I love WordPress. When I first thought of blogging, I dipped my toe in the other blog sites, but WordPress was the only one for me.
Except now, I hate Reader.
I can’t remember what we had before Reader, but it was great. Do you recall? It was a little something in that left-hand sidebar that you clicked and then just scrolled down to see the most current post from all the folks to whom you were subscribed. If you didn’t want one to appear, you could hide it. Easy to scan, easy to access, just… easy.
And now we have Reader. And I ask you, what is this madness??
Half the time, I can’t get it to appear. The other half the time, I see the same posts several times in the feed, or posts that are weeks old and definitely NOT the newest content from my fun friends.
It just sucks, and I want my old scrolly thing back.
I’m generally not a big complainer, and I appreciate everything WordPress does to make our blogs and blogging experience increasingly fabulous. I’ve been thinking about writing this for months though, and finally today, when trying to pull up Reader completely froze my computer, and I wondered why I was doing it when it was just going to frustrate me anyway, I’d had enough and decided to say something about it.
So I did.
WordPress, are you listening?
Grrrrrrr.
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August 22, 2012 at 3:35 pm
slpmartin
I’m not a big fan of the reader either…half the time I forget to go there…and it is never a convenient way to look at what I follow.
August 22, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Seasweetie
Glad I’m not alone in this – I miss the folks I follow.
August 22, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Cin
Today for instance it keeps freezing. Or it often doesn’t post new posts. I don’t know.. I just don’t know…
August 22, 2012 at 7:14 pm
Seasweetie
I know! I’m not always email subscribed, and if I were, my bad inbox habits would mean I’d be bloated with emails. But I miss you guys.
August 22, 2012 at 7:04 pm
thesinglecell
I’m with you. The old thing was just “Subscriptions.” Just a quiet little option on the dropdown. “Oh, hello. Welcome to your favorite blogs. Please, do come in. We’ve got everything nicely arranged for you.” Now? Pfft. Half the time, the bloggers I subscribe to don’t show up at all! I find out they’ve posted from my email inbox instead.
August 22, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Seasweetie
It’s a frustrating mystery, cell. I wish they’d change it back. Not every new idea is a great one.
August 22, 2012 at 8:28 pm
jeanne
I feel your frustration … I thought it was just me. I am glad to know I have company in my dislike for the reader feature. Bring back the scrolly thing.
August 22, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Seasweetie
We need to start a revolution, jeanne!
August 23, 2012 at 2:00 pm
dafarmer
I don’t like reader either! We need to start a revolution like you said. I hate scrolling down to read the posts and seeing the same thing four or five times further down. Just let me have the old back, it was simpler and I could decide if I wanted to see so and so’s post…
August 23, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Seasweetie
Exactly, dafarmer!! I’m not quite sure how one goes about starting a cyber-revolution…but I’m up for it.
August 24, 2012 at 12:29 am
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