I haven’t updated this blog since Christmas Day.
But people are still reading it.
It is still in the Top 20 of the Nature Blog Network. (Granted, it is #20 today.)
If you think I post enough for two blogs, well, that’s not inaccurate. I was accustomed to posting on that blog as well as this one.
Retrieverman’s Weblog gets 3,500ish hits per day now. At one time, I was getting 4,000 hits per day.
My own estimation is that I have about 450 people who read the front page of this blog every day, which means I have about 450 fans or dire enemies who are doing daily opposition research. I stopped keeping track of how many regulars were commenting here, but I would guess that it is at least 50. There are a couple of dozen people I recognize from regular comments, and I know that I will get a comment from a certain person if I do a particular post.
What does all of this mean?
I’ve been at it too long.
I was looking through that blog not too long ago, at some of the older posts. I loved the video you posted for the Private Life of Plants, I watched all 6 parts. It was great!
Great to see you back Retrieverman!!!
No, recognizing regulars does not mean you’ve been doing too long.
Unless you think that having (albeit online) relationships is somehow a negative.
But, I wouldn’t have thought that people who blog can be under the illusion that we’re just sending our thoughts out to an impersonal ether. Some kind of relationship(s) get formed, one way or the other.
Now, perhaps you’re tired of commenters (like me). Well, then. Then you could conclude that you’ve been doing this too long. Always a possibility.
I can tell you that I’m not tired of any of my commenters who are posting things on here.
The only ones who have made me tired are the ones I’ve blocked.
And there are less than ten of those.
It’s interesting what sort of pseudo-community you can build with a blog with a very liberal commenting policy.
It is an Interesting sociological experiment.
This blog is useless without feedback and discussion.
I also put myself in the comments a lot, which does have its perils.
I am far less measured and lucid in discussion than I am in the blog posts.