Normally, there is a small but steady number of downloads on my stories here. I come by regularly just to see if there is any mail I need to answer, as I haven't posted anything new here for years (an issue I have explained in earlier blog posts). But now the downloads quadrupled or quintupled or more.
Yes, I know that ASSTR is dead, but I had moved off of that platform a couple of years ago, just leaving a set of html files there that redirect to my own website, verywellaged.com.
But in the last couple of days readership here has increased dramatically and more readers have added me to their libraries. At the same time, I am not seeing as much traffic to my own website. It is all very confusing.