Maggie's Farm

We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

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How to Pick a Kayak
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Wednesday, August 7. 2019

Maggie's Farm stats

I guess we remain an eclectic boutique website - but a fairly strong one in that humble category. Not mass market, so we can't get rich from it. We are grateful for donated web services (thanks, buddy - you are a prince) and for the pittance ($250,000/year from our friends at Dunkin Donuts.  Just kidding about the latter.)


We are happy hobbyists. 


In the past 12 months, 4,000,000 page views, 2,000,000 sessions, 385,000 users, 376,000 new users, bounce rate 54% (excellent), and around 5000 regular daily users. Thousands more of regular but non-daily readers who come to just catch up every few days.


Since readership is our only reward, whatever y'all can do to help us expand it is highly appreciated even though we do not get paid for it. Stupid, right?


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You do realize, of course, that once you become popular and mainstream, we will accuse you of being sell-outs.
#1 Jerryskids on 2019-08-07 14:27 (Reply)
Love your blog. Just posted a link to it for my friends on Facebook.
#2 Steve on 2019-08-07 14:29 (Reply)
Switch to disqus for discussions!

They have a free tier (advertising supported) or you can pay a nominal amount (e.g., $9 per month) if you don't want the ads.
#3 peacelovewoodstock on 2019-08-07 15:16 (Reply)
Disqus is not my favorite comment software, not by a long shot. If you take longer than a minute or so to write your comment, or if you edit more than once, or if you have two or more links, your comment will be thrown into the spam folder. Sometimes one embedded link will put you into the spam folder- which is why I tend to use "naked" links with Disqus now.

Once your comment gets thrown into the spam folder, you will get a comment that "we" - Disqus or the website- on checking out whether it is spam or not. "Thanks, we're working on that." To determine if the comment is actually spam. But they never do, of their own accord. Several times- not Instapundit-I have been able to contact the website owner or the article's author- who invariably reply they have NO idea why my comment got thrown into the spam folder.

I once made a pedantic comment on oil at The Atlantic website. It got thrown into the spam folder- probably for too many links/footnotes. After that, EVERY comment I made at The Atlantic got thrown into the spam folder.

To put it bluntly, Disqus sucks. If Disqus EVER actually checked to see if a comment were actually spam, I would have some respect for it. But as Disqus never checks to see if a comment is actually spam- though they claim they will check -"Thanks, we're working on that" - I have nothing but unmitigated scorn for Disqus.
#3.1 Gringo on 2019-08-07 18:12 (Reply)
Eclectic, it's why I visit.
#4 Old AF Sarge (Link) on 2019-08-07 15:19 (Reply)
As do other Old AF Sarges.
#4.1 Ron Snyder (Link) on 2019-08-08 08:41 (Reply)
Why not sell some advertising? I think you guys deserve it.
#5 Joe O (Link) on 2019-08-07 18:21 (Reply)
When we investigate that, it's not worth the trouble.
#5.1 Bird Dog on 2019-08-08 11:27 (Reply)
Thanks for the link today... I will be happy to add you and promote...always a place for a first look here.. thanks for all your work.
#6 Bunkerville (Link) on 2019-08-07 18:44 (Reply)
Maggie's Farm: In the past 12 months, 4,000,000 page views, 2,000,000 sessions, 385,000 users, 376,000 new users, bounce rate 54% (excellent), and around 5000 regular daily users.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
#7 Zachriel on 2019-08-07 19:23 (Reply)
As long as the Gang of Z stays away, I'm good!
#7.1 Sam L. on 2019-08-08 12:27 (Reply)
@Gringo, I have used Disqus for many years and never had any of the issues you present. Maybe you should clear your browser cache. If that doesn't work, try a reboot.
#8 peacelovewoodstock on 2019-08-08 06:48 (Reply)
Do you make comments with more than one link? (It also appears that Discus has more problems with embedded links than with naked links.)
Do you make more than one edit?
Do you take a while to write an involved, perhaps pedantic, comment?

I have also noticed that sometimes blockquotes will result in a comment being blocked- with or without a link. Other times, blockquotes go through.

I have not noticed any spam issue with short comments without a link.
#8.1 Gringo on 2019-08-08 11:31 (Reply)
Student op-ed: How DARE men be nice to women: Well, men can fix that, but you may not like the result...

Mandatory Ethnic Studies Too Much Even for the LA Times: Hey, folks! Flunk the class. (F L U N K; not that other F word.)

Minimum Wage Increase Takes Out California's Biggest Recycling Biz: Can you say, "Trash EVERYWHERE", boys and girls? Yes, I knew you could.

Rich Libs in Posh D.C. Suburb Freak Out Over Affordable Housing Proposal: The HORROR!! The horror...

The New York Post’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Editorial Is Nonsensical:
What do you expect from a NYC "news"paper?
#9 Sam L. on 2019-08-08 12:48 (Reply)

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