It does to occasionally remind people, and to inform new friends, that I only very, very occasionally drop into the "bulletin" section, and that it isn't on my site "front page". (Might even post this as one, really.) I'll often read or read and repost a bulletin if asked in an e-mail or shout, and I'll drop in occasionally anyway, but if you care about my reading something I'll read the blogs.
At least, until the noise-to-signal ratio of the blogs becomes as high as it is in the bulletin section, too. (Or vice versa?)