Presumably El Reg uses various analytics, and the number of comments per article is obviously easy to measure. I would think that if Tim's articles attracted few comments, and low page views, they would dropped like the proverbial.
Indeed, by reading and then posting your comment, you're probably doing your bit to ensure that the articles keep coming.
Economics isn't my field, but I think the articles are still interesting to read, and they mostly seem to generate some debate - higher quality than the Windows/Mac/Linux wars at that.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
