We made it to 50!!

Thanks, everybody, for linking up and for spreading the word about linking up. I completely misinterpreted the closing out at 50 blogs as also opening up the voting, and I was wrong, so wrong. Voting still opened at 9 p.m. US eastern standard time [-5 GMT]. I should really stay as far away from math as possible.

It’s time to vote, and it’s so important that we read before voting. Yep, we all have our faves. Heck, I choose one every week, right? But maybe instead of zeroing in on our everyday super favorite blogs that we would read anyway with or without lovelinks, what about clicking through to a new-to-you blog and giving that one a bit of a read? I’m 95% confident you’ll be pleasantly surprised by more than a few of them. We have some good ones waiting to be discovered.

Virgins!

Thanks for linking up. I know the first time can be a little overwhelming; I hope we don’t accidentally kill anybody dead by showing up and leaving thoughtful comments.

Let’s vote.

How voting works

Everybody gets three votes. Depending on your browser, there will be a yellow star above or below each thumbnail. Click on the thumbnail to read the post, click the star to vote. After each click of the yellow star, the page will refresh. You’ll have to make your way back down to the grid, then click another yellow star. After three yellow star clicks, you’re done voting, the yellow stars will disappear, and you’re free to campaign for your favorites.

For whatever reason, lovelinks voting does not work well with mobile browsers, including iPads and tablets. If you need me to register your votes for you, please email me or send a Twitter DM and I’ll take care of it.

GOTV [getting out the vote]

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Ask your readers, friends, followers, fans to join you in choosing their three favorite blog posts this week.

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Do not vote-bomb us. Meaning: when you ask for your votes, let your people know they get three votes for three blogs they happen to like the most, including yours. If you can avoid the vote for me and only me excitement, those of us with lesser minions or busier grandmothers than yours will appreciate it.

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Don’t forget to spread the comment love while you’re reading and voting.

Friday’s winners

• editor’s choice: Erica M being completely subjective and choosing the one post she likes most
• lurker’s favorite: Flood G choosing her favorite
• popular vote winner: grandma coming through for you just in time, right before her Bunco night starts
• comment karma: not the most comments by a lovelinker, but the overall most thoughtful, witty, wonderful, whatever—I’ll know it when I read it

Blogging Bash random drawing winner and Turntable Kitchen pairings box random drawing winner (we made it to 50!!) will be announced on Friday with all the others. Such a fun week!

Lovelinks #40 is open for voting…