Follow and Be Followed
This week, Daily (w)rite crossed 400,000 hits and nearly 29,000 followers. To mark the occasion, the blog now has a Facebook Page, where I hope to discuss all things Reading, Writing, Travel, and maybe a bit of Social awareness / Culture/ Philosophy.
Not a fan, but tons of folks are on it, folks who don’t have a blog and never will, but are interested in the same topics as me.
Hoping everyone here, my cherished blog friends, can also join the discussion there. I don’t plan to update more than once or twice a week, so I won’t flood your timelines. Also, having nothing to promote, (hopefully) won’t have annoying “author promotion” posts. For those of you not on Facebook, I’m only too happy to stay connected with you here.
In the spirit of connections, maybe all of us who comment and chat at this space could connect on other social media as well. Some of you I already chat with on Twitter and Facebook, but others, not so much. A lot of us are on G+ too, and on Goodreads.
So without further ado, would like to connect with you on any and all of the following social media profiles:
Facebook: Like I said, this page would be for us folks to get together and chat about stuff of interest to all of us.
Twitter: Active here and I love chatting with tweet buddies. Not a fan of promo posts flooding my timeline though.
Goodreads: Here as D. Biswas. I put up my books from time to time, but it is exhausting to update all the books I read all the time.
Google+ : Super-active here. Not so much on posts– I post very little, but I read a lot, and am a fan of the +1 button. I comment every now and then.
Pinterest : Not really very active here. I use this site mainly to find images for writing prompts.
That’s my sum-total on social media. Each bolded out social media name links to my profiles.
Want to follow all of you on your social media profiles, so please leave yours in the comments. (If your comment with your profiles doesn’t immediately appear, it is only because links go in for moderation– I’ll be deluged with spam otherwise. I’ll approve them as I see them.) And while everyone is putting up their social media links, we can all give each other some social media love by following each other? I sound like a social media orgy or lovefest, I know, but seriously don’t see the harm. Everyone who comments on here is someone we might all like to hear from.
Perfectly fine if you don’t want to take part in this social-media-fest of sorts. And feel free to tell me off, if you don’t. We’re not trying any social media marketing or optimization exercises here. Just want to have some fun, and strengthen a few friendships!
To those interested in the “Follows”: What social media are you on? Am I already following you? If not, won’t you leave me your deets?
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Recently I’ve been having conversations with a friend of mine on this very topic. So when I went to a business conference on Saturday and it came up there as well I thought I’ve really got to narrow down my scope on these various platforms. There is so much “noise” on all of them but most especially Twitter but a networking group I belong to offered some practical tips on working with Twitter more efficiently although I just can’t spend much time on it or the others. I’m testing a FB page but not sure if I’m going to keep it at this point.
Posts like this one really help me to think of ways to utilize thes tools more effectively. Thank you ~Steph
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For all those like me who are trying to make sense out of the different social media icons that appear on each blog post and how the different social media platforms work, this is a wonderful post that actually explains the differences. A great read for those of you who are still choosing a platform to express your thoughts.
Thanks for the reblog– and hope to keep in touch!
me too! I love reading your posts
One of your comments described him/herself as “a conscientious objector to Facebook” — Love that turn of phrase! I’d like to co-opt it. We’ve found each other on Twitter, and though I’m on most of ’em, I’m only involved with Twitter on a daily (hourly!) basis. Nice topic to pose.
You’re welcome to use my phrase concerning Facebook. Being a conscientious objector to anything implies you’ve done your research on the subject and your list of cons far outweighs the pros. Facebook is great if you’ve got nothing better to do than surf the site all day and if you don’t mind being in contact with absolutely everyone you’ve ever known your entire life. I don’t have an account because in truth, I don’t want to be found so easily. I’ve just started my own blog reviewing TV shows and movies so I may have to cave and get an account just for that, but definitely not a personal one. – Bethany
I’m a conscientious objector to Facebook and have resisted getting an account despite receiving many, many friend requests. I’ve watched other people on Facebook and it seems to be nothing so much as a giant time drain, soaking up way more of your time than you intended to give. That said, do you think it’s necessary to have a Facebook page for your blog in order for it to be more successful?
