#ThursdayThoughts Preview · 13 January 2024
I am not sure how many people look at the dates of my blog posts, but enough have commented on it that I need to explain. I post my blog on Saturdays, but I give my Twitter and Facebook audiences a preview. That’s it. (But of course, there is more to the story.)
A couple of my friends have commented in the past that the dates on my blog posts were different than the dates they read said posts. (If you have not read said comments, it is because they have commented in person.) First of all, I am happy that I have such a faithful following. I am glad that anybody reads my stuff. Second of all, I am happy that anybody reads my stuff. And thirdly, I am ecstatic that anybody reads my stuff.
I have been blogging for a long time (since 2006) with just a handful of readers (both real and imaginary). And even though I am not a sophisticated blogger, I like to think I am at least a little bit sophisticated. So even though I started blogging just a short time after Facebook (2004) and Twitter (2006) started their operations, I have not done all of the sophisticated things that sophisticated bloggers do. Like try to get readers.
Apparently, sophisticated bloggers have sophisticated websites that encourage people to join. And when you join those websites (whether blogger sites or not), you get special privileges. Some sites have content that you do not get if you are not part of the in-crowd. Others give you all sorts of members-only stuff. (I am not part of those members-only groups on any blogger sites, so I have no idea what that stuff could be.)
At any rate.
I decided long ago that I would not have one of those member websites. At least not with my blog. I cannot actually think of a website I might run with a members-only area. And I could not think of appropriate stuff that could be given to members that I would not give to anybody else. But I thought that there could be somebody I could give special access to my content.
Well, it took a little time, but I joined Facebook and Twitter. I even figured out what a hashtag was and I made some posts and tweets now and again. Then, I saw this special hashtag. #ThursdayThoughts. I posted some tidbits now and then. Nothing deep or spiritual or anything like that. Even if that was what I thought I should do. Then, I thought to myself. What if I gave my Facebook and Twitter audience an advanced look at my blog. That would be some great reward. Like a members-only sneak perk.
So that is what I did. I continued to post my blog on Saturdays and I added a sneak peak on #ThursdayThoughts. And I put those #ThursdayThoughts on both Facebook and Twitter.
Apparently, I never explained that before. Apparently, that sneak peak is not as special as I thought it might be. Ah well. I will still continue to do it. Post on Saturday, but give that special sneak peak on Thursday. Even if nobody thinks it is that special.
So if you look at my blog post date and you see that the date you are reading it is before the post date, you are a special person. (But no, you did not travel to the future.) You are part of the group that gets a preview because you follow me on Facebook and/or Twitter. Now that I explained it, I hope that you feel special.
© 2024 Michael T. Miyoshi
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