I interview Hans Link, author of Hans Link's Blog, for an article in the November 2005 edition of Geoff''s Blog People...
Me: Herr Link...
Hans: Call me Hans.
Me: Hans...It's been well documented that you have the most links in the blogging world.
Hans: Mutual links.
Me: Mutual?
Hans: Everybody I link to also links to me.
Me: How many links do you have?
Hans: Three thousand, five hundred and seventy-one.
Me: That's a lot of links.
Hans: There are a lot of good blogs out there.
Me: How do you find the time to read them all?
Hans: Some days I don't read more than say, fifteen hundred. But I make up for it the next day.
Me: You must have your favourites?
Hans: Now that would be telling. Blogging can get a bit cliquey, don't you think? I just love reading blogs. And I love writing my own blog.
Me: Your site averages over six thousand hits a day.
Hans: Yes.
Me: What does that do for your ego?
Hans: It's nice, Geoff. But it would be nicer if it did something for my bank balance.
Me: You're joking, of course.
Hans: Of course I'm joking. I do this because I like meeting new people. Sharing views.
Me: But not face to face?
Hans: You mean a blog meet?...We'd have to hire the Albert Hall. No, Geoff, I'm happy to keep all my net buddies as cyber correspondents.
Me: They say you're the king of the LOL. You give a LOL to every blogger whose site you like.
Hans: There's a lot to LOL about.
Me: You find three and a half thousand blogs funny?
Hans: Why not? That's still a miniscule percentage of bloggers who are out there.
Me: I used to think LOL meant "Lots of love".
Hans: And you thought all these guys were coming onto you?
Me: I've only had one LOL.
Hans: Only one?
Me: Just the one.
Hans: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! LOL :-D
Me: Herr Link...
Hans: Call me Hans.
Me: Hans...It's been well documented that you have the most links in the blogging world.
Hans: Mutual links.
Me: Mutual?
Hans: Everybody I link to also links to me.
Me: How many links do you have?
Hans: Three thousand, five hundred and seventy-one.
Me: That's a lot of links.
Hans: There are a lot of good blogs out there.
Me: How do you find the time to read them all?
Hans: Some days I don't read more than say, fifteen hundred. But I make up for it the next day.
Me: You must have your favourites?
Hans: Now that would be telling. Blogging can get a bit cliquey, don't you think? I just love reading blogs. And I love writing my own blog.
Me: Your site averages over six thousand hits a day.
Hans: Yes.
Me: What does that do for your ego?
Hans: It's nice, Geoff. But it would be nicer if it did something for my bank balance.
Me: You're joking, of course.
Hans: Of course I'm joking. I do this because I like meeting new people. Sharing views.
Me: But not face to face?
Hans: You mean a blog meet?...We'd have to hire the Albert Hall. No, Geoff, I'm happy to keep all my net buddies as cyber correspondents.
Me: They say you're the king of the LOL. You give a LOL to every blogger whose site you like.
Hans: There's a lot to LOL about.
Me: You find three and a half thousand blogs funny?
Hans: Why not? That's still a miniscule percentage of bloggers who are out there.
Me: I used to think LOL meant "Lots of love".
Hans: And you thought all these guys were coming onto you?
Me: I've only had one LOL.
Hans: Only one?
Me: Just the one.
Hans: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! LOL :-D
posted by Geoff | 7:18 AM
12 Comments:
Three thousand, five hundred and seventy-one links? Hans must have some major blogger's nipple.
hans sounds like a bit of a c*nt to me.
I met him once and he is indeed a bit of a c*nt. He spends all his time going :) , ;) and :D. It is most disconcerting.
how about :p ? that's my least favourite.
?
LOL. ROFL. And, indeed, LMFAO.
PMEOWSS
They used to write N.O.R.W.I.C.H. on letters home during the war you know.
PMEOWSS?
WTFIT?
Poking My Eyes Out With Sharp Sticks.
durrr.
Hi, Hans here, just popped over to say thanks for the interview :o)
You're a cool guy and really really funny :D
Am loving the blog :D I've LOLed so much there are tears in my eyes :')
btw, linked to you over at mine :D
Hans across the world :-)
Dear Hans
I know you think I came away from our interview thinking you're a really great guy, but don't you think you humiliated me just a little? Just how much thought does go into one of your smiley faces or your LOLs? I've looked at your site and I'm afraid I find nothing to laugh about. It's all very well boasting about how many hits you've had but do you really think you'd be interviewed by ME if you really had something to share with the world? I'm a small fish, Hans. The blogging pond is an ocean. It's more than one ocean, it's all the water in the world. And even your measly 3,500 links ain't gonna change that.
I know you think you're U2. But you're more Haysi Fantasi, you parochial fool. Leave me to my so-called clique and go and play with your deluded chums. I refuse your link and you're not getting one from me, either. So there.
Hans, off.
Geoff
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