A Flappy Bird I Am, Then

Could somebody please tell me what's going on with The Truth Laid Bear Ecosystem? For a long, long time— months now— I have consistently been a Slithering Reptile in the TTLB rankings. Then, just yesterday, I was suddenly demoted to a Crawly Amphibian, down around #11,000, just a few days after I'd added two new blogs to my blogroll, and been blogrolled by another new blog myself.

(I don't even know if outgoing links count for anything; but a new incoming link ought to help, not hurt.)

Now, this morning, with the "inbound unique" links in my TTLB ranking suddenly cut in half, I have been promoted for the first time ever to a Flappy Bird, rising in only 24 hours from about #11,000 up to #6,801.

I repeat, with my "inbound unique" links suddenly cut in half, I have risen meteorically.

I don't know what's going on, but I can tell you that my day has brightened immeasurably, to learn that I'm now a Flappy Bird. Presumably all six or eight of my regular visitors will also be overjoyed, to know that they are privileged to rub shoulders with such a stellar luminary as your humble narrator. ;-)