The Before They Became Commercial Studio Demos Album
I haven't read much about statistics, but I know the adage 'you can prove anything with statistics' and I know that you only need to ask a handful to get a consensus.
On Twitter I read everything from everyone I follow, including their blog posts, I know I'm in a minority. When someone tweets a pic via TwitPic (or similar) it shows how many views this receives. On average my pics receive 10% of my follower count. I've noted the same goes for others, including the likes of Stephen Fry.
In the first few months of using Twitter I had just one follower, a friend who went to work for Twitter in 2007, I wouldn't write specifically for him or even assume he would read it. So why do I now assume with 300 followers that more than 10% are reading? I do fear that since noticing there is a way of counting beans I've inadvertently become a bean counter. Like the king in his counting house, whilst he's counting it, he's not earning it. So whilst I'm figuring out which blog stat counter is the most effective I'm not doing anything constructive. Counting the beans does not increase the stats it only lets me know a number.
My early experience of Twitter was straight-forward, and distractions like these now detract from it. More importantly I don't know if the early church kept a record of 'converts' but I know we do now.