I did object to FB as well, but everyone I like and love are on it, so I’m there, too. I spend a few minutes a day catching up on links that some of my peers post — a load of my FB friends are in writing and publishing, but that’s it.
I don’t care really, if my blog is successful, only that I get to discuss stuff with people. A lot of people l like and respect are on FB but do not blog. The FB page is an effort to interact with those people.
I have a minority of FB-hating friends and family, and for them (as also for the wonderful people who love blogging as much as I do), I have this blog.
I may need to consider having a bare minimum Facebook page to serve as an interface with those not of the blogosphere.
If you’re not on FB, it might be hard for you to get people to come to your FB page, so… 🙂
My sister has a huge Facebook circle and keeps in contact with friends, relatives and acquaintances in numbers that boggle the mind. Maybe I’ll just ask her to post a link to my site on her Facebook page and call it a day.
You could. The problem is that non bloggers can rarely interact with blog topics– you need a blog to do that. That’s why I chose an FB page…
Well, I’ll see how I get on without a FB page for a while and see what happens.
I thought it wasn’t considered appropriate to post links to your blog on someone else’s, but everyone here seems to be doing it. I do reviews of TV shows and movies and love for you to come visit me sometime: http://reviewsbybethany.wordpress.com
I asked for all the links so I could follow folks. I don’t allow links on any other posts 🙂
Thanks for sharing your, Bethany.
It’s all about promotion and communication…either of yourself or your product(s). Were I not a writer…I wouldn’t be on [most of] this stuff! :-] Thanks for doing this. Nice work, Damyanti, and thanks for visiting my blogs, btw! My info:
RealityCheck blog: https://fpdorchakrealitycheck.wordpress.com/
Runnin Off at the Mouth blog: https://fpdorchak.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fpdorchak
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/fpdorchak/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/F-P-Dorchak/624941894190230
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7905945-f-p-dorchak
Thanks, I followed you back. I’m on most of the social media because I like the sense of community and communication, and hope we’ll keep in touch.
Thank you!
I’m basically an outgoing loner. :-] And though I admit I got onto it all for the writing, I’ve made some pretty good friends and met some cool people (like yourself), so it has been and continues to be a great experience! :-]
An outgoing loner. That’s a spectacular description and a surprisingly accurate one. I like it!
Hi there..Twitter at @kamalkitchen and facebook at fb.com/kamalkitchenfans Let’s start with this and move to other networks later 🙂
Hi Pragati. Following you on both now.
Congrats on your hits and followers!
Love the idea of sharing and hope to make some new friends.
I like using Google+, Facebook, and Pinterest. Bloglovin’ is also a great way to share.
My blog: https://www.cookingforkishore.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cookingforkishore?fref=nf
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/cookingforkis/cooking-for-kishore/
My FB URL is: https://www.facebook.com/CindaCrabbeMackinnon?fref=ts
I also do: http://www.pinterest.com/CindaMac/
(I think you follow me on my blog: http://cindamackinnon.wordpress.com… at least I follow you.) Thanks for asking!
Following you on everything now, Cinda, and yes, we follow each other on our blogs already 🙂
Good summary. I like Goodreads the most, but FB is second. G+–I have trouble keeping up with all the activity.
Jacqui, I can follow you back on these if you like, if you drop the links here.
I am new here and working my way up. Hope to be friends with some amazing people.
My blog: https://storiesbydharmesh.wordpress.com/
I post twice a week.
Facebook: https://
http://www.facebook.com/dharmeshchaubey0
Quite active.
Twitter: twitter.com/@chaubeydharmesh
See what’s up, occasionally.
Followed you on WP and Twitter– not sure how to connect on FB. All the best with your journey ahead.
