A Pilgrim's Journal

I think the addition of syndicated blog entries, while bringing a chunk of good traffic, also carries a significant drawback. To some degree, it seems like people setup external blogs, turn on the Advogato syndication option, and then forget about Advogato.

How many people actually read the recent log after they have enabled syndication for their own external blog?

When I reply to posts that other people make, I used to be able to have a conversation in the recent log. This seems to be a more remote possibility now.

Is it just my own laziness in not wanting to add a trackback entry in an ever-increasing list of external blog sites? Should I get off my backside and implement automatic email notifications in mod_virgule whenever someone posts a response? Probably.

But it also seems to me that anyone who avails themselves of the Advogato community, and adds to their own readership by hitching their ride to Advogato's star, also has a responsibility to participate more thoroughly than just tossing their output over the wall.