A small experiment (I'm sure it's been done before)

By way of experiment, I'm going to produce this blog and never tell anyone about it. I'm curious how long it will to:

• Get my first commenter
• Get email feedback on a blog post
• Get mentioned in another blog post
• Gain a noticeable following

... all without the shameless promotion (read: spamming forums and other blogs) that so many bloggers do to send traffic their way.

Not that I blame them--many people have monetized their blogs and get a substantial amount of money from them. Others are probably just part of Generation Share, where the form and quantity of every bowel movement must be shared on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and Instagram.

This is my first foray into blogging (I am not much for social media; I use Facebook once every few months, and don't have Twitter or Instagram or whatever's-trending-these-days accounts) so I'm sure I'll make a bunch of noob blogging mistakes that blog pros ironed out way back in 2005. Whatever.