Thanks.
Congratulations on reaching this milestone and hope you cross many more! I’ll try to keep with your posts across those networking platforms you have mentioned, although I have a slight bias towards the good old Facebook. Cheers once again and here’s hoping to read more from you!
Thankyou– and I’ll try to follow you right back.
I think in any social networking sites, if we give something we may get it back.
If we follow, we may be followed.
We should not expect others to follow us without bothering to follow them…
I don’t really expect anyone to follow me. I mostly follow people whose posts I like, and sometimes I will not follow back those whose content is something that not only doesn’t interest me, but puts me off. Like in life, I try to choose those I interact with. No point in following someone you don’t like.
Congrats! Following you on FB & Twitter.
Do follow me as well.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chiclifebyte
Twitter: twitter.com/nidhsarora
Thanks for the follows, Nidhi. Following you back– I like your FB page…
You’ll find me all over the net. Sometimes I wonder how I keep up but I sure love the interacting with everyone. https://www.facebook.com/rraisters
https://www.twitter.com/rosygypsy
My blogs http://nothingbutpoetry.wordpress.com
http://yamarella.wordpress.com
http://musicisajoy.blogspot.com
Rasma, I think we’re connected everywhere now. 🙂 Look forward to chatting with you.
Hi Damyanti,
My blog has a Facebook page too, here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/brandywhiskeyandallthat
And here’s my Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/BrendanDabhi
I know you already read my blog so I’d be happy if you leave your comments there. i’d like to know your thoughts on my work.
Hi, I do read your blog, and enjoy it. Connected with you on FB and twitter.
Thank you!
You are a star. And I loved reading your A-Z book. I’m a writer and editor (at EconomyEdits), and fairly active on FB (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008263659457) & G+ (https://plus.google.com/u/0/109684812142723401917/posts). Thanks for this. 🙂
Thanks, Dave, it is really an old book now, and I’m happy people remember it. 🙂 Followed/ added you!
Thank you for the run down of various social media sites and for your links! I’m new to social media, but you’ve inspired me to look into all these crazy link buttons that appear at the bottom of my blog posts! 🙂
Hi Jen. I’m not very big on social media myself, but I love the links on my timeline, the opinions, the chats. It isn’t worth going insane over, but it is a nice way to keep in touch with folks you like to hear from.
I am on facebook but I don’t do much there except looks at pictures friends of mine have taken or to (omg I am admitting to something) play a game. I am on there though so good luck in reaching out to people:)
..am new to your blog..loved it.. 🙂
I love discovering new and exciting, funny and informative blogs 🙂 I’m currently blogging about my experience and adventures as a substitute teacher (https://quirksintheclassroom.wordpress.com/) and my sister blogs about being a first time mommy/structural engineer (https://structuralengineerhasbaby.wordpress.com/) check us out! I’ll be looking through everyone else’s stuff!
Thanks for the links, and I hope everyone on this comment thread is following each other (if they like what the other person has to say, of course!).
I am pretty active on Twitter! I am here on twitter: https://twitter.com/soniawrite
And facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sonia.lal.505
on google+ I am soniawrite. Not very active there though.
I am following you now on both places.
Thanks Sonia, I think we follow each other now 🙂
Happy to connect with you on Facebook and Twitter! I’m also on Goodreads as C. C. Yager. Here are my links:
Facebook Perceval novels: https://www.facebook.com/percevalnovels
Facebook Eyes on Life: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eyes-on-Life-by-Gina-Hunter/133306250119946
Twitter Gina Hunter/Cinda Yager: https://twitter.com/eyesonlife_gina
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8182648.C_C_Yager
I hope you’ll give my novel, “Perceval’s Secret” a read, like the Facebook pages, and follow me. I will do the same for you! Also, I think I’ve already reviewed your book at Amazon — my reviewer handle is “Phoenix Reader.”
