Last night WordPress gave me several hundred “free” hits. Today they took them back. That seems fair. Only now I’m stuck at 20,131, although several comments have come in. Go figure.
And the moral is: Get a life!
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July 14, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Carol
Helen,
That happened to me too. Last night I was around 3600, which I thought was amazing, and this morning I was at 3,097. Whatever.
July 14, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Helen Losse
The message is we watch these stats far too much. Blogging is about people, not numbers, and we best not forget that.
July 14, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Carol
Yes, you’re absolutely right.
July 14, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Daniel Comstock
lol good moral
July 14, 2006 at 2:01 pm
Helen Losse
Thanks, Daniel.
July 14, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Tena
It happened to me, too, and I just started! Yesterday I had around 1,800 hits in only ONE day! I thought, “Something is very wrong.” This morning it went to 137 and was stuck for awhile. Now it has moved up to 180 so, I think it’s working okay now.
You all are right, it doesn’t matter how many hits we get. I think it’s just a fun thing to look at. I’ll still love you all if you beat me!
July 14, 2006 at 4:15 pm
Helen Losse
I think it is working now. But for a while there, it was goofy.
July 14, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Jen
It happened to me too!!!
July 14, 2006 at 8:30 pm
Helen Losse
It must have happened to everyone on WordPress.
July 15, 2006 at 4:21 am
misslionheart
Ohhhh! And I thought my blog was becoming interesting!
Please all of you, add me to your blogroll! (if you haven’t already, of course
July 15, 2006 at 8:55 am
helenl
Hi Miss Lionheart, I added you to my blogroll. Stop by often.
July 15, 2006 at 3:44 pm
misslionheart
I will! Thanks.
July 18, 2006 at 4:46 am
misslionheart
I lost 500 hits when I woke up this morning!
July 18, 2006 at 8:29 am
Helen Losse
I think they’re still having trouble. I’ll be glad when it settles down.