Comments on: Maybe I could write something http://oldsillybear.com/2007/05/30/maybe-i-could-write-something/ You live and learn. At any rate, you live. ~Douglas Adams Tue, 22 May 2012 13:41:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Doug McCaughan http://oldsillybear.com/2007/05/30/maybe-i-could-write-something/comment-page-1/#comment-14938 Doug McCaughan Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:10:04 +0000 http://oldsillybear.com/2007/05/30/maybe-i-could-write-something/#comment-14938 Newscoma <a href="http://newscoma.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/a-question-3/" rel="nofollow">hears crickets</a>. My <a href="http://realityme.net/2007/05/31/see/" rel="nofollow">post for comments</a> got 2! Newscoma hears crickets. My post for comments got 2!

]]> By: Avatar http://oldsillybear.com/2007/05/30/maybe-i-could-write-something/comment-page-1/#comment-14937 Avatar Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:51:28 +0000 http://oldsillybear.com/2007/05/30/maybe-i-could-write-something/#comment-14937 You have a lovely family, a good job, and a slew of admirers. There is no reason you should feel like a failure, because you're nowhere close to being one. You have a lovely family, a good job, and a slew of admirers. There is no reason you should feel like a failure, because you’re nowhere close to being one.

]]> By: Doug McCaughan http://oldsillybear.com/2007/05/30/maybe-i-could-write-something/comment-page-1/#comment-14934 Doug McCaughan Thu, 31 May 2007 10:54:51 +0000 http://oldsillybear.com/2007/05/30/maybe-i-could-write-something/#comment-14934 Ah! The elusive comment! I look at the stats my webhost provides then I compare them with http://www.google.com/analytics and then I look at my http://www.google.com/adsense report and I never know what to believe. So I return to the question "Am I doing this for me or them?" The Answer is really both but mostly for me. And if I had no readers, I would still blog. I watch myself fly through my feed reader and often pause thinking of a comment but rarely do. And I know that if I, realising a comment doesn't take much effort but provides so much to an author, fail to comment that there must be so many dozens of readers that would not ever consider commenting. I suggest never associating a lack of comments with a lack of readership or a lack of interest. We are out here! Ah! The elusive comment! I look at the stats my webhost provides then I compare them with http://www.google.com/analytics and then I look at my http://www.google.com/adsense report and I never know what to believe. So I return to the question “Am I doing this for me or them?” The Answer is really both but mostly for me. And if I had no readers, I would still blog.

I watch myself fly through my feed reader and often pause thinking of a comment but rarely do. And I know that if I, realising a comment doesn’t take much effort but provides so much to an author, fail to comment that there must be so many dozens of readers that would not ever consider commenting.

I suggest never associating a lack of comments with a lack of readership or a lack of interest. We are out here!

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