Cinda
Just checked at Amazon — I haven’t yet reviewed your book! Sorry. I will….(smile)
Thanks, Cinda, for the comment and review. We already follow each other on a few of these, I think. I don’t really review books these days, but I’ll get to yours soon.
Hi Damyanti. I appreciate your +1s. I am also on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sues-considered-trifles/149688428537835 and recently started a third blog Sue’s words and pictures wondering about Instagram!! Sue @suesconsideredt
Hi Susan, followed you on both. I don’t think I’m going to spread to other media– I’m all tuckered out with handling three: FB, Twitter and G+ 🙂
Thanks, Damyanti.
I would like to be part of this group. Here are my links:
https://www.facebook.com/pegglover.write.escape
https://twitter.com/authorpegglover
I started following this blog
We’re less a group on this blog, more a loose community of those who think alike. Welcome to Daily (w)rite and I hope to see you often, Peg. 🙂 Following you on FB and twitter!
Hi Damyanti. We are new to each other, through facebook, the Macmillan Charity Anthology (which I chief-edited). You can find all the details you want about me and my books on my website: http://www.lesleyhayes.co.uk but just to make it easier to share the details, I’m also to be found on my blog: http://www.blog.lesleyhayes.co.uk I don’t tweet much at the moment (pressure of work, catching up with my own WIP after helping to launch ‘You’re not Alone’) but I can be found https://twitter.com/hayes_lesley last time I checked. And having checked again, I’m now following you! Lots more links, facebook pages etc, but for now… Namaste. 🙂
Happy to meet you, Lesley, and I’m following you right back, both on your blog and twitter! Looking forward to the anthology, and if Ian sends in his words, we’ll hear more about the anthology on this blog. Namaste 🙂
I was seriously just on your amloki blog and saw your twitter handle and ran over there to follow you! (as @LXCain) Your blog stats and google+ stats are amazing! I like FB. Lots of funny pics to laugh over. Twitter is too fast & too limited, but I’m trying to get a handle on it. GR is just a ridiculous thing. No regular readers go there (but I’m on there too…). Just joined Pinterest and LinkedIn and haven’t done a darn thing with them. I find three-quarters of my writing time is taken up by social media now, but if you publish and you have no network to display your books, you might as well not publish.
I’ve followed you back on twitter, Lexa. I try to be disciplined about my social media, because they cut into my reading and writing time. Nowadays I find not watching TV helps loads.
Those stats are mainly because both my blogs are now seven years old, and loads of folks have now met and chatted with me in these years.
I can, of course, do more. But I have to stay sane, too. Without reading and writing, I would wither away– so those come first.
As I was telling someone today– I’m so happy to be unpublished– no worries about marketing books etc. I blog and go on social media for the joy of it– cos I meet so many interesting people who teach me so much. I dread the day I would be published– and be asked by the publisher to hawk my book.
That’s a great way to connect and get feeds about ur work. An effective way to discuss ideas on social media platform. Great initiative.
Thanks, Vishal. And I think we’re connected on most social media.
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My main blog is WordPress but I maintain FB and LinkedIn accounts which I rarely visit.
I am following and enjoy your blog. My blog is Proto Libro and I am @k8baldus on Twitter.
Followed your blog and twitter. Liked your tweets– look forward to chatting with you there.
Thanks, Damyanti!
I’ll follow you as I can. I myself have quite a few social media sites. Facebook = facebook.com/jeanne.owens.author Google+ = google.com/+jeanneowens Pinterest = pinterest.com/jeanne.owens.547 Twitter = @risscobalt Goodreads = goodreads.com/jeanneowens Tumblr = jowensauthor.tumblr.com
Followed you everywhere, I think, Jeanne. Look forward to staying in touch!
Thanks! I look forward to keeping in touch 🙂
I’ve followed you on all, except Pinterest (which I’m active on), but your Goodreads stopped me in my tracks, asking me which book was the most influential in my life. I’ve read so many, you could just as well have asked me which part of today’s oxygen intake did I enjoy the most. :-p
Woelf– that Goodreads question is meant to throw potential friends 🙂
I’ve got some amazing answers over the years, and not a few rants. Thanks for following me, and I shall follow you back, too. Maybe you should leave the links to your profiles here, so others can follow them, too?
