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Blogging Frustration?

WordPress did it again. They made a change without letting anyone know. They are making it increasingly difficult to read posts by other bloggers. Now if I want to read post by fellow bloggers, I need to click on the glasses icon. One day it was click on the word reader and the next day…

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WordPress did it again. They made a change without letting anyone know. They are making it increasingly difficult to read posts by other bloggers. Now if I want to read post by fellow bloggers, I need to click on the glasses icon. One day it was click on the word reader and the next day the word reader was gone. I had to look around and figure out maybe try clicking on the glasses icon.

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This makes me wonder if due to the constant unannounced changes if some bloggers give up on WordPress. That would not surprise me because WordPress is increasingly becoming less user friendly.

Question for my fellow bloggers, if you can find my post, have you felt frustrated by WordPress at times?

Thank you for reading. God Bless.

22 responses to “Blogging Frustration?”

  1. Eileen Guyadeen Avatar
    Eileen Guyadeen

    Yes Matt I do get frustrated like you on word press but I don’t want to give up on it I do hope it will get better. I am not sure if they will begin to charge us

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      I don’t want to give up either

      Reply
  2. Bridget Avatar
    Bridget

    Yes, I’m with you! I tried to express some of these things to WordPress a couple of months ago, but it didn’t seem to go anywhere. The people who work on the backend must not have a blog or follow any blogs. Otherwise they would see the frustrations firsthand. 🤷‍♀️

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      I think they are not interested in having input from bloggers

      Reply
  3. Gary Fultz Avatar
    Gary Fultz

    I only read blogs I have signed up to come by email first….then I read blogs by people who comment from those I follow. I guess I never used Reader. When I get behind from my life stuff happening, I have to be quite selective when I get way behind. I think that Word Press probably puts some blogs I read into spam so I have to seek them out if I am missing their posts.

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      I like reader because I can look at the blogs under I subscribe to, but that is not 100%.

      Reply
  4. davidsdailydose Avatar
    davidsdailydose

    I noticed things going south when WP started a “Pay to Play” feature called “Boost.” Want to improve your sagging stats? Just pony up $25, and WP will make sure more people see your posts—until it’s time to pay them some more. I primarily use the reader (eye glasses icon) on the app to read the blogs I follow. Frankly, I’ve considered simply posting with likes and comments disabled. If someone REALLY wants to talk, they can shoot me an email. 😊 It feels like I’m on a social media cake walk, with fewer and fewer friends seeing my posts. I think my content is still good (enough), so where did everyone go?

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      I wonder if it is people giving up. I have noticed a drop off too and have noticed fewer of the blogs I subscribe to posting. I agree with you. We both have paid blog plans, so the idea of having to pay an additional fee for a post to be promoted does not sit well with me

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      1. davidsdailydose Avatar
        davidsdailydose

        Agreed, Matt. I already pay Word Press for my domain and ad free plan, so paying more is a hard pill to swallow. Confession, I’ve paid to boost a post or two and it works. Lo and behold I got more views—but not necessarily more followers.

  5. Pooja G Avatar
    Pooja G

    I very much empathise with your frustrations. I have been frustrated by WordPress’s changes multiple times. I find them so unnecessary and they make the platform more difficult to use and navigate. Why even change things that aren’t broken.

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      Agreed
      If it isn’t broke, don’t try to fix it

      Reply
  6. dawnfanshawe Avatar
    dawnfanshawe

    I get frustrated with the changes to how I use it to write and publish, but most blogs I read come to be first by email and those links rarely pose a problem.

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      It seems like at least once a month there is a change on writing and posting

      Reply
      1. dawnfanshawe Avatar
        dawnfanshawe

        😦

  7. Georgetta Head Avatar
    Georgetta Head

    This explains why I haven’t been able to see or even received posts from fellow bloggers.

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      WP used to have “happiness engineers” now it is only AI making suggestions

      Reply
  8. My Life in Our Father's World Avatar
    My Life in Our Father’s World

    It’s not like they don’t have our email addresses. It would be nice to be notified about changes ahead of time!!

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      Exactly- they have our email addresses

      Reply
  9. Carol anne Avatar
    Carol anne

    I don’t use the reader, I get notified of other bloggers post via email, that works best for me, I feel your frustration about wordpress constantly making changes. X

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      THe problem is that I do not receive an email for each blog I follow when they post

      Reply
  10. bigskybuckeye Avatar
    bigskybuckeye

    I discovered this change this morning when I was on my PC. However, I reading most blogs from my tablet, which doesn’t require me to use the “glasses” icon.

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    1. jesusluvsall Avatar
      jesusluvsall

      I will check on using my table to read posts

      Reply

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