{"id":2030,"date":"2009-07-14T15:32:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T22:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2009-07-14T15:38:12","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T22:38:12","slug":"hello-bloggernacle-is-anyone-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/07\/14\/hello-bloggernacle-is-anyone-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello? Bloggernacle? Is anyone out there?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over at Zelophehad?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s Daughters, Ziff recently compiled (by hand mind you) a tonne of data for many of the most popular group blogs in th Bloggernacle. The information is very fascinating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What the data show about our blog is something I have noticed for quite awhile. People don’t really visit here anymore.<\/p>\n

People who commented regularly in 2006 rarely comment here anymore. Very few other blogs link to any of our posts anymore. We rarely see posts with dozens of comments anymore.<\/p>\n

What’s changed?<\/p>\n

Our tag line says we provide thought-provoking commentary, but if few people comment, is that indication that we no longer provoke thought?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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