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Following Blogs: How do you follow and what makes you want to follow?
Following Blogs
When I follow blogs these days, I do it with Bloglovin. Ever since the whole Google Reader thing went down, I moved over to Bloglovin' and so far I've liked it. I also use it on my phone, but I don't comment as much from there because I always end up with crazy auto-correct fails. Very rarely I will follow a blog by email. This really was something I did when I used GFC a lot and a blog that I loved didn't have a GFC gadget. I haven't followed a blog by email in a long long time. But really I read posts more through Bloglovin' than I do through the ones that come in my email anyway.
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Why I follow
I follow blogs for all different reasons. My number one reason is that I find that we read a lot of the same books and have similar opinions on books. (Like right now anyone who doesn't like Love Letters to the Dead, I would probably follow since I feel like I'm the only one... likewise for someone who loved Tease). I also follow pretty blogs. I guess it's kind of like judging a book by it's cover, but if your blog is super pretty, I'll probably follow. I also follow people who seem really nice (in a genuine, not fake way).
I find new blogs to follow by visiting people who visit me. I also find a lot of blogs through Top Ten Tuesday. If someone posts a list that has a bunch of my fav books on there... I usually follow. Another way I find new blogs is through Saturday Situation on Candace's Book Blog.
I follow mostly all book blogs. There is ONE makeup blog that I like, a few fashion blogs, and one Pittsburgh blog, and that's about it. I guess I don't go topic crazy when it comes to blogs. I know a lot of you follow all the blogs, but I like books :)
So I'm super curious about you... how do you follow blogs (email, Bloglovin', Feedly, etc.)? What makes you follow a blog and where do you usually find new ones?
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ReplyDeleteI follow my blogs through Bloglovin as well! Back in the day, I just followed all the blogs that were linked up to a meme. But well that turned out badly and I've had to unfollow so many blogs! Now I find blogs through Twitter, through other blogs and through people who comment on my posts. Usually, I like a good design and not too many blog tours. :D
ReplyDeleteI follow blogs mostly through bloglovin haha I follow blogs if we have common books and also common thoughts on certain books. I really like blogs with various posts (reviews, memes, discussions etc) But tbh I am not really picky, this explains the number of blogs I am following right now :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
I follow almost everyone by many methods - bloglovin, gfc, whatever. The one that matters is email. I follow about 20 blogs by email, and these are the ones who always have an insightful post that I actually want to click and comment on. That's my criteria :)
ReplyDeleteMajority of the blogs I follow are on Bloglovin. but there are some that I have subscribed by email.
ReplyDeleteIt's been difficult to find new blogs to follow. I don't know if it's because I am not really LOOKING or I am getting picky! haha
I follow through Bloglovin and Feedly, but I use Feedly the most. Lately I haven't really been following anyone new. Reasons I follow are same as you, it depends on the books. There is one book I guide myself by a lot and that's the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. If you read it and liked it, I'll definitely follow ;)
ReplyDeleteI always follow via Bloglovin because it's the easiest way to keep up with everyone. :)
ReplyDeleteI follow by email and Bloglovin most of the time. Bloglovin rocks, and I love there's an app for that. I can't comment on blogs from my phone either because I end up losing the entire comment. One day I figured out if I don't click the Bloglovin frame off a blog I'm trying to comment on, it doesn't let me click the "notify me" box. I don't know why, either. I always like to see if I get a response back, so I try to make sure there's a way I can be notified. :)
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