Blogging Pet Peeves...and Advice for the Newbies

Since my blog is brand-stinkin' new, I have soooo many thoughts about what to write swirling around in my head!  I know I need to post about something other than my new monster theme (because while I'm so excited about it I can't sit still, I know most of you could care less!) ;)  But, should I write about the other things going through my head - common core, lesson plans, classroom organization, reading with genre studies, writing workshop...it's so hard to decide and I'm really trying to limit myself to ONE blog post per day.  I'm sure if I posted more than that it would royally annoy someone (or everyone)!  And so, that leads me to today's post.  While I try to decide what to post next, today I'm linking up with Jessica over at Mrs. Stanford's Class about Blogging Pet Peeves!  This is my FIRST link up, so here's to hoping I'm doing it right!

When I first read her post, I instantly knew my #1 pet peeve, and, well, it seems to be universal in that it's everyone's #1 pet peeve - that "Are you a robot?" word verification thingy!!  As I've immersed myself in the blog world this week, I've visited A LOT of blogs and I HATE those things!?  Why in the world would someone want you to prove you're not a robot?  Do we hate robots that much? As I read on someone's blog, who cares if you're a robot - we love everyone, including robots! Hehe

Then, in a moment of panic, I thought - oh no! What if I have that and just don't know it??  Guess what, I did!!!!!!  PLEASE go check to see if you're preventing the robots from posting to your page and annoying all of your blog stalkers!  What the Teacher Wants has a great tutorial on how to do this.

My other pet peeves are the same as many - fonts that are too tiny to read or blend in with the background, or that use a cute, fancy {but extremely hard to read in a paragraph} font.  Let's be real, most bloggers are on the computer for hours at a time - let's be easy on the ol' eyes!

Another one that annoys me is the "Your comment will be visible after approval."  REALLY??  We all want instant gratification {and to know our comment went through successfully}.  Let's trust that the robots are only writing acceptable comments on our blogs.

So, that's it!  Those are my pet peeves from my few days of blogging.  What are yours?  Am I doing any of them?  Maybe you just want to give advice for those of us who are new to the blogging world so we avoid YOUR pet peeves from the start!  I'd love to hear any and all advice!