October 25, 2011
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Matt talks with Xanga
Xanga: Matt, I read your last blog. Are you leaving me?
Moi: No but I can’t really commit to a long term relationship with you.
Xanga: Was it something I did?
Me: No, it’s not you, it’s me.
Xanga: $#^#@^ I hear that line so many times! So it’s not me but do you know how many people have dumped me in the past few years?
Matt: Well, I’m sorry to hear that. I guess it hasn’t been easy for you to form long term relationship with bloggers.
Xanga: So many of you have left. You guys don’t like to blog anymore? Have I not been good to you?
Mateo: It’s just that there are so many pressures on my time. I feel like I’m pulled in so many directions.
Xanga: What about the support and feedback from the community? Didn’t you enjoy that?
Mats: I did and still do.
Xanga: I know I know… we’re not physically here so it’s easier to dump us.
Mathias: No no… I’m not dumping you. I just don’t know if I’m able to blog regularly. It’s does require some form of a commitment not just to write but to read and comment. It’s the joys of fully participating that requires more of a commitment. It’s an hour here and an hour there, it adds up.
Xanga:
Matti: Stop that, you know I don’t like you to use guilt to manipulate me.
Xanga: After all these years, you’ve found some one else haven’t you? Is it that corporate, high flying WordPress? Or have you gone goo goo for Blogger? Don’t tell me you’ve fallen from trampy tumblr! Is it that effing Facebook? Have you decided to just tweet instead? Surely it’s not LJ?
Mattie: No, I’m not seeing anyone of them at all… honest.
Xanga: Hmm… so what do you want to do? Is this it? Is this your last entry? Should I shut down your account?
マシュー: No, it’s nothing like that. I’m just trying to find some balance in my life. You’re a key part of it. I just don’t think I can be here daily. Maybe I can still be here on a semi regular basis.
Xanga: You have a commitment problem don’t you? After all these years, you’ve never even got Lifetime Premium. I should have suspected this about you. You teased me when you got your True badge. I should get that back from you.
Mattias: Seriously… I have my own health to worry about, work sucks and has sucked for awhile, I got to spend a bit more time with my dad and… why I am telling you this? I’ve already blogged about this!
Xanga: I just feel like this loyal friend who gets dumped all the time. You go off and enjoy your life.
wehttaM: You still have a lot of folks who are loyal to you. I have faith that this new Product Council will help you carve a stronger and well defined segment out there. Xanga Mobile looks like it’ll help keep more of your bloggers too.
Xanga: You’ll still be around?
Matman: yes, I’ll still be around.
Xanga: So many of you have left, it’s not easy. I always thought I would hang on to all of you for a long time. Some of you have been here since high school and have graduated from college already. I’ve always thought it would be neat to keep a blogger from high school to retirement.
Ματθαίος: People do change. I think there will always be a core group of bloggers that will remain. But I do admit, I miss a lot of the old gang.
Xanga: When will your next entry be? tomorrow?
M: I don’t know, maybe before the end of the week.
Xanga: Ok – no pressures. *sniff*
Onetonman: *hugs*
(ed. note: I can never figure out Matt.)
Comments (26)
Haha, very clever post. You’re allowed to blog whenever you wish, you know. I sometimes can barely blog once a week due to life, but I’m still here!
LOL — Very nicely done!
KEWL!
LOL….sounds like a daytime soap!
I totally agree with Xanga, Mattie. You have commitment issues. You might not know it, but you and I have had regular dates for a long time. In our dates you helped me fight morning blues and after-lunch fatigue. Your unilateral decision to reduce the frequency of blogging amounts to you deciding to quit on our relationship. Yeah … I mean, what I have I done? I have *aaaalllllwaayyys* been faithful (well, every now and then swinging around other blogs)!! So, please, let’s return to our regular dates, and who knows, I might get you that Cartier blingbling you’ve been eying.
