@matigo Because it sounds like everyone benefits from visiting the grandparents.
@matigo Perhaps the most pertinent thing to know about the new aristocracy is that it is a network. It’s probably the greatest, most successful network in the history of the World. So funding its activist part is easy.
@matigo Homophily. If you’re not using something like Twitter (or being an S.E.O. Demon), the people who unsubscribe from your blog won’t be replaced by others. So you get atrophy rather than just churn. Do you want to put the work in to get more readers?