Sorry for the missing blog last week- things were quite hectic getting another class wrapped up.

Steve asked an interesting question in a comment in reference to a believe
one of his relative has:

Is it worth telling non-native/non-participants to join "since no one's
really watching anyway"?

To which my response is a resounding and emphatic "YES!". This is actually one of the reasons that I do like internet forums, it acts as a time capsule of information. And though a website or forum may get few hits a week, those are still a few more than none. It's a means to share and disseminate information with others. It works quite similarly as a blog, but in a different format. Sometimes people will reply and share information, other times they will not. but if we are looking to contribute and share knowledge, would it not be beneficial to find a community of individuals to share with opposed to starting a blog or a website that may never be seen by others for a variety of other reasons? Search engines provide website results based on "hits" or views or because you've paid for advertisement, so starting a new website makes it more difficult to share because you have to start from scratch. But if you go someplace that already has hits, and already comes up on google searches, your thoughts are more likely to reach other people.