Maintaining Reader Interest

[vovat]

The threat of computer viruses is getting so bad that I almost wish I could just stop using computers until they find a way to totally virus-proof them. That's really not possible, though.

I'm curious as to whether any strangers read this journal. I'll occasionally get a comment from someone I don't know, which leads to a mixture of flattery ("Wow, someone actually reads this!") and paranoia ("How did they find it?"). And it's not like it's that hard to find; I've put the address out on various Internet forums and e-mails. I do like to know how people found it and why they're reading it, though.

Along those lines, I have to wonder whether anyone I don't know would have any interest in reading this. (Really, I also wonder if people I DO know have any interest in reading it, but that's a different matter.) I write about my feelings occasionally and my opinions often, but I don't think it ever really gets really introspective and/or personal, both because I'm aware it's available for the public to read and because I'm not really interested in that kind of writing. I guess someone would have to have interests in common with me to get much out of what I write. Of course, I'm sure there are plenty of people who read this regularly who have no interest in some of the stuff I address in my entries. For instance, I think three people have expressed interest in the Oz-related stuff I've written; most people I know read this aren't interested in Oz at all. I think most of my readers are They Might Be Giants fans to some extent, but perhaps not enough so to care what I have to say about the band. Of course, other people sometimes have entries about things in which I'm not interested in the least, yet I'll usually try to read them anyway. I don't think there's any way to interest all the people all the time, but I like to think I'm not totally boring (despite the fact that someone once said I had the most boring blog ever), and that each one of my entries is of interest to SOMEONE. Otherwise, what's the point in writing them?

Comments

[revme.livejournal.com]

Well, I read it, though I don't know you. Mainly since we're both into a lot of the same music. So that is the hook, and the other stuff is usually interesting (especially the Simpsons comments, say), and I typically read the other stuff I don't know about, since, even though I'm not into Oz so much, it's usually interesting to me to read someone talking about something they really dig (well, as long as they actually talk about it, rather than just going "Well, it's AWESOME!! So awesome!!"[1]). So, hey. Yeah.


[1] Yes, I am aware that I do that all the time.

[titletownie.livejournal.com]

I read regularly and am unabashedly amused.

I still have to get your Oz stuff, man. It's been tough, especially with the fact that I didn't go to Oz Fest at all this year (bad me) and I've been pretty broke in between buying ridiculous $10 meals (just because my sister wanted to go to some crappy, rip off restaurant and I still had to pay for myself) and trying to give my sister a nice birthday. I'm sure they'll have something at the Oz museum though and starting tomorrow, I'll be making money on a regular basis. I hope to get you something soon. U R Kewl. (and Beth too, but dur)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

What kind of Oz stuff do they have at the museum?