Bloglines, my favourite RSS aggregator, has updated their interface with obligatory shaded buttons etcetera, which is cool, it was bound to happen sometime. But they have also added a subscribers count to the header for each blog, so that everyone can see how many other [Bloglines] readers there are for any feed.

[ Bloglines is a simple web based aggregator, which means no software will be installed on your machine, and you can read your subscribed blogs from anywhere. It's pretty neat. Click here to see a sample of my personalized Bloglines feed covering the last 12 hours. ]

Whilst it might seem a little nonsensical for me to feel uncomfortable about this minor addition – “Oh no! All six of my Bloglines readers will realize that there’s only six of them!” – as an author it still bugs me that this number appears on the screen like that… It’s like having to wear a hat that tells people how many friends you have!

So, if you are not already a Bloglines user, I hereby highly recommend the service for its convenience and… errmmm… implore you to please use it to subscribe to JujuBlog intepid to push that tiny number into double digits at least…

Together we can make it to eleven!

[If you are already reading this through Bloglines, then thank you, One-of-Six, and please don't hesitate to recommend Bloglines and JujuBlog to anyone else you think might be even vaguely interested...]