National Blog Posting Month

Randomizer?

Last year, I made a whole lot of new friends via the NaBlo Randomizer and grew fairly addicted to it. Will there be one this year?

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Started Oct 4 2007 by:

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Category: Frequently Asked Questions

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Permalink Reply by s.e. smith Nov 11 2007

Hey Muddleman, your website shows up in your Ning profile when I view it, so you should appear in the Randomizer. Assuming it hasn't taken on a life of its own at this point...I've noticed an alarming proportion of knitting and mommy blogs on there, so maybe you should throw up a quick post about knitting, just to cover your bases.

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Permalink Reply by Muddleman Nov 11 2007

Either that, or claim to have a newborn. If the Randomizer has indeed become alive, it seems to be looking for a mother and a sweater.

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Permalink Reply by Modern Princess Nov 11 2007

LOL! Looking for a mother and a sweater! I guess from this we can assume that the Randomizer is a cold child.

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Permalink Reply by Jennic Nov 11 2007

HAHAHAHAAHA Mondern Princess, you're hilarious. :D

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Permalink Reply by sbpoet Nov 11 2007

Well, there's the problem, then. Find its mother and a sweater, and perhaps it will start seeing the rest of us!

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Permalink Reply by thesandbar Nov 12 2007

Well I just had something really strange happen...

I went to the randomizer, and oddly one of my sites came up (for the first time)- but it wasn't my blog, it was the blog page on our myspace page, which we don't use! our blog is on typepad and the myspace blog page refers people there. I have no idea how the myspace page would have become associated with the randomizer, as it's not on my profile anywhere nor is it the page that the blogroll links to.

???

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Permalink Reply by David Miller Nov 12 2007

I was wondering if it was possible to hit your own site. Thanks for answer the question! Also, NaBloPoMo Randomizer is some highly addictive, sick, voyeuristic application...I love it!

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Permalink Reply by thesandbar Nov 12 2007

well, yeah, apparently it's possible to hit your own site...but it's not the correct site! it makes no sense to me how the randomizer managed to find my myspace page.

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Permalink Reply by Cindy Nov 13 2007

I've lately run across quite a few blogs that don't seem to have anything to do with NaBloPoMo. One blog that I ran across (sorry, can't remember the name and the URL doesn't show anywhere) just had two entries and neither of them reference NaBloPoMo. Some others I've run across don't seem to fit, either. Anyone else experiencing this?

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Permalink Reply by Robin Nov 13 2007

I'm not sure I'm on it correctly, is there a way to find out?

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Permalink Reply by s.e. smith Nov 14 2007

Ok guys, this spam thing is getting seriously out of control. I just hit five spam sites in a row, one of which attempted to assault me with spyware. Is there any way to set up a "report spam" button? Otherwise I'm going to have to stop using the Randomizer, which would be a huge disappointment.

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Permalink Reply by commis chef Nov 14 2007

I've been following this thread for a few days and I too am experiencing all of the problems already mentioned. I get a few newly signed up blogs each day and then only the same 50 or so that I've already seen. Is there anything being done about this? (Update please!) Otherwise I will be forced to start clicking blog by blog on the blogroll page to get my daily blog fix. Poo.

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Permalink Reply by IamMBB Nov 17 2007

One other thing I've noticed that I haven't seen commented upon here (unless I missed it) is that when I first joined NaBloPoMo on 11/7, I got an impressive number of hits on my blog from the Randomizer but since 11/9, I haven't received a single hit from Randomizer. I seem to have fallen off of Randomizer's radar. I've checked my profile and my url is still there. Randomizer just doesn't like me anymore. Sniff.

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Permalink Reply by sbpoet Nov 17 2007

I don't believe I've ever had a hit from the Randomizer this year. Last year, I got lots.

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