And then yesterday, it just wasn't so funny anymore. So I totally
I have a Blogger account. So, hey, Blogger people: why did you decide to pick on me?? Oh, yeah, now I remember. Because the email address I have my comments forwarded to is a COMCAST account. And you, Google, rule the world. And you change the rules without notification. Because you can. What was I thinking?? So I tried to sign up for a new google account, thinking that would appease the google gods.
liveacolorfullife@google.com was already taken. What?? Who stole my name? So I did something very clever and used my own name. It was also taken. I came up with a third option. But I still don't know if it will solve my original problem, which is that none of your comments are being forwarded to an email account, ANY email account, and I want to reply to you kind people. But Google won't let me. Which I think is very poor manners on their part.
So if anyone is reading this, could you please leave some kind of comment, even if it is just a single word.
If my offering of a new gmail account to the google gods works, then I will reply. If not, well, then I'm back to this:
So frustrating I know. That account may be YOU after all.
ReplyDeleteHoping your problems have been solved!
ReplyDeleteI'm not liking some of their other changes, either. Like not being able to subscribe to comment threads. :(
ReplyDeleteAt least you don't have their crappy nearly-impossible-to-read verification words. I tried to turn mine off, and I can't find any way to do that, either.
ReplyDeletewhy does the world have to be run by computer geeks who can't explain to the rest of us why a change is an improvement?
ReplyDeleteoh no! It can be so frustrating. Here's hoping blogger sorts themselves out and makes you a happy customer again....
ReplyDeleteGoogle wants to rule the world as a tyrant? Phooey! Isn't technology supposed to make communication more accessible?
ReplyDeleteDon't let it get to you!
I think Google is probably the deep-seated culprit behind ElNino! And the real reason behind the torrential rain, hail & tornado we had this week in Hawaii. It doesn't pay to mess with Mother Google
ReplyDeleteI hope Blogger sorts itself out soon or you're going to be bald!
ReplyDeleteOh no! I hope you get it all figured out. It makes me think that I need to make a post on my blog so that I can see if I am getting my messages, too!
ReplyDeleteI guess I lucked out because instead of subscribing to blogs by email, I've opted to connect with the RSS Feed. Posts come into my email box, but they're in a separate section of email, at the bottom of all my other "regular" email messages. I love getting them this way. Might I suggest you try that? But I do understand your frustration. It's an awful feeling when things are going well, as they're meant to function, and Google throws a wrench in the works. Much patience as you un-wrench.
ReplyDeleteGoogle sucks! How's that for a comment?
ReplyDeleteOh dear...I hope you can figure it all out soon!
ReplyDeleteDid you get it figured out? My next adventure is to try to change from blogspot.com the custom domain I own...worried the Google will reject somehow!
ReplyDeleteThose naughty Google people! They obviously don't know WHO they are messing with!!
ReplyDeleteI hope your issues are resolved promptly!
Bad Google! Quit picking on cindyliveacolorfullife! There, that should take care of it!
ReplyDeleteAbout a month ago they picked on me by shutting down my blog!!! No explanation given!! Thankfully, I talked them into turning it back on. That's why I think they will listen to me!! ;)
google is definitely starting to alienate their users...
ReplyDeleteOh no. I use a non-gmail account for my comments to come to and that works - I would be careful of the helpful people on the Blogger forum, they are not always right. xxx
ReplyDeleteNow you made me curious...I have mine all set up different, I blog with Wordpress, but have google email and stuff...Let's see how this will work..LOL
ReplyDeleteBah! Why did they go changing things around in such an inefficient manner? It's like they want us to move our blogs elsewhere...
ReplyDeleteI feel your frustration - I've had a bunch of it lately myself with this whole mess. Don't even get me started on the word verification process....
Personally I love what Google gives me in terms of storage of pics and contacts streamed with my phone and all that stuff ... I just hate the actual blogger interface, and always have done ...
ReplyDeleteI find Windows Live Writer absolutely brilliant as I can write my posts offline and upload to multiple blogs (I have work ones)
I can make my pics go where I bloomin well want them to, too!!
I moved my comments over to Disqus (it's not hard) and I can reply from my gmail to them ... you should have a look ...
hope you get things sorted ...
Some times the google god can be mean. Some times nice. I wonder where the google 10 commandments are so we know what the rules are so we dont get zaped.
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Darn it!! Hope you get it worked out.
ReplyDeleteWell, you know, I would reply, but I've been posting comments on this blog and nobody spoke to me so... ;o)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with some resolution!!!
poor thing - hope it's not avirus on blogger - we may all end up sneezing :-(
ReplyDeleteMost of my comments come to me in emails, but the comments from a handful of my readers only show up on my blogger dashboard. I can't seem to discover any connection among these readers, so I don't know why their comments don't come to my email address. I quit trying to figure Blogger out. Now I just publish their comments, click on their profile and get their email that way and write back. It's very round-about, but it works. Anyone who is a no-reply wouldn't get a response anyway, so I don't worry about those!
ReplyDeleteI also took off word verification because I hate doing it myself, and now no longer allow anonymous comments because of that, but I always moderate my comments anyway before they are published.
Why does Blogger have to make things so difficult?
MGM
Aw Google, why you gotta be so mean, man?
ReplyDeleteSo frustrating! And it can be SO hard to come up with a unique username that is "you" these days, isn't it? Hope it all gets worked out!
ReplyDeleteSo annoying, I hope you have worked something out x
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
ReplyDeleteCindy, my blog is also connected to a comcast account but my comments are still coming to my email. I just added a test comment and I did receive the email notification. Hope whatever the problem is, it gets solved. Tech problems are the worse.
ReplyDeletegoogle is acting like it owns the entire internet community,,making and changing things that are bringing financial harm to many small businesses as well as bloggers, it sucks!! and yet, i still have my gmail account in order to be able to post and things as well, facebook is next! yikes!!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry.. I am not a blogger,just a commenter.I get frustrated with those I am not a robot thingys.I mean really first thing in the morning,they insist on making me squint. Hang in there..
ReplyDeleteLove the picture - "borrowed" or not! Good luck and may the gods smile on you!
ReplyDeleteLove your blog, don't stop
ReplyDeleteOh dear! Unbelievable your names have been stolen! Hope it'll get sorted soon :)
ReplyDeleteSo frustrating!! I hope you found a way to get comments sent to your gmail by now.
ReplyDeleteWhen I signed up for gmail account for the first time, I tried "ayumills@gmail.com" and I got an error saying it's taken. I don't believe it!
Apparently I'm being blissfully unaware of google changes!
ReplyDeleteOh no! Who stole both your names?
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