Why I’m Leaving FriendBurst
A year ago, if I posted a blog on this site, it would get 200 views. That was down from the 500 or so views I would have gotten on MySpace a year before that, but still okay. Six months ago, that average viewcount was down to 80. In this last week, I posted what I thought was my best Tour d’Joko in a long time and a uke video that was better than average for me. Each blog got under 50 views.
I’m leaving FriendBurst because there’s no more audience here. Roscoe and D Lemur comment on my blogs, and that’s it. My thanks to them, but relative to how much effort I put into what I produce, I need more.
I’ll go the way of Billy Skribbler, *Joe*, Stewd, Mrs Clayton, World B Free, John Sawyer, Mango Chutney… too many others to name… and make my exit.
First, I will depart with a little bit of a different compilation video. In these vids, I take random clips from my library of vids, set them to a piece of music I like, and click the “make video” button on Pinnacle Studio. This time, I’ve done it a little differently, in honor of the end of the month of March. All of these clips come from March, 2007 to 2012.
Oh.
April fools!
I’m not going anywhere.
Yeah, the blogs in this place have been decimated. But it’s not like I’ve got an audience established anywhere else either. I’d like to say the friendships I’ve built here are so important that I’d never leave, but several people whom I’ve thought were those kinds of friends have departed without any ceremony.. So there we are.
I watched this video again, and realized there are SEVEN different cats pictured in it. That’s gotta be a record.
I write my Blogs here, but I Share them to MySpace, FaceBook, and Google+. People come over to view and read, and a growing number of people here read my Blogs, but of course, nobody ever Comments…. which is OK, since I really just wanted people to View and Read anyway
I always read and comment sometime on your blogs…
If, I didn’t knew that yesterday was April 1…I would believed you. 🙂
But, indeed what you said is sad here…I wish to have here those you mentioned above. Can to drag them back? Go Joko, go Joko. 🙂
Having been kicked from the site 3 times for in my opinion mild posts that were not pro American or for that matter pro the republican party and I am guessing due to complaints from the rabid American right I was surprised that I was able to rejoin easily a few weeks back and even more surprised that the right seem to have departed I guess having closed down free speech temporarily, they had achieved their purpose.
Friendburst failed badly to capitalise on the discontent of the MySpace bloggers and compounded that by over zealous capitulation to the extreme right.
The truth is that the site blogs have become boring and as you say what is the point of going to the effort of producing a well thought out and researched blog if you have few readers and less prepared to comment ?
Is it terminal? Probably not yet but Friendburst must be close to losing critical mass not only from a blogging perspective but with only 5000 odd members a social networking perspective.
It may be your April Fools joke has an element of the prophetic to it.
Hi Joko,
That was a good April Fool’s. I thought you were serious. Everything you mention in this blog seems to be true. I used to have a nice amount of people reading my blogs and leave their opinions/facts. Now, that is slim. The thing that disappoint me on Friendburst, it seems like no one is in into the RC (Remote control cars/boats/airplanes) hobby. It would have been nice to exchange tips or advice from painting bodies, tuning the cars, and upgrading them. Or just talk and post videos of our crazy driving adventures. I think most of those people are on a different forum. Or perhaps, my bloging style just sucks…lol!
Any ways, I am glad you are not leaving friendburst. You do make some good blogs. 🙂
You got me, Joko! As I was reading your blog, I was mentally preparing a comment… But now I can’t be bothered…
Oh, right. 😛
Joe.
HAHAAAAAAAAAAA…I was like OH SNAP…OH HELL NO! HA HAAAAAAAAAA HE HO HA…you got me good! Oh I have a feeling things will pick up here on Friendburst.
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Its just a real busy time of the year for many….like tax season/the election coming up and work picking up to a all time high once again. WE ARE BUTT ARSE SLAMMED! But grateful. Just miss my home and my computer. I defiantly need to invest in a lap top to use when on road! We travel so much these days….man I have some stories to share too…oh man….but extremely exhausted…need food…and getting ready to go back out of town in morning for another two or three days…HOLY PUGS!
Later…lots of loving!
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Checked in, clicked heart/likez buttons, love nom poster. Ciao.