I think the assumption is that if someone comes here, for some inexplicable reason they do want to know. If they really want to know, they'll come back; but if they came here by accident, and didn't really want to know in the first place, they'll most likely never be back again.

When the same people show up in your visitor logs every day, it's not that much of a stretch to figure that some people actually find you interesting. It's good for the ego, and a good self-esteem booster, which I think is why so many people who claim low-to-nil self-esteem turn into flaming narcissists in their weblogs. The feedback we get creates the illusion of the attention we're not getting in real life.

... says Jean, soon-to-be Psych major and self-loathing web-narcissist.