{"id":1180,"date":"2001-10-04T07:57:01","date_gmt":"2001-10-04T12:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2001-10-04T07:57:01","modified_gmt":"2001-10-04T12:57:01","slug":"whats_in_a_name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/10\/04\/whats_in_a_name.html","title":{"rendered":"What’s in a name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So there’s this guy named Scott<\/i>.<\/p>\n

And he has a blog\/domain handle of Xkot<\/i>.<\/p>\n

And, for reasons unknown to me, I put it in my link list as Xcot<\/i>. Even though the underlying link clearly used the Xkot.net domain.<\/p>\n

Until a friend of his pointed it out. Consider it corrected. And go visit him<\/a>, because he’s got a neat site.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

If one stops being interesting (to me, mind you, since this is just my<\/i> reading list, not some sort of Absolute Judgment of Truth, Beauty, and Moral Rectitidue), then I’ll drop it, just ’cause (and without fanfare).<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/i> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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