What's This?

In other news, my readership has been steadily increasing since I launched my blog. In September I had 11,457 visits to this site. Unfortunately, my site stats are not able to tell me how many distinct visitors made up that 11,457. Is it possible that I have 11,457 distinct readers? I doubt it. Still, I have to wonder - how many actual readers do I have? And with that many visits, why weren't there more posts in the discussion forum before I phased it out?
Speak up, readers! I'd like to get to know who you are - post a link on your own blog and I'll find you via my referral logs.
I noticed a few referrals from MicroISV.com and went to investigate. Sure enough, they have discovered my blog, which is cool - I really like that site.