The dynamics of the web

I had pretty much closed down this blog for several reasons. One was the computer crash. Another was that I pretty much had lost interest in SL so I didn’t have much to write about. Of course my readers lost interest in my blog because of no new material for weeks.

Then the other day, I stumbled up on something from the past that was SL related so I thought I would post that. In just a very short one I had the first comment on the post and the hits were starting to grow enormously. I wondered why that was. How could anyone know so fast? That I had written something again and what it was about.

I can see a few explanations. 1) A coincindence. Well that’s always a possibility, but on the other hand, that’s never happened before. Only the “spinders” find posts that fast. 2) The first one to find it was someone who had been watching my blog closely for months. It’s a flattering thought, but judging from my tracker info that wasn’t the case. 3) Trackback. I made a trackback back to motherFIC’s blog so, whoever is behind that blog knew I had posted my blog post. If that’s the explanation, then the owner of that blog either knows someone that’s part of SLU or he himself is a part of it.

Anyway, that’s not my problem and for others to worry about. What’s clear is that after that first person visiting, then the information of my “dangerous” blog post spread like a virus through plurk. Remind me not to sign up there btw;).