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This will be my third time, yes
Count them, one, two, three
That I am asking you to fix
The problems that we see
The reader’s still a mess
Now the stats are jumbled, too
Maintenance comes at awkward times
So what are we to do?
Friends are disappearing
Yes, it’s really quite insane
To have to seek them out once more
And follow them again
Likes become unlikings
And our visitors, absentee
Spam is taking over
Where the comments used to be
We really love you dearly
We know you love us, too
So kindly straighten up the site
Before we bid adieu
See, we’re the ones who make you rock
But your changes really suck
Just make the bad ones go away
Before we don’t give a….
……….hoot
©2016 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Night Owl Poetry - Dorinda Duclos 
your poem is very well written. I wish I had read this before I deleted my old Living On Vancouver Island blog because all the posts save for two and all the widgets had disappeared from the blog.. didn’t know that there were other problems..
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I wondered what happened to you!! Did you contact WP and ask them to fix it? The changes they make are more trouble then they’re worth
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no I didn’t, when I saw that nearly everything was gone I was so distraught that I just deleted it. It didn’t occur to me that it could be fixed because it happened so fast.
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What a shame 😦 I wish they’d stop already with whatever changes they’re making or going to make.
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Bravo. I am still new to blogging, but these problems are quite frustrating. There are people I follow faithfully, now I never find them in reader and I don’t receive the email confirmations. How can we truly follow our friends??? Loved the end of the piece.
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This has been going on for far too long, and there is no reason for it. They need to stop tinkering and just let us be 🙂 Thanks for reading. Have a great day, Andrew!
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You are right. Stop the tinkering. At least resolve the problems first. Good post. Have a great day.
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Thanks! 🙂
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Great you are reminding them at times…. still the old issues!
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You have to wonder why they bragged about the “new” WordPress when all the old problems still exist AND now we have more!
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That is the problem when problems are not solved before the add or change stuff.
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Brilliant, Dorinda 🙂 Here! Here!
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Thank you, kind sir! 🙂
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You are welcome 🙂
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Ha ha ha Love the ending clever. Another problem I just noticed don’t know how long it has been there but I lost a number of people recently. When they like your comment and it comes into your email I used to go by the comments on the main page of your site. There are three icons there pencil, gravatar and comments. I used to go by the comments. By serendipity this week I clicked on comments in the email. I was quite surprised to find a reply to my comment that does not appear in my comments on the main page of my site. Who know how long this has been going on. Be well. Humorous poem.
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I touched on that with the comment part. Everything is so messed up. I have no idea what they’re doing, and I’m guessing they don’t either. Thanks!! 🙂
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🙂 They should put out notification if there is a problem like this.
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And admit they messed up? If you go back to my other two poems about this, you’ll see how long this has actually been going on
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Too funny! 🙂
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It’s true! They’re not listening!! lol
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Do I ever relate to this. Hope the issues will be worked out soon.
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We’re all screaming but they’re not listening!! Hope they do soon. Thanks for reading and following. Heading over to your blog now 🙂
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LOVE this sista! 🙂 Hoot Hoot!
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Thank you!! 😀
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whistling and cheering here – bravo
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Thank you, Paul! I was inspired by your post about the reader. This mess has been going on for much too long!!
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