This is a recent notification I got from WordPress:
“Your blog, sanseilife, appears to be getting more traffic than usual! 39 hourly views – 0 hourly views on average”
Was this designed to upset me, make me cry, zero hourly views on average boo hoo! 😢👎😧😓😒 Really WordPress I’d rather not get any of these notifications!
sanseilife 
I’ve gotten this before. I had the same reaction as you. 😳
Reblogged this on HarsH ReaLiTy and commented:
Ok I will admit I feel a little bad smiling at this post. Pretty brutal WordPress! -OM
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you’re so meean. lol
Neither would I. I don’t remember getting anything like this though…
Just ignore it.
I try to never ever look at stats. The way I see it I would do this is no one ever read it.
Awe……
I think that must be pretty unusual?
I have just gotten this notification as well!!
Except my blog is apparently receiving “33 hourly views – 1 hourly views on average”
If only it was true …………
Say what???? How do you want to build your blog if you are not allowed to have views???
Reblogged this on Author S B Mazing and commented:
WordPress having some kind of a glitch? I mean… First of all the message is pretty brutal and second of all, if you have 0 views and finally get to 39 it should not be an issue. I really hope it is a glitch otherwise we are all doomed as we are not supposed to grow our blogs…
Thanks for the reblog, it helps us all to know we aren’t alone!
I’m not sure whether to be hurt that I’ve never had a notification like this or pleased to have escaped WP’s cattiness! Although if you ignore that final stinging remark 39 hourly views is awesome and definitely something to be proud of 🙂
Thanks!
Thanks for the comment, WordPress is not perfect 🙂 I’m glad you haven’t got one of these, its kind of off putting…
I don’t want to see this kind of notification. It’s just ‘raw’ from them.
Hiya sanseilife 🙂 I would have commented where this was re-blogged, but comments over there have been disabled.
So, the way I see it, at some point, WordPress stats, and messages, are generally useful. On occasion when they display something useless, that’s just the exchange people accept for generally ‘free’ hosting services. I am constantly voicing that self-hosted WordPress sites offer much more control over stuff like this. WordPress.com doesn’t even force ads on readers.
Anyway, Aopinionatedman.com (Jay) re-blogged this post with an air of animosity, which I don’t feel is in the spirit of your post. And I’m not sure WordPress deserves an ‘eye roll’ because their native stats isn’t perfect. Stats packages rarely are absolute. One thing I agree with is that it would be nice to be able to turn off certain notifications. Perhaps it’s something for the WordPrpress forums.
Thanks for taking the time to voice your opinion. It’s just that with my little blog this was like getting a face full of pie, kind of was a shock and I felt like I wasn’t doing a good job blogging for a few moments.
Sheesh. What was the context of the message?
Just that I had little traffic on my blog I guess, boo-hoo!
Then let’s hope to see many more of those messages! And much more traffic to you!
Thump!!!!Speedy Disapproves of these notifications!xx Speedy
Thanks Speedy!
I got a single a similar notice yesterday and had the same reaction! Don’t cry; we are in this together!
Thank you!
Oh thank you for the encouragement!
I know the feeling. I’ve gotten those, too – and the worst part is the increased traffic is usually due to a GUEST post on my blog, not for one of MY posts! That really sticks the knife in, and twists it.
Ha-ha!
I got one a few weeks back, I didn’t even pay any attention to it, just went on about my business like I never even got it. Like I said in my post last night though, I am seriously considering going the self hosting route with The Hillbilly Blogger.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, good luck with The Hillbilly Blogger
Thanks, you too!
I must be the odd one out. I love getting these notifications. The sting at the end hurts a little, but to see my views skyrocket is great!
Oh the first part of the notification was encouraging to be followed by a bucket of ice water…
Ha! Great way to put it.
Interesting!
It sure look like you get plenty of traffic to me. Silly WordPress!
Thank you!
i rely on my stats to know where my fans and enemies are. so far i’m still in over 80 countries and it helps to know. lol
Down with the enemies!
It’s just some kind of mixed up robot – ignore!
LOL