Party line blogging

 

If you are of a certain age, ahem…

you will remember party lines.  That’s

when more then one house shared the

same telephone line.  There was a

distinctive ring for each house, but

anyone connected could listen in.

 

What I love about blogging is the comments

and how they just kind of flow back and forth

between the blogger, the reader, and that

sometimes other readers add to the thread. 

To me it’s kind of like having a old fashioned

party line, but everyone’s invited to listen in.

But if you have your comments emailed to you as a blogger then you can become easily confused when the thread takes a jump. 

Let’s say you are blogging about the garden, and a certain flower, but yesterday you mentioned a party that you held.  Although it does tell you which blog post the comment was made on, sometimes in the back and forth things get mixed up, and you forget whom you are talking to and about what.

Reader 1,  great decorations, love the pink

Blogger, thanks got it at the dollar store

Reader 2, which variety is it?

Blogger, the local one just down the street

Reader 3, love the pink

Blogger, oh thanks I like the pink tablecloth too

Reader 3, I meant the flower

Blogger, but I didn’t get them at the dollar store

Reader 2, which variety is that?

Blogger,  the tablecloth, or the flower?

I'm no longer sure….

So if you get weird replies from me regarding something that has nothing to do with the blog post, now you know why.

 

Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams