Wordz From Friendz XI

Gotta love me some super comments from @karriespring:

"Whoa. Trying to explain my whoa... there is a lot of living in your writing. A lot that--for some reason--I relate to. Not all the time, but sometimes it's really striking. You were meant to write. Whether it's fiction, or part of your real life... you were meant to share your words."

*SMOOCH!* Thank you for reading (and sticking with me as I slowly work toward the last page of the first book)!

This comment was in response to my recent post, "One Last Thing To Do (and then...)."

The Love Flow

I've been running some experiments on the Facebook fanpage, "being IN LOVE" to measure interactions relative to the types of comments that I leave on the wall. Good stuff, fer sure.

First of all, the makeup of the 8100+ fans is:

• 77% female
• 59% female aged 13-24*
• ~30% residing in the US

*Apparently, the kids in other countries are still on Facebook.

When I post something esoteric and positive about love on the wall, I easily get 20 likes and 30 comments (Facebook calls these "interactions") in a few hours. Most of them are people saying how much "in love" they are or how much they believe in love. It's quite fantastic to experience.

However, when I post something action focus, like visiting a blog or a twitter profile, I get very few interactions. Unfortunately, I can't see clicks nor have I taken the time to look at referral logs, but the uptick on blog follows/comments and Twitter followers doesn't increase much.

I invite you to try your own experiment and feel the love:

1. Join the group (if you haven't already).
2. Post something fun and loving on the wall, ask a question if you like.
   
3. Feel the love flow to you!

ENJOY!

Speaking of Playing vs. Winning...

Having my own morning full of trial and error, which I don't mind at all. I've been meaning to try out Disqus on my blog ever since I first read about it on Fred Wilson' AVC Blog (an amazing read, btw). What is Disqus, you ask? Well, I'm glad you asked...

Disqus (pronounced "discuss) enhances the comment system on blogs so that they can be threaded. In addition, it also allows me to comprehensively add connect APIs so that you can comment under the guise of your Facebook profile, et al.

Since I've been more actively blogging, I've seen pageviews increase and, likewise, comments. Before we explode in the comment unisphrere I thought it'd be a good idea to try this now, rather than later.

These types of things hit my limit of technical knowledge; I know just enough to get myself in trouble. So, for me, it comprises a learning experience where I seriously hope I don't blow something up. We've been talking about winning and losing... blowing this blog up would be a big LOSS, but I'd learn from it greatly and continue to play the game with my newfound knowledge! I'm not afraid of failure; it's a learning opportunity.

I've been getting many great comments from readers about how much they enjoy reading my posts. I thank you all and invite you to leave a quick comment on THIS post so that I can test whether I like the Disqus platform or not.

So tell me, do you like what the bigBADbobby has to say? (Be nice)