The debate on whether ads on blogs made sense earlier this Spring was an unpopular one. Most people had opinions, but people would love to make money, even if in my mind, that shouldn’t be the top goal. And yes, I recognize how it may have seemed hypocritical to some that I posted the story yesterday when it has “Digg This” just below it. But I’ve got all the FeedFlares from FeedBurner going myself.

One commenter said conversation doesn’t matter if there are no page views, so nobody sees it. Maybe the page view spike will leave future conversations having higher probability. I tend to think the spikes are a big cloud of dust, with people who may never come back. But I’m glad at least we’re talking about it.

I blog to have conversations and meet new folks and share ideas. Sometimes my posts are popular, and they’re very often not at all. And… I’ll live.