I was talking to one of my friends about this blog, and how I write for non-existent ears. He suggested that I get at least some readers or "what else is the point?"
First, the point is that it's out there. It's online. The world can access it, and it's contributing to some greater collection of knowledge or noise, depending on what you want to call it.
Also there is the problem of getting people to read what you have to say. The best way to get traffic is to mercilessly pimp yourself out. Whether it be to your friends or to the Twitter masses, what ever you do, it's still pimping yourself. I could annoy all of my friend by continually linking my blog posts to my Facebook, Linked in or Google+ pages, but then anything decent I want to say gets drowned out by the noise I've created by linking my blog posts.
Another option is to use Twitter. I could finish all my tweets with tiny url that links back here, but then I become all that I hate: a bot, a twitter troll, an e-pimp, whatever you want to call it.
As I sit here in front of my computer, typing away, I can sit happily knowing that though nobody is listening at least I stuck to my guns and didn't bot my friends or the world.
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