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Fame at last! Now about those kittens ...
Debster | 15.10.16 - 7:40 a.m. | #
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In my case the number of comments went down about five years ago because you helped inspire me to write my own articles. Shameless plug is that they can be found here.
The experience and the challenge of finding time, sometimes, to write an article leaves me even more in admiration of you than before. My articles are not as eloquent. And I have others who proof-read them afterwards and and still seem they seems to have more spelling and grammatical errors than yours ever do.
I always put your ability to write much more frequently down the fact that I have a house and garden of my own that needs maintaining and you don't but even this illusion has been shattered.
Pedantic of Purley | 15.10.16 - 7:49 a.m. | #
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I think I'm the Dave of 2003-2005. Although I still read every day I don't often comment. And now I feel guilty...
Dave | Homepage | 15.10.16 - 8:14 a.m. | #
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Geofftech writes...
Only a No.2! Now i know how Ultravox felt, dammit.
Pleasure to see so many regular names going back so many years. I swear you should organise a meetup for us all, DG (you obviously do not attend).
Geofftech | 15.10.16 - 8:58 a.m. | #
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Oh dear..... wrong type of fame.
PC | 15.10.16 - 9:08 a.m. | #
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Awesome! That might be me in 2015 under my secret alter-ego - lowercase 'kev'.
I don't think I add much to the subject when I comment, I mean I don't even live in the UK let alone London anymore.
I guess I just want to acknowledge that I've enjoyed another super read with my coffee.
Kevin | 15.10.16 - 9:10 a.m. | #
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What the hell was I up to in 2012?
(Other than not mostly reading this blog at work, obviously.)
swirlythingy | Homepage | 15.10.16 - 9:11 a.m. | #
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I don't believe anything I read on the internet.
Great Aunt Annie | 15.10.16 - 10:07 a.m. | #
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I'm on there twice, under different names in different years. "Quin" - I wonder if that was Quin Parker, who used to compile a fantastic "guide to Zone 6" - I recall his observation that Ickenham station looked like the product of a forced involuntary union of a robot and an hedgehog
Dominic | 15.10.16 - 10:16 a.m. | #
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The very same Quin - alas his Zone 6 guide no longer exists.
In the early years, most of the top commenters had blogs. Somewhere around 2008 that changed to not being bloggers (just serial commenters).
diamond geezer | Homepage | 15.10.16 - 10:34 a.m. | #
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Well, how about that! My ranking seems to match the 'displacement activity' required to get through unpleasant days!
B | 15.10.16 - 10:35 a.m. | #
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Oh, so that's why you were suddenly bothered about posters having usernames.
It was a long term internet post plan.
Still anon | 15.10.16 - 10:43 a.m. | #
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'Somewhere around 2008 that changed to not being bloggers (just serial commenters)'
Perhaps around 2008 is when broadband became normalised, why write stuff when you can upload a video of <insert your favorite video of choice here>, in many ways people wrote stuff because that was the thing that was easiest to do with a dial-up connection.
Once it became just as easy to upload a video, that was the preference, after all stuff going wrong, pets doing dumb things, so called 'pranks' don't have the translation issues that a blog has.
Still anon | 15.10.16 - 11:02 a.m. | #
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The number of comments on this blog hasn't changed dramatically since 2003, nor has the number of comments needed to get into the monthly top 10.
What has changed, gradually, is the type of person who leaves comments.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 15.10.16 - 11:10 a.m. | #
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If I remember right I started reading your blog in 2006, or maybe 2005. I don't do much commenting though. However, I'm still here, a faithful reader. Some kittens would be nice.
Leuconoe | 15.10.16 - 11:18 a.m. | #
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Blimey! I never thought I'd appear on here as a serial commenter!
And not only that, but I made Number One Commenter to boot!
Do I get to give a speech to thank all my family, friends and pet goldfish that got me to this point?
At least I can now accurately pinpoint how long I've been reading your blog, for when the biennial questionnaire pops up again!
Assuming I haven't already forgotten again!
Hmmm! Wonder what happened in 2014?!
Cornish Cockney | 15.10.16 - 11:23 a.m. | #
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Bugger! Debster nicked the comment I was going to make. But yes, what about those kittens?
Antipodean | 15.10.16 - 11:48 a.m. | #
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"the type of person who leaves comments" ...and what "type" of person would that be?
Grumpy Anon | 15.10.16 - 2:07 p.m. | #
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The top commenters are tops!
Bob L-S | 15.10.16 - 2:16 p.m. | #
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Kittens rule the internet.
🐱
Michael | 15.10.16 - 4:17 p.m. | #
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The most impressive thing is probably getting 249 different commenters in the last month. So thank you all!
diamond geezer | Homepage | 15.10.16 - 4:23 p.m. | #
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Hi from Malta,
i'm not the 2004 Tim.
Tim | 15.10.16 - 5:42 p.m. | #
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Keep it kitten-free, please!
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Just happy to be grouped as one of the '249 different commenters in the last month'. A regular reader, irregular commenter.
REB | 15.10.16 - 8:35 p.m. | #
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I would have thought Bert would have made the grade in 2016...
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Yes, I'm disappointed I didn't make the top ten.
Of course I might have done if I'd used the same name every time, but I prefer to post repeatedly under different false identities.
Bert | 15.10.16 - 9:52 p.m. | #
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Guessing that Andrew is me :-)
Andrew | 15.10.16 - 11:15 p.m. | #
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Just as if we were all sat in the same room (for example, a pub) I only comment if I feel I can amuse, or add something.
If others adopted this template, I feel I may feature higher in the charts!!
Frank F | 16.10.16 - 12:44 a.m. | #
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More kittens!
Kittens | 16.10.16 - 1:15 a.m. | #
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Can we have a top 10 of those who made it into the top 10 October commenters?
Nick | 16.10.16 - 11:42 a.m. | #
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I keep accidentally commenting namelessly, thinking I'll fill in the details after I've written the comment, then forgetting and hitting 'publish'. The first time I did it I was surprised it was possible tbh, but now I seem to keep doing it. Who knows whether I might have made it into the hall of (in)fame(y).
Sarah | Homepage | 16.10.16 - 12:09 p.m. | #
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Now is there a correlation between commenters and subject matter.
Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 16.10.16 - 12:25 p.m. | #
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