you (us) getting to know us (you)

i just spoke with a friend who follows the blog, and he said, among other things, that he likes the personal aspect of blog-reading, the getting-to-know-you (getting to liiike you, getting to hope you like me) part of following a friend or stranger's blog. he suggested that maybe posting all of these articles and links to elsewhere without any commentary says, this shit is so important that we don't even have to articulate WHY.
well, maybe i was pressed for time, or maybe i was being lazy and wasn't commenting on the content of the links i was posting because it meant i had to really figure out just how i felt about it-- what i liked, what i didn't like, what made me happy, or uncomfortable, or just plain curious. maybe i'm afraid of really putting myself out there, lest someone berate my opinion or intellect, instead of all that i'm vulnerable/accountable for right now, which is basically just the decision to post someone else's opinion, or maybe the opinion itself, neither of which would really hurt me if insulted by a blog passerby.
but that is pure silliness. let the commentary begin!