Torrill removed comments last month in order to see what it would do to her blogging. When I upgraded two months ago, I removed my site meter.

Off and on, I’ve been one of those bloggers who says “Oh, I blog for me. I do it for the content management system/the joy of writing/to keep in touch with folks back home/etc etc.” Then, after that, at the end, I tack on, “And I do it because you meet the coolest people!” (I think it’s the only-child isolationism kicking in when I push elements like community to the back.)

So I wanted to see if it was true: do I blog just for me? I haven’t had any idea who’s coming to see me or how many of you there are. There must have been a traffic spike from the Teaching Carnival traffic, but I don’t really know.

Results: I haven’t blogged even half as much. I haven’t been all that interested, and I definitely haven’t particularly cared. What dribbles I have written have flat, I think, especially compared to what I was generating a year ago or even earlier this year. The past few weeks, I’ve considered abandoning the entire enterprise.

So no, I don’t do this just for me. (Let this be yet another lesson unto me about these sorts of issues.) I’m reinstalling the meter, because it’s really just no fun without all you people.