Traffic has been steadily dropping off. Today was a drastic drop.
What's the deal? Am I starting to suck that bad?
Or is this happening to other people?
Weird that this would happen the same day I top half a million visitors.
UPDATE: You know what this means--another request for you to tell people about the blog!
This is nothing against Patterico, whose blog I generally like quite a bit. But when you're driven to begging for readers, that's just not right. I mean, these things are just blogs, for cryin' out loud. I'll let you in on a secret. Shhhh, lean in closer so I can whisper: They don't actually matter.
Can they be fun? Sure. Can they occassionally be useful? You bet. But to the extent that blogs seduce people into whittling down their dignity--by writing about their boyfriends or their wives or their traffic or their hospital stays or their dogs or their penchant for salted, cured meats, all in the name of keeping the numbers up--they can also be quite pernicious.
4 comments:
"I find pastrami to be the most sensual of the salted, cured meats."
Thanks for pointing that out. Incessant Rant It would appear that some people will do anything Incessant Rant to secure a few clicks in their virtual home away from home Incessant Rant. It's almost embarrassing the effort put into such attemps at increased internetographics (trademark pending) Incessant RantPlease shoot me if I ever take that route Incessant Rant.
*har*
They don't matter?
I'm no fan of Drudge, but his blog almost brought down a president.
Hmmm. I have to say I don't feel guilty asking readers to spread the word about my blog. Volokh does it regularly. The more people read my ideas, the happier I am.
And I disagree that they don't make a difference. I don't want to beat my chest, but my blog has resulted in several corrections to LA Times stories, one front-page LA Times story, and a change to a Ninth Circuit opinion, just to name a few. A big deal by itself? Nah. But multiply that effect by thousands of other blogs, and tell me that blogs don't *collectively* make a difference.
If you don't think you make a difference, why do you blog, for heaven's sake?
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