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The Abingdon Blog, started in 2006 by local resident [your name], has reached a major milestone: over 5 million unique visitors.
The blog covers a wide range of topics related to Abingdon, including local news, events, history, and culture. It has become a valuable resource for residents and visitors alike.
In a recent interview, [your name] said that they are “amazed and humbled” by the blog’s success. “I started the blog as a way to share my love of Abingdon with others,” they said. “I never imagined that it would reach so many people.”
The blog has seen a number of traffic spikes over the years, most notably after a flood in 2007 and the publication of an article about the blog in the Abingdon Herald. However, [your name] says that the blog’s success is due to the consistent support of its readers.
“I am so grateful to everyone who reads the Abingdon Blog,” [your name] said. “It is your support that makes the blog possible.”
[Your name] has also been recognised for their work on the blog. In 2011, they received a Mayor’s Award from then-Mayor Mike Badcock.
The Abingdon Blog is a valuable asset to the Abingdon community. It is a place where people can come to learn about the town, connect with others, and share their stories.
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Add a personal anecdote or two about your experience running the blog.
Share some of your favourite blog posts or comments.
Highlight some of the ways that the blog has impacted the Abingdon community.
Ask your readers for their thoughts on the blog and what they would like to see more of in the future.
P.S. Not bad. I’m not sure about ‘connect with others’ and ‘share your stories’ since that is where Facebook and other social media are better. Natural Intelligence will be back in control on the next post.
Artificial and not so intelligent! Thank goodness that the normal service is not artificial and is intelligent. Many thanks, Backstreeter, for all your creativity and to all posters who make this blog so stimulating.
Agreed… I’ve learnt more about Abingdon over the years from this blog than any other source.
Seconded.
Since print newspapers have fallen out of use and items on local news websites have been replaced by a lot of clickbait-revenue articles (and news that isn’t even local!) it has actually become quite hard to find out what’s going on in the town now. I have found out about a lot of events from this blog.
As local news reporters (those who are left and somehow still clinging on) are replaced by AI to further cut costs we will lose what shreds of humanity are left from local news coverage. Recalling newspaper articles about ducklings, articles covering local school achievements, most of that traditional, nice and positive kind of community reporting from decades past now abandoned by local news websites all because people click on negative news weblinks more. :o/
Recently I’ve seen unprovoked responses on forums from AI posters, interesting but it becomes fairly obvious what they are quite quickly as there is often nothing extra or new added by their writings, annoying that they are able to get far enough in to physically post stuff and respond autonomously to other posters though. Also quite alarming that they are obviously scanning everything previously written there and are able to draw on that text for their responses. How long before we have bots commenting here?