So I just read a post by Al over at A mixed bag about wordpress acting weird…Given, the problems listed in the comments I decided to double check my spam folder and lo and behold some comments from my regular readers had gone in there! So if any of you were wondering why I have not responded or why your comment was not showing up on my page well…now you know! – NOT COOL WORDPRESS…NOT COOL!
PS: I have now made sure I have sorted that folder properly and from now on will check it more frequently.
forgottenmeadows 
May 18, 2014 at 8:21 am
Thanks for the heads-up. I’ll check also. Sorry that happened to ya.
May 18, 2014 at 8:22 am
You’re welcome, and yea I don’t usually check that folder much at all so I was glad I did 🙂
May 18, 2014 at 8:32 am
I have gotten this a few times myself, and a few other oddities like to day, one viewr has viewed my blog more than a 100 times from three different countries. So cool whoever you are, Canada, to the U.S, then France. That’s a dedicated reader 🙂 Thanks.
May 18, 2014 at 8:43 am
haha hey that is the same problem Al shared in his post! I told him I need to get that viewer’s travel plan :p haha
May 18, 2014 at 8:46 am
I just figured you needed the miles 🙂
May 18, 2014 at 9:25 am
Several glitches every day on wordpress – for example, several blogs that are supposed to appear in my reader don’t show at all
May 18, 2014 at 9:41 am
Yea that’s too bad…
May 18, 2014 at 10:28 am
Darth Vader approaching …??? 😀
May 18, 2014 at 10:50 am
haha perhaps … 😀
May 18, 2014 at 10:56 am
PS: Three of your comments were in that folder as well!
May 18, 2014 at 11:21 am
Whow. My problem today seems to be that on some blogs, when I klick the reply-button, nothing happens and WO also does not acknowledge that my reply was sent. Very strange behaviour, indeed.
May 18, 2014 at 11:23 am
Yea think they must be changing some stuff today, a lot of glitches every where…
May 18, 2014 at 10:37 am
Oh no…I’m going to check mine too. And while we’re ranting…I painstakingly like things and then the likes don’t show up! That is sooo annoying.
May 18, 2014 at 10:44 am
Yes! That happens to me alot, and it really gets on my nerves!
May 18, 2014 at 10:46 am
I just noticed it happened again. GRR!! I think we should complain in the forums.
May 18, 2014 at 10:48 am
Yes that is a good idea!
May 18, 2014 at 10:49 am
O yes I hate that too! I have had that happen as well! :S
May 18, 2014 at 10:50 am
grr lol
May 18, 2014 at 10:43 am
Oh wow, I better check my spam folder!
May 18, 2014 at 10:54 am
Yes, do check I hardly did and I found almost ten comments from very regular readers just hiding away there in spam!
May 18, 2014 at 11:08 am
Once in a while, WP has a few hiccups, but considering the volume of sites it hosts, the uptime and overall dependability of the system is fantastic. There is one item I so wish WP would change though…
May 18, 2014 at 11:10 am
That is true…I was just a bit upset when I saw that first thing in the morning, especially because I never would have known if I hadn’t read Al’s post, also the fact of it being comments from regular users who comment on almost every post…anyway, what is that one item?
May 18, 2014 at 11:41 am
The one item is that WP seems to refuse making possible the removal of what I term Disingenuous followers. My follow count is only 500 or so.
Truth is, many of those are just Like Spammers. Are you aware of Like spam? Look it up.
My follower count would be much less if I could remove the fake ones. I have contacted WP several times on this, every time I get the same old response.
Not unlike how a politician slides around answering a question.
May 18, 2014 at 5:33 pm
I am aware of the fb like spam but I was not aware of the word press one, though I know there are some spam websites that are in my so called ‘followers’, I have not investigated their websites further in fear of having my computer hacked or worse haha .
May 18, 2014 at 6:41 pm
I don’t see as much of the Like Spam recently, but if you watch the avatars who Like your posts, you will note a pattern. Some are like regulars, but if you follow the avatar link, they almost always link back to a business site.
It’s all about making a profit, and getting higher search rank. At your expense. I have told WP that I believe WP is guilty by default of aiding the spam community because of this simple fact – WP will not provide site owners the capability to remove followers or Likes.
This has almost drove me off of WP a few times recently.
May 18, 2014 at 7:14 pm
O yes, I have had some of those and yes that is frustrating as you feel used.
May 18, 2014 at 2:29 pm
wow! now this! the gaps in the reader with missing posts is now occuring daily!
May 18, 2014 at 5:29 pm
Yes, I have had the reader problem as well! I have not lodged an official complaint yet but does not seem like it helps much given the responses haha. I understand it is a huge volume but when something likes this happens a little action or even a reply is appreciated.
May 18, 2014 at 2:30 pm
“I have contacted WP several times on this, every time I get the same old response.
Not unlike how a politician slides around answering a question.”
Absolutely how they respond with no intention to actually fix anything. Terrible customer service~
May 19, 2014 at 8:01 pm
I have had followers that I follow them, go into my ‘needing approval’ file. Not too many land in Spam, though. Sorry about this and wish it would go so much smoother for all of us!
May 19, 2014 at 8:03 pm
Thank you yes and I hope it was more of a one time thing…but I am keeping better track of that folder now just in case 🙂