There’s a post on one of the blogs that up til yesterday was on the blogring. Yesterday, as several of you are aware, I went round and hibernated a number of blogs that hadn’t been posted on for a month. Several ppl emailed almost instantly to say that they’d now blogged, and I went back round and activated them this afternoon.
(Yes there are two statuses I use. Hibernate and inactive. If the blog is hibernated, it can be reactivated by the blogowner. If it’s inactive, I can see it in a list of blogs. If I think that the owner might remember how to activate the blog themselves, I hibernate it. Unfortunately, this then means I have to remember that it’s hibernated, as it’s not in a list. If it’s inactive, I go through that list regularly and check them. All of this takes quite a bit of time, and I try to do it regularly, maybe once a week, though recently it’s been more like once a month).
Anyway, yesterday, like I said, I did this. And now there’s a post about that there.
I’ve left the following comment, but as comment moderation is enabled, it may never be shown, and as such, I’d like to be able to make a case for my defense.
“I am one of the few ppl who comes here and comments, and it’s absolutely nothing personal that I inactivated your blog, I actually thought that you might prefer it that way as many ppl get concerned that they haven’t been keeping their blogs up.
I’m really sorry that you’re upset by this action, which I did to several blogs yesterday – I do it to keep the blogring fresh so that ppl are more encouraged to use it – it can be very disheartening to click round and find that no blogs have been updated.
I was aware that you had issues going on, as I said, I’ve commented here before.
If you change your mind and would like to come back, please let me know – this isn’t petty officialdom, this is just another person, trying to fit in managing a blogring that helps and supports ppl into a life already overflowing with work and my own children.
Once again, sorry that you’re upset.”
Sometimes you really can’t win.
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11 responses to “In my defense”
Can’t feel nice for you 🙁 Am I inactive, btw? I’m just off to check when I last posted…seems an age away so off do do something now 🙂
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FFS. I’ve commented too; really of all the inappropriate people to accuse of “petty officialdom”, you are.. well, it’s kind of funny really.
She’s way off the mark, been extremely rude and exceptionally silly and i’ve told her so.
Still, the rules of the ring being unclear, but unwritten rules and ethos suggesting through precident that openly attacking other members of it is unacceptable, her stomping off saves us from throwing her off.
Job done then. Ignore it, not worth your time or thoguht. People who take their own personal life out on other people doing a simple task need to get over themself.
Haven’t read it but will go and do so now. Sorry to have been one of the ones to add to your workload yesterday, hadn’t realised I could un-hibernate myself, but now I know I will certainly do it myself next time.
It’s ungrateful, rude and really annoying when you do something for people only to have it chucked back at you when they percieve you are not doing it to their personal requirements – sorry you had to deal with that Jax, have some brackets.
Just read it, I assume they are describing themself with their tag rather than you.
Someone left the HE-UK blogring over a similar thing a few weeks ago; I spent some time emailing the individual in an attempt to explain, but despite several emails she remained insistent that it had been an offensive thing to do.
Sometimes you can’t win *shrug*
Nope, sometimes you can’t win.
I think if it were me in the throes of moving house etc. I’d be glad to have my blog hibernated, so that I didn’t have to worry about it. Then again perhaps people just don’t worry about it like that?
Ah well. Worse misunderstandings have happened at stressful times in life, it’s a shame when people overreact publicly though.
Blogring maintenance is really valuable – I do think it matters that if people hit on a blogring to read about home ed that posts are relatively recent (although, lol, mine don’t often have much home ed related stuff in them!). So thanks for continuing to do it, Jax – I’m sure some folk don’t even realise the work that goes into it. It’s huge, these days – 80+ blogs – that’s impressive 🙂
Hugs Jax.
You right Sarah, some of us don’t worry about it like that 😉
As Merry said, state your case to them and then move on, I guess doing the ring management, sooner or later some people are going to get the wrong end of the stick.
I guess in part it’s a reflection of the size of the ring nowadays. When we joined it was a lot smaller (
FFS – you do a good job Jax, don’t let her get you down. Merry, loved the comment!
Oooh, she doesn’t like me much, does she?! AND she noticed i made a spelling mistake; well hang me for an illiterate home ducator!
It was not my intention to fan flames of an argument by posting this, it was my intention to have right of reply. I’ve had my say, and I’d rather this didn’t go any further.
I will point out that I merely hibernate blogs so that ppl don’t have to flick past old posts – I don’t hibernate them to force ppl to post (I’ve certainly never thought of myself as fascist before!).
I’m removing the link from this post and closing comments, I’d really rather this didn’t go any further.