It's not about the number- let's start a blog revolution

Before I get into my exciting new idea, I wanted to showcase some digital prints available in my Etsy Shop just in time for Halloween!!

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Alright, enough for the shameless plugs. In case you guys are living under a rock....you may have noticed that Val ended her public blog and created a new IG account.
And I totally support her.

She is on a very kick-ass journey where the end goal is to be one of those awesome bikini fitness competitors.  She has lost like....over 100 pounds and still going. And yet, after all her public struggles, all her honesty, all her soul bared to the world...people came back and relayed with words as disgusting as she should "just die."
Could you even imagine?

Her wee little blog skyrocketed and she ended up with thousands of followers in IG, Facebook, and of course, her blog. Which should be super exciting, right?

Not when there are trolls.
"Fame" always comes with a price...regardless of how you are famous, whether it be a celebrity or something as tiny as one in a million blogs on the internet.
The more visible you are to people that truly don't "know you," the more people are here to judge you.
And they are just downright disgusting, quite frankly.

And it got me thinking. Hosting giveaways and what not is all fine and dandy, but the reality is you are basically begging people to follow you that probably don't even really give a shit, if they are even real at all.

My mini-rant to tie this all together, is that, either Bloglovin' or people in general, are lying about their giveaway entries. I just recently had a giveaway that supposedly added 25 new followers to my blog.
And I got super excited because I thought I had 25 new fans.
But then Bloglovin' didn't bump up the number by 25. It only went up by 1.
And I thought there was a glitch....and maybe there still is, but I have a feeling there were more people choosing to just click "enter" and submit a false entry, which I confirmed by doing it myself.
You can just...you know....go around it.
So why would I put my time and energy into all that jazz when people can just find me as they find me and follow if they want?
That way I KNOW the people that want to read ACTUALLY WANT TO READ.
Isn't that a concept?

I don't think I can actually handle a bunch of random assholes telling me to drop dead and that my life isn't worth living and that I'm an internet whore or whatever.....
That fucking sucks and I can't believe there are people in the world whose sole purpose is to tear others down.
It's just so exhausting to be so mean. Isn't there anything better to do with your time?
Just let people live their lives and if you don't agree, go somewhere else.
Unless they are hurting puppies...then by all means, go after those sons of bitches.

So I want to start a trend.
I want people to encourage other people. I want people to feel all warm and fuzzy.
I want to start a god damn blogging revolution!

The last Friday of every month, I will host a link-up.
And in that link-up, I want you bloggers to give a shout-out in your post about ANOTHER blogger that you think is fabulous. Someone who you know you will read each week, who you look forward to their post, who is an inspiration. Talented, smart, beautiful, has something you relate to....whatever.
Tell us who they are, why you love them, and why everyone else should love them as well.
And if you want to just talk about yourself and how fabulous you are, then go for it.
We are all here to support each other.

We will call it: "Promote What you Love Link-Up"

What do you think? Would you participate?