Alot of people leaving you say ? I’ve heard of a few, but they are just a dime in the bucket. Considering that Xanga, from what I read not too long ago, has about 26 million members. But, yeah. It effects us because these are people withing our social circle. Trust me though, as Mark Twain once said about the rumors of his demise. They are just rumors.
hahaha i feel the same way sometimes… i haven’t been very good about blogging either! but i do indeed love the xanga community, so for that alone i try to make time to read and comment, even if i don’t post much myself.
Nicely done Matt! I forgot how much time I spend here too. As you may have notice my entries have become further and further apart. Just let us know you are well!
OMG. Multiple personalities. haha Anyway, I do feel the same way sometimes.
xanga should appreciate you changing your name for it with every response. that shit’s not easy.
People are surprised when they find out that I don’t have Lifetime, even more surprised that after all this time I STILL don’t qualify for True either…Amusing post
cute one!, and I’m sure lots of us do feel the same…….
That’s something a lot of us struggle with, Matt, and we each find an answer that works best for us. I’m pretty much stopped reading my subscriptions (with a few exceptions such as you) and now just click through when someone comments on my site to see what they have been up to. The positives are that it is taking much less of my time and I’m also now visiting some people to whom I had never subscribed, expanding my circle a bit.
Blogging can really suck up a lot of time. You know what I hate? I hate when people say, “you’ll get as much out of it as you put into it.”
@Roadlesstaken - thanks Alex. It just seems more difficult to find time to blog and participate. I don’t want to turn blogging into a chore. @slmret - thank you. @BenelliMan - thanks Dennis.@CurryPuffy - Korean drama… but I don’t look like one of those cute Korean actors.
@beowulf222 - hahaha… just for you I might do another entry soon. I don’t need Cartier bling bling though – not my style. Wave a Canon L series lens in front of me and I’ll start drooling. @The_Eyes_Of_A_Painter - and I hope they remain rumours. I think they don’t look at the members but active members. And of course traffic which drives ad revenues.@kunhuo42 - I do wish you would blog more often Aaron. But I know you’re busy too.@Fatcat723 - Thanks Rob, maybe we should change that old adage about an apple a day to a blog a day keeping the doctor away.@oxyGENE_08 - and I talk to myself too. hahahaha…@supanamja - every so often I post one of these imaginary conversations I have with Xanga. I guess when it’s late at night I tend to write a bit differently.@arenadi - thanks Mike, I am surprised you’re not True or Life Time. @agmhkg - thanks Angel, I didn’t realize others felt the same way. @christao408 - I hope this is just a phase and not a permanent thing. I don’t want blogging to be a chore. @ordinarybutloud - it does eat up a lot of time. It’s not just the writing but reading other people’s entries, commenting, responding to comments and finding new Xangans to read. It’s a procrastinator’s dream.
@ElusiveWords - If you think xanga takes up time, do not, and I mean this. Do NOT ever visit reddit. EVER.
Haha that was very clever and informative, Matt
Best of luck with whatever you’re going through right now.
You’re breaking my heart. And I was just about to ask you if you would like a Christmas Card this year, too…
Where’s Matty?!
Gosh, I feel bad now…I’m one of those who left and only come back occassionally…
Hi Matty! It’s Benny! Remember me? Miss reading your blog! Hope all is well. xoxoxo
@stepaside_loser - thanks for the compliment Andrew.@kachino - thank you, I’ll pull through ok.@injectedwords - Colin, I’ll be around on and off. I don’t really celebrate Christmas that much anymore but I do appreciate you thinking about giving me a card, that’s sweet of you.@yang1815 - where’s Andy?@brooklyn2028 - hey Sheldon, don’t feel bad, it’s not just you. There’s over 120 blogs that I used to subscribe to that have gone silent. I’ll still be around here.@bennykan - hey Benny, of course I remember you. I hope all is well with you too.
@ElusiveWords - not sure.
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