This is a very awkward post for me to write.
If you are offended or put off in the post slightest by it, I sincerely apologize. But I need your help.
If you are a human being reading these very words, I am forever grateful to you. You have no idea how much I care about you, my friend, and how thankful I am that you read what I write. You an amazing person, and you will never know how much you mean to me. Thank you so much.
Unfortunately, something happened on my last post that hasn’t happened since the early days of Foodie Fiasco. That post didn’t get a single comment. Not one.
Forgive me if this sounds conceited, self-entitled, and like I’m overreacting, but the inherent lack of comments really spoke to me. I was very disappointed. Up until a month and a half ago, I was getting twenty some comments on almost every post. Now, I’m lucky if I get two or three.
Oddly enough, Foodie Fiasco’s traffic has been going up, but the amount of comments is plummeting. I am so thrilled that more and more wonderful people (like you!) are coming to check out my humble abode, but I don’t know why I’m not getting nearly as many comments.
Please be honest: I am getting boring? I’m really very sorry if I am. I value your time so much, I know how busy you are, and the least I can do is give you the best content I possibly can. Am I really getting boring?
I honestly do work very hard on each and every one of my posts, including my last one. Between recipe testing, photographing, photo editing, writing… hours go into every post. I put in my best effort to give you what you deserve: the best.
Of course, I do blog for myself too, but I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t care how many people read my blog or how many comments I get. But I think I speak for all bloggers when I say that I want to helps spread my message and content to as many people as I can. When my comments go down, I can’t help but feeling that I’m not doing something right. It feels like my content isn’t worth commenting on.
I could easily be overreacting. I probably am. And I apologize again if you think his post is out of line, or if you are put off. I am so thankful for and care about you, my friends, so much. Thank you for being there for me.
Why do you think my comments are going down? Has something like this happened to you? Do you think comments will come back? Thanks so much for your input and friendship, and I hope you have a lovely day!
Enjoy!
-Kelly M.
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Maybe change your feed? If people get your post in their invox they are too lazy to visit the blog, they don’t viit the blog they leave no comments!
That’s a good point! Truthfully, I really don’t want to make people do more work becuase I am so grateful they’re reading my posts at all. Thanks so much for your thoughts, Kat!
I LOVE your recipe ideas!! I just don’t always get a chance to comment.
please don’t stop!!
Thank you so much, Shannon! You are so sweet.
And no, I won’t stop!
Hi Kelly,
I’m a new ish reader, but if you’d like me to answer you question I might have a little idea.
Before this post you wrote three seperate blog posts about Bananas Foster. Now, I know you were just showing us variety, and I really liked to see the ways you could use the recipes, but it felt a bit redundant for me to comment on all three.
If they had been more spaced out, I think that would have been better, rather than posting them one after the other.
Just a thought, love your blog, I visit every day
Thank you SO much for sharing your idea! I think you are completely right. I am not quite sure what I was thinking by being so repetitive (on a banana kick, much?), and I bet commeting would have seemed redundant. I appreciate you honesty and frienship so much, Holly.
i’m making the cupcakes tonight and I will let you know how they turn out! Thank you for the food post and the pictures that help inspire me in the kitchen!
World’s Healthiest Cupcake- I was really excited to make these and I did. They were easy to make. I added pecans and millet for texture and followed youe recipe as instructed. OMG I was very disappointed in the outcome. They were horrible! I ate 2 just to make sure I didn’t miss something after eating the first one. I even made the “glaze” with the leftover batter. I was not a fan of the dry texture of the muffin or lack of flavor. I would not recommend these muffins to anyone or make them again.
Hi Carrie! First off, thank you so much for making these, and I am SO sorry you did’t like them. I know how frustrating it is to make a recipe with your valuable time and ingredients only to not have it work, so I truly am sorry. There are only two taste testers in my house (my mother and myself), so recipes I test make the cut based only on our testebuds (which are pretty adjusted to “healthy” desserts). I personaly love these cupcakes (I’ve been happily snacking on one almost everyday), which is why I posted them. I would NEVER post something I didn’t love, solely becuase I think you deserve the best. I really am very sorry, and hope you haven’t lost complete faith in me. Thank you so much for reading, Carrie, and I hope you have a lovely day!
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