The Big 2 for the Slips

Today is the second anniversary of the launch of Credit Slips. We started this blog to have some fun and have been very gratified by the many readers who have found us. We are fortunate to have such an informed readership. The many blog comments help to make Credit Slips an even better source of information on bankruptcy and credit policy.

Looking at the numbers, we have had almost 600,000 page views, and those are just the ones we can track. We know many of you read us through news aggregators and other web services that do not show up in these hit counts. Those 600,000 page views came from 838 separate posts (make that 839 if you count this one). As of this moment, we're just a little short of 2,300 comments on those 838 posts.

It's been a great experience, and we'll keep writing if people will keep reading.

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Comments

[Patches]

Sweet! Add one more to that list. I was wondering if you can get John Rao back to blog a little. I have some questions for him and his "Consumer Law Handbook". It has been my text book for the past 5-8 years.

This blog is responsible for immersing me in a sea of information. Before I found this blog, I had been searching desperately for a Mentor. I needed to be able to talk to someone who knew more than I and was willing to explain. Not that I know much. Instead of finding just one, I have found a whole “freggin” community that knows more than me! Bonus. People say “birds of a feather flock together”. We all have different feathers here but the info, even though it’s coming from different perspectives, is all sifted and tied together on this end. I have been helped by not only writing my own thoughts down but also by being able to see how similar all of the stories really are. I also like it when someone tells me that I am full of “it”. I would much rather here that I am wrong about something and tell me why they think that way than hearing nothing or that I am right. I have never been able to share my opinions like this before and this has been a huge learning experience for me, not to mention “addicting”. I will continue as long as you let me….

Thanks a whole heep!
Patches.

[lmclark]

The 2,300 comments are just the people who post. A little bird told me that e-mail messages are often sent directly to the posting author. Wonder what the count would be if you included those? And lots of people read this column who don't post. So you are doing a good service here. Please keep it up.

[tuphat]

Belated best wishes and Happy Anniversary!