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i love you man

by mg at 10:33 AM on June 06, 2001

When I first started this site back in October I wanted it to be a forum for intelligent, but humorous, takes on politics, society and daily life. I wanted to create something that was a combination of Suck, the Darwin Awards, and the Onion.

What I didn't realise when I started was how hard it would be to write the Onion all by myself, or with the little help I did have. I didn't know what a weblog was at the time, and I hadn't ever really read one (or at least one that called itself that). I'd been reading some e/n sites for a while, and while I liked the free form style, I didn't really want to post links to porn or pictures of people with their heads chopped off (My, how times have changed).

So, in my laziness, I just started writing these little daily essays on a news story or the crazy things that would pop into my head during the course of a day. I started reading other sites that did the same type of thing, and I really began loving them.

Back then, if I got ten hits a day, I was ecstatic. Despite the fact that I knew all those people in real life, and basically had to beg them to visit, ten people are ten more than had been listening to my babble before I had a website.

By December, if was getting 50 hits a day, I would be deliriously happy. At this point, more than just my close personal friends were reading the site. I didn't know who was reading the site and I couldn't believe why anyone who didn't know me would care to read anything I wrote. While my logs said that I had people visiting, I really never believed these people existed. If I couldn't see them, and didn't talk with them, they weren't really there.

I got much better at writing on a daily basis. And more people started showing up. But it wasn't until the beginning of March that the site reached 10,000 hits. It was around 140 posts and about 6 months since I had first started.

The site reached 20,000 hits by the beginning of May. That second 10k came in only two months! Also in that two-month period, there were another 100 posts. Prolificacy breeds hits, apparently. Perhaps quality writing and nude pictures of Betty White helped a bit too.

Now, here it is just the 6th of June and the site will probably reach 35,000 hits by the end of the day. This last 15k took less than a month! Holy shit!? I'm shocked, to tell the truth.

I really... I just don't know what to say or think about this. I am just constantly amazed by this and by all of you, my readers and friends. Because even though I really like getting 500+ hits a day it isn't about the hits at all.

What I love is that I know there are people out there now. Real live people. Not imaginary numbers in my logs. There are people that I trade emails with and chat up on AIM on regular basis. I love that. I love seeing when someone mentions me on their site or links me up. And I love that you guys feel connected enough to what is going on here to comment on posts.

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love you all, really. And I hope I can continue to entertain and amuse ya'll and that we can continue this relationship, strange as it might be.

Man, I don't know where the sappiness came from, but it gone for now. I should probably get back to posting nude pictures of Teletubbies and threatening the lives of telemarketers.

comments (5)

You are such a gushy nerd!!

by Shar at June 6, 2001 1:02 PM


Yay for gushy nerds! Since I'm now mg's sidekick, I have to echo exactly what he said to all of you. Cuz I feel the same way. For real. No, seriously, I'm not being sarcastic.

by snaggle at June 6, 2001 1:26 PM


y'know, speaking of linking, i was noticing the overwhelmingly youth-y energy of your linkage here & thought i'd recommend you add a bit of balance - perhaps a bit of (early) midlife crisis nonsense with an edge (of lameness), such as featured over at surreally.com...you know, it's all about balance.

by kd at June 6, 2001 3:15 PM


"When I first started this site back in October I wanted it to be a forum for intelligent, but humorous, takes on politics, society and daily life."

Hey, I'm (co)running a site of that same nature. Political news, current events, social issues, et cetera. Commentary and opinions. Arguements and discussion. Some people like us. If you could check us out, that'd be great.

http://www.enigmous.com

I'm going to look into linking you guys. Check with the other co-owner. Awesome site, by the way.

by MrAnonymous at June 6, 2001 9:02 PM


Right now, bizzos has you mentioned, you should go check it out.

www.bizzos.org

by Flipside at June 6, 2001 9:45 PM