I know that a lot of people want to know who is subscribing to them, but honestly, I’d rather not. I would feel more self-conscious about my entries if I knew EXACTLY who was reading them on a regular basis. Sure, I’ve got some ideas based on who responds to my entries, and I’m totally comfortable with that.
One of the reasons I don’t want to reveal who I’M subscribed to is that sometimes I subscribe to someone on a trial basis to see if I’m interested in what they’re writing about. If I decide that I’m NOT really interested in what they’re writing, then I unsubscribe. No guilt about it. If this were made public, I would feel pressure to keep people on my list so that I wouldn’t hurt their feelings by unsubscribing. (Nor do I want to know when someone unsubscribes from me!)
I think the anonymity built into this ONE feature on 43T is a great asset.
