Dear blogger...

I readily admit that I have a lot of pet peeves.  It comes with the territory when you have a Type A personality.  But, one of my biggest pet peeves (at least in the blogging world) is when I receive an email requesting a review where the requester has not bothered to address me by name.  

As soon as I see "Dear Blogger," or worse, no salutation at all, my hackles raise and my ire is provoked.  It takes a lot---think, a book I'm dying to read---to get me to respond to these types of emails.  Sometimes I get so mad that I delete them without any response.  

What are your blogging pet peeves?

6 comments:

  1. Haha...I hate Dear Blogger emails. I ignore them. I also hate it when people spell my name wrong - considering that "Alison" is in the title of my blog name. I can understand commenters spelling it wrong, but if you're trying to get me to review your book, you should double check your emails.

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    1. Alison, I completely agree! My name gets spelling wrong all the time and it drives me nuts!

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  2. O yah I'm not a fan of that either.

    For some reason, I can't think of a pet peeve. I prefer audio reviews say audio in the title and discuss the narrator. Does that count as a blogging peeve?

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    1. Not so much a peeve as just a basic requirement, I would think! You are too sweet to get mad about stuff. :)

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  3. I sometimes do the same thing. At first, I would respond to each request, even the mass emailings, with a polite yes or no. But then I got a handful where the author actually addressed me or my blog and had actually gone to my blog and checked it out. Now, I pretty much only respond to those requests.

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    1. Yes, I was the same way, always responding to every email no matter how form/impersonal. Now I just mostly write back to the ones where I can tell they've taken the time to get to know me and my site first!

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Word verification stinks--- but spammers are worse. Thank you for your patience!