There was a time when I would have liked to have my post reblogged over and over. Today however I feel quite differently. I reblog as you know but I do it based on posts that hit the mark, have information I know you will enjoy and ones that move me deeply, and of course great photography but it’s not to build my blog. Building a community is more important than building a number, which frankly means nothing without engagement. I’ve encountered several bloggers in the past 4 months who build their blogs simply by reblogging other’s posts. To some that is cool but for me it’s not. 

I want people to connect with my post and reblog when it hits them, not every damn post. 

WordPress doesn’t allow you to approve reblogs, you will get a comment showing it was reblogged and asking you to approve but it doesn’t mean anything because the post is already live on the other site. BIG FLAW, but let’s not go down the rabbit hole.

This is where Cote Lumiere, Light Side blog comes in, they have been reblogging all of my Blogger Highlight posts for a couple of months, they have never spoken to me and you can’t send them a message. When you try as I did yesterday, the message comes back to me. Below is a comment I sent them, of course, it came to me. 

“I don’t think that building a blog on others’ work even when credit is given is cool. Please don’t reblog my post any longer or I will write a post and call you, especially for what you are doing with people’s content. The other blogs you repost from will not appreciate it and your followers if any will leave or they deserve you. Stop now!”

You may think my comment is harsh, and it is. While I am glad the bloggers from the Blogger Highlight series are getting exposure, they may not like this tactic either. People need to have a choice and that is not being given. Several months ago I thought about turning my reblog button off but that isn’t the way to tackle this issue. I love it when people connect with a post and want to share it and I love being able to do the same. 

I’m not into numbers, only connections, great content. and learning. 

They don’t follow me and won’t see this post but I wanted you to know this is happening and maybe happening to you. if you don’t mind, that’s cool, if you do, take action. At the moment I don’t feel WordPress offers any solution, just problems but I may come up with something so they will get my message. Nothing nasty or illegal, many something, maybe not. 

Please share your thoughts, you may see an upside here. 

Melinda