I’ve never been that crazy about yearly reviews. But WP sent me a reminder the other day. I don’t recall why, but they say July 23 was my biggest, bestest day here. I think all six of my five 2023 visitors visited on that day. Many thanks to you, good people! There will be a thank you party with cake at a far-future nebulous date that probably won’t happen.

The site remains largely unpromoted by me and I figure we’re still shadow banned to a degree. Still, traffic was up a little from 2022, though down a tad from 2021. All things considered, not bad.

The audience remains hyper-majority American. Bots or AI or Intel outfits or digi-trolls came in a distant second place, though their “business” visits were muted by my disallowance of interaction beyond “liking” and by Mr. Filter. (Thank you, Mr. Filter.) Most of the rest of the top 10 location traffic came from the UK, France, other Euros, East Asia, Lebanon(!)(thanks, guys & gals!), and a growing little contingent from Russia. Спасибо! Ты потрясающая. Люблю тебя!

After the homepage, I think 9 of the top 10 most visited articles and pages were weekly columns. The most visited of all was October’s “A Review of WHY THE WEST CAN’T WIN by Fadi Lama“, likely on the strength of links from Mrs. Annie and the Reckoneers and the SDL himself, Vox Day. (2 of my favorite peeps! Many thanks.)

And, as always, many thanks to all of you who make everything here a delightful pastime for this humble little internet possum critter. Happy New Year and here’s to a great 2024. Quality will improve tomorrow.

-PL