A New Automattic Theory

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Ok, hear me out. Here’s my new (somewhat self-aggrandizing) theory about why I’ve started to see people using Automattic as their ISP in my Webstats. I thought, maybe, that I was either going to be deplatformed for my drunk rants or maybe, even my Website was being scraped for some reason.

Then it occurred to me — maybe it’s possible that some media company that maybe has a turnkey solution with Automattic that includes an ISP element. As such, it’s possible that I’ve caught the attention from some (media?) company and what I’m seeing is a few of their staff looking at this site on a regular basis.

If that’s so, WOW! That’s great! I’m very flattered.

Anyway. I’m nothing more than a delusional jerk with a good heart in the middle of nowhere. Anyone being a regular reader of my writing pleases me. I would prefer if said people weren’t stalkers or haters. But, lulz. Nothing matters.

Now Automattic Is Poking Around This Blog

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Even though I’m 100% extroverted, I know that it’s possible that someone might get the wrong impression about me and think I’m some sort of deranged person with all my drunken political ranting I do.

I’m not. I’m completely harmless and just sometimes need to let off some steam in between working on wrapping the first draft of my first novel. I got nervous when someone from my hosting company — DreamHost — looked at this blog.

And now someone from the people who make my publishing system — Automattic — have looked at this blog. What the what?

Page Views: 13 (1 this visit) Latest Page View: 17 May 2022 11:58:38 Resolution: Unknown System: Unknown Unknown Total Visits: 3 Location: United StatesAshburn, Virginia, United States ISP / IP Address: Automattic (74.114.154.12) Referring URL: (No referring link) Visit Page: Unknown

Anyway. Who knows. I haven’t done anything wrong as best I can tell. I am a little nervous that “Mueller, She Wrote” is thinking of putting a restraining order on me. That would be…interesting?