When I started writing the blog, I was naturally interested in how blogs progress.
I remember reading about one with thousands of visitors every day. The Blogger had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He was keeping a daily journal of how of his life leading up to his death.
It was not something that held any appeal for me.
My readers were few but I was delighted to have any and I always wondered if my own logging in accounted for most of the numbers. But the numbers slowly grew and I stopped being phobic.
Considering the subject was relatively narrow, I didn't really know what to think of the numbers.
My sole purpose was to inform Aurora residents. I wasn't looking for a wider audience . Just being able to tell what I knew and thought about things was satisfaction enough.
In the last few days, since the situation in Georgina hit the fan,the numbers have taken a flying leap upward.It's exciting.
I also think it's a good thing to know what's going on in neighbouring commuuities. We know through national and local media of catastrophes happening in far-flung areas of the world. But we don't know what's going on twenty miles up the road or down for that matter.
It wasn't always like that. In the days when local weekly newspapers were in competition with each other for advertising,they did a fair job of keeping us informed of issues within the County which became the Region and in the various Boroughs that made up Metro.
The Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and the Telegram all paid attention as well. The Telegram is long gone.The Toronto Sun took it's place and we get less local news than ever before.
It's another one of those changes people keep reminding me of,while they themselves have no idea of what they are missing.
Maybe the Blogs can fill the gap.
I am not proposing to become a roving reporter. But I will welcome news from neighbours. We can share some of our experience. I don't think it can hurt. Maybe it will help.
What say you?
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