Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Please ‘Like’ SR
Stephan: I got an email this morning, that I have been thinking about off and on all day. A reader in Minnesota wrote me to say that she knew SR must be read by thousands of people, so why did it have so few 'likes' on Facebook? And why did I do nothing to promote it? The last is easy to answer: I do nothing about promoting SR, because just producing it each day takes several hours.
There are four reader groups: the website, the subscription list, the Facebook edition, and Twitter. The last two are made possible because of the courtesy and generosity of Jeff Vander Clute, who does this for me. The combined readership last week was about 15,000. SR grows because you all pass it on.
As to the number of 'likes', which I hadn't previously considered, thinking about it today I understood what the reader intended. Consequently, I would appreciate it if each of you, if this is in fact true, and you have not already done so, 'like' SR on Facebook. That would be helpful.
Thanks.
-- Stephan