Why are people listening to Scoble? Why do we see him posted here only when he says that G+ is not desert? (of course it's not desert for him: his follower cou

Why are people listening to Scoble? Why do we see him posted here only when he says that G+ is not desert? (of course it's not desert for him: his follower count is the closest approximation to G+'s total user count)