks so much for sharing with #bestandworst. Pleasure to have you x
hahaha Debbie I have an auto DM and yes I have had lots of extras on Facebook and Instagram! I just copied another blogger when I started. I have a little pop up too but so small in right hand corner….is that ok?? hehe. Loved the post as always and thanks so much for sharing with #bestandworst. Pleasure to have you x
If the auto DM works for you who am I to knock it! I don't mind a little pop up, it's when they appear smack bang in the middle of the screen so yeah that's ok lol 😉 I'm glad you've got a good sense of humour and appreciate this post is just a bit of fun! Thanks for hosting 🙂 x
These are all sooo irritating, aren't they? The pop ups are so annoying when you're reading on your phone. I'm pleased to say I'm not guilty of any of these, whoop! I don't bother with comment verification, the Akismet plug in on wordpress blocks 99% of my spam comments.
When it says 'prove you're not a robot,' if I get it wrong, does that mean I'm a robot?? #bestandworst
They sure are, and yes they are even worse on your phone!
Good question lol. I can't help but think a robot would get these verifications to work easier than I do haha!