Another thing I know about Blogger is that it is almost impossible to get in touch with those who presumably oversee it and maintain it. If something goes wrong then there's nobody to complain to. Take trolls for example. They can apparently dish out their toxins with impunity because "Blogger" is not set up to block or restrain them.
A year or so ago, most bloggers were irritated by Blogger's growing tendency to send wholesome comments to "Spam". Sometimes they would send dozens of legitimate comments there without explanation. I am not the only blogger who found some of my own comments from long ago dumped in my Spam folder. There was just no logic to the activity.
Fortunately, the spam issue died down and now we seem to be back to normal on that one.
Now some new issues are arising. For example, you might click on a link to somebody else's blog and instead of simply connecting you may be asked if you want to be redirected to a given blog address.
"The Headland" is mine and perhaps surprisingly so is "Yorkshire Pudding" but "Occupied Country" is now defunct. It was created by Ian Rhodes in Manchester and I used to follow it avidly. "Bangkok Boothys" belonged to my friend and former teaching colleague Jonathan who now lives and works in Shanghai, China. I can't remember any details of "Life Is All Cobblers".
Anyway, I don't want to moan overmuch about Blogger. After all, its hosting service has always been free and on balance things have been far more right than wrong. I guess I should be grateful.
One thing that sometimes crosses my mind is the possibility that at some stage in the future, Google could simply pull the plug on "Blogger" and send all of our blogs with their attached archives into a whirlpool called "The End". That is certainly within the realm of possibilities. After all, they did it to the "Panoramio" photo mapping project that spanned the globe. Go here.
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