So there’s this guy named Scott.
And he has a blog/domain handle of Xkot.
And, for reasons unknown to me, I put it in my link list as Xcot. Even though the underlying link clearly used the Xkot.net domain.
Until a friend of his pointed it out. Consider it corrected. And go visit him, because he’s got a neat site.
Which brings up another question. I actually visit all the sites on the right on a daily basis. Or at least every few days. Because they’re there because they’re interesting reads. And I want a convenient way to remember to go to them. And they deserve advertising. Which is why I usually announce it if I add someone.
If one stops being interesting (to me, mind you, since this is just my reading list, not some sort of Absolute Judgment of Truth, Beauty, and Moral Rectitidue), then I’ll drop it, just ’cause (and without fanfare).
My question is — I visit pages (including some of those linked here) which have ye-gods-long lists of blogs. Dozens. Several dozens. More than I can reasonably believe that people who have lives (which, of course, may exclude a number of folks who do this sort of thing) can visit regularly.
So my question is — if I can finally choke it out — do all these folks actually read those pages? Or is it sort of a link-exchange sort of thing (“I’ll post yours if you post mine”) hit-tarty kind of thing to do? A celebrity endorsement like when you know the only time Martina Navratilova actually drives that car is if she gets assigned one at the rental desk? I dunno. I’m curious. But you knew that.