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Posted on: January 17, 2007 10:04 PM, by Coturnix
My blogfather Publius is moving! Legal Fiction is over (though it appears the valuable archives will remain available). He is joining the excellent crew at Obsidian Wings - Congratulations!
And PZ is promising to reduce the volume of his blogging as he is writing a book, which we will all eagerly await. His announcement was followed by another seven posts immediately after! Self-control did not last long, I guess....
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Yeah, I noticed that too about PZ.
He's acting like me. I frequently promise myself that I'll cut back too and then let the blog suck me in again.
This time I really mean it, though. ;-)
Posted by: Orac | January 17, 2007 11:09 PM
I do that several times a day!
The ability to schedule posts in advance appears to just exacerbate the effect!
We are sick!
Posted by: coturnix | January 17, 2007 11:14 PM
If this is what PZ posting less looks like, I can live with it.
ON the other hand, if he really does cut back, I might actually have to write something on my own blog or work on my mammoth book.
Posted by: John McKay | January 18, 2007 12:46 AM
John, I'll read what you write on your blog no matter how much or little PZ blogs. And I can't wait for your mammoth book!
Posted by: coturnix | January 18, 2007 12:57 AM
Speak for yourself. ;-)
However, it doesn't help that I'm in ScienceBlogs, where we have blogorrheic types like yourself, PZ, and Ed posting 5-10 times a day. Surgeons like myself tend to be competitive types, and there seems to be a definite pressure to post more just to keep up with you guys. Before moving to ScienceBlogs, it was uncommon for me to post more than once or twice a day. Now two or three times a day seems to be the norm, and I sometimes post as much as five or six times. Also, if you don't post that often, your posts drop off the front page rather quickly.
I need to go back to the way it was, even if my traffic suffers somewhat.
Posted by: Orac | January 18, 2007 7:54 AM