Some folks have wound up in the New York Times because they leave comments on blogs. Really. This article even has a slide show.

...thanks to a particular wrinkle of Internet culture, DaShiv is a star, an internationally famous portrait photographer, feted and fawned over during his 10-day visit to New York. This fame is not thanks to his own blog. He doesn’t have one. Nor has he scored big by creating a clever YouTube video or a flashy MySpace page.

DaShiv’s notoriety stems from the popularity of the comments and photos he posts on blogs run by other people.

Maybe you should start leaving comments, too! That’s how I got a job here (and elsewhere), though I did have a blog for backup. Not really, the guys here didn’t know I had a blog til it got Boingboinged, but once they did, they were like “I’ve seen that name in the comments...” so its worth a shot. And besides, it’s the best way to assure that we’ll put out an effort for tomorrow.

(via Gawker)