A few months ago one of my Caps Outsider readers suggested we do a post on casting each Washington Capital as a Star Wars character. That’s exactly the type of thing I enjoy doing but if I wanted to do it right, it would take some time. A few months later, with some help, I got around to it.
The response on Twitter was excellent. People told me that they laughed out loud and it made their week. I was glad, but the only ones who knew about it were my Twitter followers and those who got it through a retweet or put it on Facebook. In other words, it didn’t go viral, relatively speaking.
Unfortunately, my colleagues who speak to a much larger audience than me choose not to link to it. They’ve linked to plenty of stuff I’ve written before, but not this. I really don’t know why, other than the fact that it’s not serious, but that hasn’t stopped them from linking to my articles in the past. Regardless, not getting those links cost it thousands of views. That I’m sure of.
While I’m glad so many of my own Twitter followers enjoyed this video, I know it won’t become what it could be if I don’t impress just a few key people. When that doesn’t happen, it’s extremely disappointing.
And like so many other things in life, that’s just the way it is.