Cheering
What She Said is a fairly new blog that answers the question: Where are all the female bloggers? WSS features extensive interviews with women bloggers, and a very long blogroll of Progressive Women who Blog Politics "at least part time." The blog is beautifully designed, the interviews are thoughtful, and the blogroll is a delight.
So why am I talking about this in a post on Blogoshphere Quirks?
Because Watermark is on that blogroll.
Perhaps it’s a mistake. I am a progressive woman who blogs, but very rarely about politics (I may not be able to continue resisting the urge to do so, though.) I wanted to be on that blogroll; I wished I could be on that blogroll; and there I am!
Screwy
The Truth Laid Bear Ecosystem has been very confused lately about my evolutionary status. For some time, I’ve been a Marauding Marsupial (and actually, I still am), but for awhile there it was telling me I had suddenly dropped from 85 inbound unique links to seven, and had devolved to Flappy Bird status.
Now, for several days, TLB has been convinced that I am a Large Mammal, despite thinking I have only seven inbound links (Technorati thinks I have 214 Links from 104 Sources.) Watermark’s current ranking at TLB is #259, and for the first time, I am actually receiving hits from there.
Surprisingly Painful
Now, this one is silly, and I know it — but I was so taken by surprise, and wonder if others have had similar experiences and how you have dealt with them.
I left a comment on someone’s blog, thinking to be amusing. The blogger responded with something like I’m tired of people making pointless comments; if you don’t have something helpful to offer, don’t say anything. Now, the blogger certainly has the right to respond however s/he likes; the surprise to me was that it hurts!
When I started blogging, I had a heart-to-heart talk with myself about not taking things personally; remembering that online is different from real life; etc. etc. And thus far, I’ve had little reason to remind myself of these platitudes.
I do not intend to respond to this person — I don’t think this is their problem; it’s mine — but I am curious if others are as thin-skinned as I am (at least, I am today.) Any words of wisdom?
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