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*Title is an archaic reference to a classic game show. Kudos if you know which one.*
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Oh, be quiet.
The point of this blog? WordPress followers. I know most of you probably don’t pay attention to your list, but I do and conduct daily removals of all businesses and bots. I don’t need car insurance, yoga pants, a kale soufflé recipe or a 5 step program to be a better me. This me is as good a me as I’m ever going to get. Someday someone will explain to me why so many of these people/machines feel the need to follow me over and over again.
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Dairy products? Perhaps she/it wants to hug a cow…
Furniture? Clearly someone/thing enjoyed my leather chair shopping saga.
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Same face, three different names and sites. Zap. Zap. Zap.
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And back she/it comes. No matter how many times I delete…
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The next day they’re back.
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So here’s my question.
What are they getting out of this? And why can’t they take the hint?
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Nice try with the alcohol Paula. At least you’re getting to know me better.
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River's world..... 
Interesting. I know that many who “follow” my blog lately are businesses but I don’t think there are any bots. Maybe I’ll have to look at them more closely.
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Everyone of them have pages with posts, but no comments and no interaction.
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I don’t even pay attention to what kind of followers I have or If I even have any!!
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It’s become somewhat of an obsession with me. No bots shall pass!
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Those aren’t bots. Those girls are quintuplets…
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At this point they’ve moved past octuplets…
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Most bloggers have a list of followers in their sidebar. It’s a popular widget. By default, new followers are at the top of that list. So, they follow you, and you give them some advertising.
I changed that widget on my blog to show frequent commenters.
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I don’t have either one of those widgets. No free lunch here!
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Don’t know the why of this, but I do all I can to not allow the insincere to comment on my blog. As for following my blog, I could care less. Those numbers mean nothing to me.
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I don’t care about numbers either, I’m not that shallow. But if you’re following me? I do expect you to be human.
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I wish you well with that goal. I’m not convinced all the humans I know are actually human. Sometimes the bots are more real! Ha!
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You have a point. I’ve had some very satisfying conversations with customer service chat bots…
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Exactly… while talking with family members can be a nightmare. Not to mention I get some lovely spam comments, very encouraging
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Wow, how annoying. I don’t have that issue because I’m not as a diverse a blogger as Lady River is…lol.
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Diverse? I think the word you meant to use was drivel….
There’s no accounting for taste.
😉
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Oh how I long for the halcyon days of Marvin Martin and the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. Who needs a delete button when you have one of those ?
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If only….
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Yep, I also review and delete business Followers and Bots
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They are bullying you into submission. It costs them nothing.
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My stubborn streak is legendary. I will outlast them!
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Amazing
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She seems to be an expert in everything. She should be trying out for Jeopardy rather than spending all that time spamming blogs…
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She’s a very well versed bot, yes.
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This reminds me of “Multiplicity” but with a cuter version of Michael Keaton.
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Ha! Cuter, but definitely more annoying.
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