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October 25, 2004
Thanks!
Here's Megan McArdle on being instapundited: A tidbit for bloggers out there: if you've ever had the experience of being "instapundited", you'll know that your traffic (and your bandwith bills!) go through the roof whenever Glenn links to you. I've just had the odd experience of instapunditing myself in my first post here, which feels a little like one of those pictures you see of someone with mirrors both in front and behind them, looking into an infinitely receding series of their face and back . . .I'm cynical as hell, and I blog much the same way I do my daily calesthenics; it's serious daily discipline, regardless of whether I get hits or attention or not, and no matter what mood I'm in. (This results in many posts I refuse to publish, but that's another topic.) But an InstaLanche, it's a real rush, like riding a rocket propelled by massive, uncontrollable, human force. To have it happen twice to me in the same week was really something. (Both times were when I least expected it -- the "InstaPocalypse" was already looking old to me and the humor had long worn off, and the second (the "Dime") was written more out of a sense of obligation than creative impulsivity.) Glenn Reynolds has been very generous in linking to me over the past fifteen months, and I always feel honored, but this was unprecedented in terms of sheer volume. I'm still amazed by it all. Astounded. Back in 2002, Glenn Reynolds was astounded when his hits approached 50,000 -- a tenth of what they are today: "It's astounding to me," says Glenn Reynolds, a University of Tennessee law professor who launched his site (InstaPundit.blogspot.com) last August with the hope of attracting a couple of hundred readers. He hit a new record last Monday with 49,663 visits. "It's the dirty little secret of punditry being exposed, that a lot of people can do it."John Hawkins said that to succeed at blogging you have to work hard day after day, year after year, and prepare to be unpaid and unappreciated. That's the way it is, too. I was happy when I was getting 20 hits a day, because I couldn't believe that 20 people would actually read what I had to say. Now it's more like 1000 on an average day, and I'm just as amazed that there are that many people who actually read me. (I want to say thank you, but I can't see you. I have only met one blogger, and never met a single reader except people who already knew me. The whole thing is still new, fresh, and incredibly strange much of the time. And when it isn't, I just steel myself and start cranking out a post. The appearance of the published post on the Internet fills some primal need.) I don't talk about hits all that much and I'm rather shy, and not the bragging type. But here's a graph of the past week:
Thank you all for being part of the "fuel" that fuels me! I'll keep trying to provide as much fuel for your fires as I can..... posted by Eric on 10.25.04 at 10:44 PM
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And thank you. I'm one of the few the proud who reads your blog on a daily basis. I don't know where I first found your blog - possibly in an InstaLanche - but I quickly bookmarked you, linked to you on my (law firm) page, and enjoy seeing what you have to say each day. Your thinking, and your approach to the issues and culture, is just the right combination of similar and dissimilar to my own. (If that makes sense.) I enjoy reading your insights, whether you are expanding my horizons or simply providing me with affirmation of my existing beliefs and preferences. And I appreciate that you have something interesting to say on a daily basis. Thank you. Bob · October 26, 2004 01:11 AM |
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You deserve and Instalanche, Instalaunch, every day. I'm going to keep on fueling you so that you can keep on fueling me.
Even though you may not be able to fuel all of the people all of the time,
you can still fuel all of the people some of the time,
and you can fuel some of the people all of the time.