Well, the question made me stop and take stock of the books I have read in the past. For that I want to say thank you.
As for my links, here they are:
My blog
Kōsa Press
The Collective
Goodreads
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Google+
Congratulations with the achievement and here is to many thousands more. You rock!
Thanks! Your name fascinates me- I wonder how Woelf is pronounced? Thank you for the links– will connect on the platforms we’re still not connected on.
It sounds like Woolf when you pronounce it. It’s a pen name I took from Wolfdietrich, which I thought made sense at the time, given that I weave a lot of lore and myth in my stories and I wanted my name to reflect that. 😛
I look forward to connecting on the other platforms.
Sorry about going on about your name. As a writer, names lead to characters, and characters lead to stories. Thanks for telling me the history of your pen name– I thought it was your real one.
I’m so used to Woelf, it feels like my normal name. lol
I have profiles everywhere… Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Triberr, Tremr, Scriggler, Google+ even Pinterest.
I find Twitter tiring, Tumblr weird, Google+ a little cluttered, Triberr confusing, Tremr only slightly less so. Scriggler expects you to copy paste your blog there …
I use Facebook a lot, and much of my traffic comes from there.
You will find me on Facebook as Ajesh Sharma and also have a page for SloWord
Twitter @Sloman2608 and @LeggieLefty
Google+ as AjeshBS
Add me on – I love to chat!! ( Of many things, even cabbages and kings …)
That’s a lot of social media! Good to see you sharing a story chapter by chapter on your blog. Following you now.
Great idea! I’m more active on Facebook and other sites.
Followed you on Facebook and your blog. Hope to chat more about all things writerly.
Thanks so much for the follow! And same here.
I am a real technophobe if only I knew how to cross reference it do it was easier!
Sarah not sure what you mean by cross-reference. Nice to meet you, and i’m off to check out your blog.
Thanks I can’t even speak English! So that your blogs are tweeted etc… I think!
whoaaa… awesome Damayanti…. and congratulations… would love to connect with you on FB and Twitter… am Archana Chaurasia Kapoor on FB and delectable_doll on twitter….
Cheers 🙂
Archana, thankyou. Found you on twitter, and FB: loved your update today: We will either find a way, or make one.
Indeed we will.
Just followed along on Twitter, FB, and Goodreads! Look forward to seeing your posts all over the place. Congrats on the milestone!
Cheers, Gretchen
Hi Gretchen! I love your name. I’ve followed you back on Twitter. Could you link me to your Goodreads and FB?
I am clearly out of touch. Thanks for your kind offer. Here’s a link to my author FB page: https://www.facebook.com/gretchen.greyhatton?ref=hl
And Goodreads: goodreads.com/GretchenGrey-Hatton
Hope you are well and writing up a storm!
Hello, My twitter handel is @annwrites75, and If you want to follow me directly from the link it’s twitter.com/annwrites75 If you see comments from Ann McBryant Harrison, that is me on facebook. I have an author page called author Ann Harrison on facebook too, but I was unable to set up an official facebook website for it. Please feel free to follow my blog as well.
Will do. Hope to chat with you often.
You can also follow my tumblr blog at annwritesthings.tumblr.com
All the best for Facebook discussions. I sometimes have to stop and vacuum the house… etc. WordPress and creating a story a day takes all my sit-down time. I need an extra life to fit things in! I don’t know how you do it!
Thanks, Bruce. Yep, I know all about vacuuming the house lol. I think creating a story a day is crazy-hard, having done that for a month a few times. Kudos to you for all that you do.
That’s a scary amount of followers here! Crap, I only have about three thousand. (That I know of.)
I’m not on Facebook, but I’ll make sure I am following you elsewhere.
