Porn vs blogging

I love to listen to NPR. One day I was listening to a story about how a university (I forget which one) was taking the internet to some very rural areas of several third world countries. They discussed how they were teaching indigenous farmers about the internet to research new farming techniques. They were also talking about how the fundamentals of a computer had to be taught to these peoples, which is something we do without a second thought in the "civilized" world. They ended the program with this conclusion; after all they taught these people, the internet is still used to play games and look at porn.

I know this is true on my blog. The posts that continually receive the most "hits" or pageviews are the ones where I include a picture of naked flesh.

A friend and I were talking about my blog and he suggested that many people (not all, but many) only read blogs based on the pictures included in a post; either self pics of the blogger in a state of undress (like Brett) or a half naked man from some porn site. My argument was; people read my blog because of the content, not because I've posted a video of me dancing in the shower. He says my tiny little profile picture attracts readers and that I probably wouldn't get as many readers if I was 'not so cute'. By the way... I thanked him for the compliment.

So readers... do you read my blog because you think I'm cute or sometimes post shirtless pictures? Or do you really want to read about my thoughts, opinions, "tales" or random thoughts? Do you need some eye candy to get your attention first?

Not that I don't like porn... I do! I'd like to think that I don't have to rely on flesh to get someone to read my little blog.