2019: The year in review – Part 2: Blogging

In some ways 2019 was very successful for SLS; we posted a total of 66 pieces, making it our most productive year since 2010. On closer examination though, it can be seen that practically all these posts addressed UK politics, specifically the Brexit question, and that very few of them were particularly insightful, serving mainly as an outlet for my angst about the increasingly desperate situation rather than providing any useful analysis of it. As the year closes I’m still in a state of post-election paralysis; it may be some time before that passes.

Anyway, here are our ten most-read posts of the year:

1. Second Life demographics – a brief review
2. Questionable things
3. Watching the Okhrana
4. Irresolute
5. There is no land beyond the Volga
6. Two Galleries
7. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
8. Incassable
9. Won’t you please be my friend?
10. Maintaining perspective

The demographics post has been a reliable chart-topper since it was published back in 2010, but the rest of the list is a rather inexplicable mix of old and new.

Here are my personal favourites from this year, in chronological order:

• The Bear necessities
• Intergalactic perspective
• Once more on Wikileaks
• Battle for the past
• Reach for the stars
• Out of the wild
• Questionable things
• Scritti di Twitter
• Far, far away

And, for completeness, a note of our international appeal. We had visitors from 34 countries; here are the top ten:

1. United Kingdom
2. United States
3. India
4. Canada
5. France
6. China
7. Netherlands
8. Australia
9. Japan
10. Mexico

That’s a little less Euro-centric than in previous years, somewhat ironic given that most of our content in the last twelve months has been about Europe, but perhaps it’s just a sign of the more detached future that the country faces.

Things may change, but we’re still here, looking forward to the next decade with some trepidation, but mostly optimistic that humanity will continue its progressive course, despite any temporary setbacks. A Happy New Year to all our readers, and we’ll see you in 2020.