And yes, you are very good with the plus button on Google+.
Alex, you have a ninja army, bar none.
I think we’re following each other pretty much everywhere else. The G+ button is what I do when I’m in between places, cooking, or at waiting rooms– helps keep me distracted.
Damyanti – I have both vision and physical constraints that demand I get away from computer screens and the body positions of reading and typing. Thus I choose WP blogging and reading, and accept I’m missing out on the rest.
Hopefully you bloggers I cherish most will not abandon your WP blogs ?
Sammy, I hear you. I’ll never ever abandon my WP blog– I’ll get withdrawal symptoms too torturous to imagine. You do a great job on your blog, and I wish I hadn’t spread my attention out on social media. But now I know so many nice folks on twitter and FB, I can’t quit them either. 🙂
?. Thank you, Damyanti. I’m very glad you have developed such a significant presence in the cyber community; you provide such thought-provoking conversations. I’m breathing a sigh of relief you are a ‘permanent resident’ on WP ?
Following on google plus and email…
Your profile here doesn’t lead back to you, so I’m not sure how to follow you back.
I am more active at wordpress. Now learning Facebook. Learning to catch up.
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I’m not super-active on Facebook, but hope to be better in the coming months.
Me too. I hope to be better.
I loved reading this
Hi Damyanti, We are connected on G+. Realized I am not following your blog, so followed. If you have a Linked In profile, please share. I will send you a invite for the group Blogger India. My twitter handle is @schakrabarti1 and FB page : https://www.facebook.com/ManagementDaily
Nice to meet you, Somali, and hope to stay in touch. Followed you on both.
Great idea Damyanti! I follow you on Google + and on twitter!
@kalpanapster is my twitter account and my Google + is https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KalpanaaMisra/
i’m very active on twitter, not so much on Google +
Facebook isn’t that appealing and Pinterest is more for ideas and relaxing. Nothing like lovely photographs to up the happiness quotient.
I’m following you on FB and twitter, Kalpanaa. I agree about Pinterest– I geek out there, not really interested in networking 🙂
Congratulations on achieving the milestone. Honestly, these days I don’t get much time to go through all the posts, so I am more in touch with Dan Antion and Cheryl KP. I think my reading capabilities have minimized mainly because I read, research and write at work as well. After that I really want to take my eyes off the screen and do something else. Give my mind a break to unwind.
Sharukh, I hear you. I’ve been offline the last few months as well, but now I hope to slowly make a comeback, in a more balanced, zen, way. Am so glad BFF has given all of us the opportunity to stay in touch.
I really feel lucky that you allowed me to join the group and I found good friends that mean so much to me.
I didn’t ‘allow’ anything, Sharukh :). We met, I asked you a question, and you answered, yes! You did all the keeping in touch!
But what if you hadn’t asked me that question? So I give you the credit for it. 🙂
All right, I accept the credit 😀
I follow you in most places Damyanti – I need to make sure we are connected on Google though.
I think we’re connected on all social media, too, Dan. Will add you back once you find me on G+.
Congratulations on this amazing milestone. You writing is really riveting. I like your blog posts and I learnt so much from your writings about writing. All the best!
Thanks, Rahul.
Actually I’m not sure how many of these I follow you–I think most. I don’t understand a lot of this stuff and find keeping up with it all tiresome. I get tired easily these days. Pinterest? No interest. Well, I’m a bit curious, but I’ve just not taken the time to think about Pinterest. Maybe eventually.
Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
Hi Lee, I think we follow each other on everything. I hear you on Pinterest– but I remember you saying the same thing about Twitter a few years ago– and now look at you– you have thousands of followers! 🙂
Yeah, now Twitter seems kind of mindless–I can do it without thinking. I did get really confused when they changed the Tribrr format. I couldn’t figure out what was going on anymore, didn’t want to think about it anymore, and gave up. I get impatient like that sometimes.
Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
We all do. And Triberr does drive me up the wall at times!