Back in 2021 I got tired of having lots of supposed subscribers but almost no views (let alone engagement). I issued a purge warning post. A month or so later, I went through my subscriber list and mowed down the bulk of them — people I’d never heard of other than their subscription.
I’m aware that some subscribe to blogs they have no intention of reading just to publicize their own blog. To be blunt, I do not like this practice. Don’t subscribe to this blog unless you’re interested in this blog. That seems so … obvious to me.
In any event, it’s that time again. A purge is at hand. The Blog 14th Anniversary is coming up July 4th, and I intend another massive purge shortly after that date (after the usual post of charts and graphs).
So. If you’ve been silently lurking, if I don’t know you from past interactions, then speak up now or face being removed from the subscriber list next month.
That is all.
Logos con carne 
June 16th, 2025 at 10:46 am
I especially dislike those subscribers with names consisting of two random words followed by a random eight-digit hex number (for example: “highwayforest5b67e01c”). Those are so obviously bots that I delete them immediately on sight.
June 16th, 2025 at 10:51 am
Ha! Turns out I did this back in 2016, too (with a lot more details). I suppose it’s like having to trim back your trees and shrubs once in a while.
June 16th, 2025 at 1:22 pm
I’m real; don’t purge me!😀
June 16th, 2025 at 7:26 pm
No worries; I know you!
June 16th, 2025 at 2:10 pm
This sounds like a summary of a horrible movie
June 16th, 2025 at 2:10 pm
🙃
June 16th, 2025 at 7:26 pm
Heh. I did consider using an image from that movie, The Purge.